Yikes!

Today I discovered peanut butter smattered across a shirt looks exactly like Liam and Maeve's breastfed nappy contents. It was alarming. If there is one person that I can save from this moment of panic, then my openess and honesty in this post was worth it!

;)

Emerging from chaos!

Well, today is June 4th and Liam and Maeve are 11 weeks and 2 days. The blog ceased to exist after the last post since life became completely chaotic. Liam decided to develop colic, reflux or some such thing, (which should be against the law if they are a twin) and was pretty much up 24/7 and screamed for the most part. This went on until about week 7, then slowly got a little easier thanks to a helpful pediatrician (a twin Mum herself) who put him on reflux medicine. Thank God for modern medicine, it saved our sanity and Liam's poor voice box. Thankfully, during the rough time my Mum stayed with us and she kept us from calling 1800-PLEASE-ADOPT-OUR-LIAM. I managed to nurse both babies through this and honestly, I will never know how I survived. I continue to nurse them through the day and they take bottles at night. After week 6 (once my Mum left), Alice (Skip's Mum) thought we could do with some help and very nicely sent us a true Florence Nightingale - Esther the night nurse - from Ghana. She was and continues to be a Godsend and comes 5 nights a week from 11pm-7am. Under her guidance and "gentle" nudging, as of this week, both babies are sleeping through the night - about 11.30pm through to 7.30pm. The tears of joy shed over this could rival the Nile. We will miss her next week, not just because she gives us our sleep but she is truly a baby whisperer and has the most laid back and positive spirit - a requirement for feisty Liam. I should mention Maeve at this point - she is almost as laid back as Esther - we are still waiting for her to cause trouble, so far she has been a gem. [NOTE: Liam, if this blog is still around when you can read, we did continue to love you through this phase!]



Well, I will leave you with the most recent photo of our three and hopefully they will continue to somewhat behave so we can have a few moments here and there to update this site.

Some May photos

May 5 - Esther arrives! Same room, same time and sleeping ... it's a miracle!

I found Ciara fast asleep like this when I went to check on her. She was snoring too and nothing would wake her!

Some March/April photos

Sisters

Liam (aka Jack-Jack)

"Hey, I know you!"

After a long, hard battle...

new photo

sleep?? who needs sleep??!!

Well, Maeve & Liam are now two weeks old, and settling nicely into home life. In fact, we all got a nice lie-in last night --- 12 hours of sleep in a row!!

April Fool's. :)

Everyone's doing well, though sleep is still a precious commodity --- some nights are more peaceful than others. "Healthy" is such a precious word though...and we're all having fun. Maeve is proving to be quite a mellow little child, while her brother Liam is...spirited. Here are a couple photos from March 22...

Twenty fingers, twenty toes!

For immediate release...

Dateline: March 17, 2008, Sibley Hospital, Washington D.C.

St. Patrick's Day twins, with full heads of fiery red hair, have stormed onto the D.C. scene, immediately demanding their celebratory pints. Interrupting an episode of 'The Closer' ( and just following the classic Harrison Ford film "Witness"), Liam David Daly arrived at 11:37 PM, weighing in at 6 lbs, 4 oz, and measuring 19 and 1/4 inches long. He was followed 11 minutes later by his sister, Maeve Catherine Daly, who was dragged into the world toe first (literally), arriving at 11:48 PM, weighing 6 lbs, 10 oz, and measuring 20 inches long.
Everyone is doing well, and big sister Ciara is already displaying her nurturing tendencies.

Cheers,
-Emer, Skip, and the Daly clan

Liam David Daly

Maeve Catherine Daly