sleep obsessed

I am sleep obsessed. I remember being poop obsessed with JT: was he pooping enough, too much, is green an ok color, is the consistency too thick, too thin. With Zach I was food obsessed: is he eating enough, why is he always nursing, why won't he eat baby food. Now it is sleep, all facets of sleeping. How to get the chickens to nap, how to get them to nap at the same time, get them to bed earlier, how many hours did they sleep during the night, why do they love sleeping in their car seats so dang much, and my true sleep obsession, how the chickens move in their crib at night.

I want to take photos but I am worried that it will wake them but basically here it is (and it isn't as exciting when I write it as it is to witness it or so I think but please bear in mind I am up alone anywhere between the hours of 1 am to 5 am so it takes little to fascinate me). It all starts with putting them to sleep in the same direction to start the night. Inevitably they both go through this odd kicking, churning routine that involves getting comfortable and locating their fists (they seem to be trying to work out with hand and fingers to suck and right now just use the entire fist). Then at some point in the night (at least 8 times out of 10) Lizard will wake first and when I go in to get her she is in a completely different location; upside down, sideways, at an angle, etc. Kit Kat will either be moved or in her starting position. Once Lizzie is finished I put her back down and she goes through her same routine. I usually then let Kat sleep until she wants to nurse (as opposed to waking her immediately like I did for the first 6 weeks or so). Now here is where it gets fun. When Kat does wake, I swear to the almighty powers that she will be in the same position that Lizzie was when she woke. I keep telling Rick in hopes that it will spur him to want to witness but so far I am the only one who has seen this crazy twin phenomenon.

Other than sleeping well. The girls are good. They hit 10 weeks this week and we celebrated with a trip to the Waco Zoo. The trip was really for the boys who are on spring break this week. The chickens two week check-up went well. They both are doing fine although the pediatrician didn't seem too thrilled about their weight, which along with a discussion on some of the spit-up and weird eating/spitting up episodes we are having led him to think they have acid reflux. One friend told me her pediatrician said 90% of "colic" cases are really acid reflux. Anywho, we opted to try rice cereal in formula and breast milk first and not get on the medicine but earlier this week after a frustrating day with Lizzie, I had Rick request a prescription. We've been on it for 3 days now and I can't say I notice a huge difference (except where their diapers are concerned) but most people say it takes about 3 or more days for the medicine to make a difference.

I leave you with a chicken photo. The boys both have their first games coming up, JT has a tourney this weekend and Zach has his first game on Monday night. I promise some photos.

And for the record, the boys are sleeping well. I am sleeping well but not walking well as I broke a toe during a late night feeding. I swear the couch jumped in front of me.