How Do I Manage Twins???

Many people ask me how I manage to take care of two babies all day long by myself. Well its really not that hard. I feel twins is probably a lot easier than having two kids that are different ages. I am pretty militant about their schedule and down to the minute with everything. I won't let anything get us off schedule! When Akhil is home he tends to get us off schedule because he wants to play during feeding time...I usually have tell him for the ten millionth time we HAVE to stay on schedule! I don't accept, "let me have my coffee and then we will give them a bath". They do everything at the same time - eat, sleep, play, take a bath, etc. So its easy. They are VERY good girls and great sleepers (11-12 hours a night). They NEVER wake up in the middle of the night so we get good sleep although I have a tough time waking up at 7am for some reason. You would think that I wouldn't have such a problem since I woke up at 5 am for work for years! I am always begging them to go back to sleep so I can have 10 more minutes of sleep...yeah I know pathetic! They also never have meltdowns at the same time. I think they just understand that there is only one of me so they save their meltdown for when the other sister is all happy! ha!


Below are some recent pictures of the girls.

Here is Amiya smiling at Akhil.

She is one smiley baby :)

She smiles at anyone and anything!

Akhil and Amiya playing together in the morning

Its crazy that Amiya looks exactly like my mom and Rachu.

Akhil thought Arya was dressed up for Christmas
but I didn't really intend on her looking
like a candy cane

Arya is defintely the mini Akhil.

Some how both their looks skipped over me!

Arya loves to sit in her bumbo and look around

5 Months Old!

Gosh I can’t believe my girls are FIVE MONTHS OLD now! I think I say the same thing every single month and I sure everyone says the same thing about their own kids all the time. Time has really gone by so fast but it seems like a & a have been in my life forever! I don’t even remember how I would pass all my free time before they were born. Boy, I thought I was busy then! HA!

Things are going really well with all of us. Amiya started rolling over which she is a pro at now. She persistently tried to roll over for about 6 weeks and finally did it one morning while I was changing her diaper! Arya tries to roll over but isn’t so persistent about it so I am not sure when it will happen!

Arya now weighs about 13 pounds and Amiya is about 11 ½ pounds. They both are still little girls but are growing quite well!

Their relationship with each other has been blossoming a lot recently. They talk to each other, play, and smile at each other. Its really cute! : ) Arya gets very concerned when Amiya cries. She always gets a sad look on her face and will whimper with sadness when her sister is upset!

So here you will see what sisters do best!

Amiya is climbing up on Arya and

so she is giving her a cut-eye look!

Arya

Amiya

I really had a hard time taking pictures of Amiya. All she wanted to do is suck her fingers (as usual) or turn over. I tried a couple of times to take her picture and then just gave up!

Her blue eyes are now turning green!

Die Hard Browns Fans (even tho they suck)

These girls could not be Akhil's unless they were huge sport fans! And Arya is already a football fan. She is always drawn to the tv when sports is on (or maybe when anything is on for that matter!) Well I had no idea yesterday the Browns had a Monday night football game on but I just decided to surprise Akhil and put the girls in their Browns gear that I just bought them.

Arya

Amiya


..and of course I had to buy matching leg warmers!

Rice Cereal & Oatmeal

For the past few weeks I have been giving the girls rice cereal and oatmeal. The first time I gave it to them, they both had an absolute melt down because they wanted their milk. They have gotten used to the cereal now but they only let me feed it to them. They don't like when anyone else feeds it to them! ha! Not sure if they perfer the consistancy that I make it or they just want me to feed it to them! :)

Also they don't like sitting up themselves and eating the cereal. They only eat it if I am holding them in my lap. I am trying to teach them that they have to sit in their chair to eat but they won't eat that way!

Yesterday I made them pureed apples and Amiya loved it! She was so full but she kept wanting more! I can't wait to experiment with making tons more baby food!

Here the girls are in their bumbo chairs eating cereal.

Four Months Old!

This posting is a little late but that’s what happens when you have twins! Arya and Amiya are doing really well! They have been talking in their own little languages alot, grabbing at their toys, and are sleeping 11-12 hours at night. They take about 3-4 naps during the day as well! We put them to bed at about 8:30pm and they wake up at about 7:30 or 8:00 am.

They are beginning to talk to each other every now and again. They both get excited to see each other in the morning. They both get a huge smile on their face and will play together with excitement! Its really cute!

At their 4 month appointment Arya weighed – 11 lbs 3 oz (15th percentile) and is 24 inches long

Amiya weighed – 9 lbs 13 oz (3rd percentile) and is 23 inches long. Yeah our little Amiya is still small but she is now eating ALOT more!
As usual its a challenge to get a good picture of both of them together!

Amiya

Arya