November 12, 2008

The boys cried during their immunizations today, which is certainly to be expected, but trouble didn't really come until mid afternoon. They woke up at the exact same time (which is always a recipe for disaster when I'm home alone) and I could tell that, yes, they were crying out of hunger, but mostly out of sheer pain. I tried to feed them at the same time (another bad idea since they aren't used to eating like that) but the 'football hold' made them lay on the part of their chubby little thighs that were so sore. Eli screamed so hard he was a) sweating b) no longer making sound and c) shaking all over. He was literally shooting tears out of his eyes. The trouble with feeding them at the same time though, is that it restricts movement when the other is still eating (ie - I couldn't walk around to calm him down because Owen was still eating). Eli passed out from total exhaustion and Owen wasn't far behind. I scooped them both up, carried them downstairs and wrapped them up for a nap. Here they are curling into each other on the changing table of the pack n play...