by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 13, 2019 | Twin Mom
After much anticipation, I am excited to share that while Justine and I were laying on the floor playing, she graced me with her first smile! Which I missed. Because I had my eyes closed. Darn! Other things she’s started to do: look around with interest, study...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 8, 2019 | Twin Mom
I generally wait a day before sharing some of our darker highlights to avoid any risk of melodrama. This isn’t so much one coherent narrative as it as a Nutri-Bullet blend of ups, downs, stress. What feels like four weeks of life squashed and puréed into about six...
by Amanda Trumpower | Feb 25, 2019 | Twin Mom
“Sleep when they baby sleeps.” “It will pass.” “They’re only this age once. Enjoy it.” “If you get frustrated, put the baby down and take a break.” This is some of the advice we’ve heard in the last month. Well-intentioned. Factually correct. Spoken by people who have...
by Amanda Trumpower | Feb 12, 2019 | Twin Mom
Our first picture as a family of four Jayce has been home for about two weeks. Justine, a week longer. I am shocked to see how many days the calendar thinks it’s been. With as little as we are sleeping, we live about three days for every set of 24 hours. We have...
by Amanda Trumpower | Jan 28, 2019 | From Hospital to Home
This is a picture of Josiah looking at Justine as she sits in her swing. Let me tell you about it. The days have been hard in the Trumpower house. On Justine’s first night here, she slept in the Pack’n’Play in our room. Rotating through her care schedule every three...
