When Julia was pregnant with Samuel it was like being single again. She would come home from work, take a nap, wake up, we would eat dinner and she would go back to bed. Life was good.
With the twins it is very much like being a single parent. My respect for single parents continues to grow.
Good news and bad news- Samuel is eating solid foods now. He eats at the HG the 2 days he is there. With us he sometimes eats a little bit of solid food. However, he loves his petite suisse. It is a yogurt like product that is designed to be a snack. He opens his mouth very wide when we give him a petite suisse. We actually have to use the spoon to scrape the sides of the bowl to maximize the amount of petite suisse Samuel gets. But he does not enthusiastically eat his puree. He occasionally takes a few teaspoons but never does he eat all that we offer.
Halloween is scary. We hosted our first Halloween party on the 31st. We had about 20 kids and 25 adults in attendance. Lessons learned-25 kids on a sugar high make a huge mess. Luckily the weather was nice so we were able to herd the more rowdy kids out to the back yard.
Five of our neighbors graciously opened their doors to provide treats to the kids who wanted to trick-or-treat. Samuel, Julia and I went together. As we were leaving the 4th hose Samuel tripped and fell. Julia who was walking behind him tried to catch him and fell herself. My dilemma-my 18 month old son lying to my right with a bloody nose or my 3 months pregnant with twins wife lying to my left. Thankfully our neighbors came through again as they were able to help Julia while I and other parents took care of Samuel/ It was frustrating with julia as she was speaking french to the neighbors and I was unable to follow the ocnversartion so I was in the dark as to what, if anything, was wrong. Luckily, Samuel was fine. By the time we walked home(about 50 metres) he was smiling and happy. One of our neighbor kids, Claire, who is 10, took over watching him so that I could then spend some time with my wife. Julia had braced her fall with her hands so her right wrist/hand was very sore. No cuts, just pain.
Thankfully our partygoers understood that Julia and i were not the best of hosts and they took over and made sure that everyone had enough to eat and drink while I attended to Julia on the couch.
On the Sunday after Halloween Julia took a cab to the hospital, something I felt guilty about but neither of us felt comfortable either taking Samuel to the hospital with us or leaving him with a neighbor, because we had no idea how long she would have to be at the ER. In the end it was the right decision as Julia left around 1100 and did not return home until after 1600. All is well with the twins. Julia had a scan at the ER for the twins and everything looked normal. Unfortunately Julia then had to go to another ER in the hospital and wait there for someone to look at her hand. No break "just" a few sprained fingers.
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