Since my mom went home after Riley and Colter were born, Amy has been coming to our house two evenings a week to help with feedings and let us get some extra sleep. When she started, she'd do the 9:00pm feeding and the 12am feeding. Yes, we think she is crazy to be willing to stay up that late with our kids, but we're so grateful. As the weeks progressed, she stayed a little longer. (I'm not kidding!) She'd do a 9:30pm feeding and a 1:00am feeding. A few weeks ago she showed up with her alarm clock. She wanted to do the 9:30pm feeding as usual, but planned to stay and sleep on our couch until whenever the twins woke up so she could feed them again. Amazing. We couldn't believe it. They slept until 3:30am that night. This didn't phase her and she stuck with her plan of evening/night duty twice a week. We don't know how to thank her enough. I'm so glad she's gotten to spend all that time with our kids. She is definitely part of the family.
Here she is with Riley and Colter.
A bird's eye view of feeding two babies at once.
We also want to thank Michael for sharing his wife and doing the occasional feeding himself.
And we can't forget to thank Bryce. When Michael was out of town, Amy would put Bryce to bed in a pack-n-play at our house. He'd sleep here until she had done the middle of the night feeding. What a trooper.
Amy, I will be at your beck and call with your next baby. I can't wait to care for you the way you have cared for me.
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Ahhh Leslie, you didn't have to say all that. I love ya'll and your kids.
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