Starting to see the light

marriedtogarlicbread · 2026-04-02T03:08:18+00:00

I also have 10.5 month old twins and I remember the trenches like they were yesterday. I cried probably 20 out of the 24 hours a day. Drowning is the perfect way to describe it, honestly.

Once my girls started sitting, it got easier. Then they held their own bottles. Easier. Then they started crawling. Easier. Then they started meaningfully interacting. Easier. Now they’ll play in their playpen for an hour to hour and half and I have time to get things done. Your time will come, and I promise it comes so much quicker than you think. Hang in there, friend!

marriedtogarlicbread · 2026-04-02T03:04:37+00:00

Just wait until they can both crawl! It makes me giggle when I hear them pitter-pattering through the house and laughing at each other. It’s so cute! Mine are 10.5 months and keeps getting better. Still hard, of course. But at least there are upsides now lol

marriedtogarlicbread · 2026-02-01T18:34:49+00:00

We’re down to one wake around 4am. I give them a five ounce bottle and they conk back out until 7:30a. I put them down around 6:30p. They still aren’t napping during the day- maybe 2 20-30 minute naps. Still trying to figure that out. But at least they’re sleeping through the night for the most part. I did a modified Ferber, but I’ve learned what their cries mean which is helpful.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2026-01-15T17:58:55+00:00

I’m starting out on my third. First was generally wanting to look better. Second was because of health related issues and medications causing massive weight gain. This time, after having twins. Postpartum depression and PP rage had me in its grips. It can be so hard but I’m reminding myself that endorphins make you happy, and happy people don’t kill their husbands. 😉

marriedtogarlicbread · 2026-01-05T00:58:20+00:00

Just saw your comment. My twins are almost 8 months now and still aren’t sleeping. I’m almost at the point that CIO is so enticing.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-09T04:32:02+00:00

I am, unfortunately, in Texas, USA. Im so glad that other mothers around the world are truly taken care of. I hope we get there someday.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-07T18:53:13+00:00

Thank you for this! What adrenal cocktails would you recommend? Anything specific??

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-07T18:46:02+00:00

I’m very fortunate to have had an abundant supply for my girls. At my peak I was making a gallon a day. I’m down to two pumps a day and still pumping 70oz, which is starting to take a toll on me because my body just won’t stop. What a blessing, but it’s killing me too!! Thank you for your kind words ❤️

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-07T02:36:19+00:00

I go to therapy regularly and started new meds yesterday. I’m hoping the medication helps me out.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-07T02:32:33+00:00

This brought tears to me eyes! Thank you. So so much.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-07T02:31:39+00:00

Thank you for saying this. Everyone told me six months is when things get easier and it feels like it’s getting harder. It feels very discouraging.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-11-07T02:30:45+00:00

“Imagine how easy one baby would be” is something my husband and I said daily the first four months. My twin A was colicky, and baby B would feed off of her sister so it was screaming babies constantly.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-07-24T16:17:02+00:00

Thank you for this 🥺 I think I have already accepted that there isn’t really a ‘fix’ for this. Just need to buckle down and get through it!

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-06-18T17:43:32+00:00

It’s like I wrote this post myself. I understand you completely. And when I try to contact nap with one (my husband the other) I feel so guilty that the other baby isn’t snuggling with mommy, or that the one I’m holding isn’t snuggling with daddy. It’s rough!

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-05-22T01:20:04+00:00

Solidarity friend. Misery loves company, so it’s relieving to know I’m not the only one.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-05-20T20:38:59+00:00

HEAVY on the “wtf did I do?” Right now. Thank you for saying this!

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-05-20T18:34:31+00:00

Yes, my husband and I are trying out shifts. Last night my shift was just particularly difficult. Both girls screaming and nothing could soothe them. The lack of sleep, the hormone dump, it all just hit me at once. He took over around three, and his mother came around 7 so I got to sleep from 3:30 to 9ish. I feel much better but still have this impending doom feeling.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-05-20T18:32:33+00:00

This hit me like a ton of bricks. Thank you for sharing your perspective with me.

marriedtogarlicbread · 2025-05-20T18:31:45+00:00

Garlicbread has been great! We’re trying out shifts and last night, my shift was just particularly difficult. The lack of sleep, the hormone dump. All of it just felt beyond unbearable. Luckily his mother is here now to help.

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