Thursday 16 June 2016

The Strength and Love of my Wife


It was a long and difficult road from when we first decided to have children until the twins arrived. Over the course of around 5 years, we had periods where we couldn't conceive, and we had a total of 3 miscarriages. For me, these were some of the toughest times in my life. There were very hard times, but we pulled through with the hope that we would someday have children. Sarah never gave up and had the strength to keep moving forward.

We were then given the blessing of twins, however it has been a major life change and hasn't been without challenges. Sarah cares for them throughout the day while I am at work. If they are unhappy, she soothes them. If they are hungry, she feeds them, and caters to all their other needs. They have lots of developmental play-time throughout the day while she interacts with them or watches over. She finds time to get housework done, and barely has time for a rest. She soothes them during the night if they wake up unhappy, and each morning she wakes up to do it all again. I help out when I am home, but I can never keep up with the amount she provides to our babies. The amount of strength and love she provides to the twins is more than enough for them to develop and live joyful and fulfilling lives. Our children are blessed with having Sarah as their mother.

Wednesday 8 June 2016

When a Growth Stage Ends, Another Begins

When raising children, the stages of their growth are always changing. Just when you think you have a good routine in place and the babies are doing well on this schedule, something changes. This becomes difficult with twins (or more), as just when you have a good routine and schedule in place, they reach a point in their growth where something changes and you need to adjust the routine. For example, our twins where being fed formula in bottles up until a few weeks ago where they started on some food. Another example is moving their bedtime earlier if they aren't napping well during the day (but they may only be going through a stage and the bedtime will need adjustment again in the near future). Changes to their daily schedules will also impact your own. I feel it's important to keep routines in place from day to day, especially with raising twins, even if the routine needs continuous adjustment.