Circumcision

Jackson was circumcised today. I'm sure it was harder on us than it was on him. We were not in the room at the time but can see the results... not pretty. I'm sure it'll look better in a few days.

Otherwise, today was a fine day. I am doing quite well at enjoying the babies and spending time holding and talking to them instead of doing dishes, cleaning the bathroom, writing thank you notes, folding laundry and all the many other things on my "to do" list. Spending time with the babies is more important and I'm trying to ignore the other crap because I know this time will go by so fast!

I'm also making a mental list of the things that calm the babies when they are fussy. Being held always makes them feel better. The swing also works well. And putting them on their tummies. And this is so cute: they are always calmed by being next to each other. I put them on the couch on a moon-shaped pillow, right next to each other. And they calm right down and fall asleep together. It's so sweet...

Oh yeah... the dr said not to worry about Veronica's belly button. He said it is indeed herniated. That means that there is a hole in the connective tissue between her stomach muscles - right where her belly button is. It is open during pregnancy because it needs to be in order for the nutrients to get through the umbilical cord. Anyway, hers is not closed yet. Her intestines are popping through the hole a bit. The hole is small and the dr said it will likely close up on it's own. The worst that could happen is that the intestine that is going through the hole twists. He said to watch for it getting bigger or changing color or for it to bother her. Probably, that won't happen and she'll be fine. I sure hope so. She grunts so darn much it makes me paranoid that she'll make it worse. The dr didn't seem concerned about her grunting tho...