We Scared The Crap Out of Gabriel!

Its amazing how your priorities change after having babies. Instead of thinking about if the Red Sox won last night or what's on TV tonight, you think how long has it been since your baby last pooped. Just one of the many wierd things that we think about these days.

Speaking of pooping, Gabriel hasn't dropped a deuce since we got back from the hospital last Sunday. I know how I feel after going that long so you can imagine how he feels! We discussed this at our first pediatrician's appointment on Wednesday and he said we could wait until today before we should try a dreaded..........suppository. Nobody wants that!! Well we waited, and waited, and waited, and nothing. I blame myself for this problem. I was the one who told him last Saturday, after the doctor said both boys could go home if Gabe gains weight that night, that if he had to lay some cable to hold it until they weigh him. Well I guess he really did. I tried to explain that its okay now and that he can go but still nothing. So this afternoon I went to the pharmacy and got the dreaded suppository. As we took it out of the package, everyone's reponse was the same "Holy cow that's huge!" How is that going to fit in there? Well we brought Gabe over to the chaging table, ready to violate him when we discovered he decided to go on his own. We think seeing the size of that suppository scared the poop right out of him. See, wierd priorities, right?

So everything went well at their first doctors visit. The doc said that they both looked great in all regards. They even put on a few ounces since leaving the hospital which is good too. We ran into a mom with two twins a few months old that were on their way out the door. She was all smiles when she saw our twins and wished us congratulations. As she was leaving, she turned back to us with a very serious expressions and whispered as she left "The first two months are HELL." Yay! This has actually been a common warning we've heard from other twin parents. So far its been pretty hard but not hell........at least not yet.