Raising Twins

When Dorothy and I were discussing the possibility of having twins, she mentioned that there would be additional work in raising two babies at one time instead of just one. I suggested that I would be willing to give the 2am feeding, so she could get a good night’s rest. She said that would help, and she seemed to want to try. So using the rhythm method to tell the fertile time of her cycle, it appeared Dorothy did have two ovulations that month. It was correct, and she was pregnant with our twins, Barb and Bob.

Now the hard part. The babies came home, and the 2am feedings began. Previously I was able to sleep through one baby crying, but with two babies crying, I was awake, and. down the stairs I went to warm the bottles. After about two weeks of this routine, one night I put my head down on the table and fell asleep. When I awoke, the bottles were in a pot of boiling water. Now I have two bottles too hot to handle, and I started to cool them in cold water. I felt that the bottles were cool enough, and I was able to feed the babies. Eventually Dorothy got up, and she asked why is it taking so long? Then she looked at Barbara and said, “Her head is all wet and sweaty.” Well I answered that perhaps the milk was too hot and I told her how the bottles boiled.