The Peacock Family: July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

More Visitors

Yesterday we had a fun filled day. Debbie and Alley came up to meet and visit the babies. We also had a photo session with Ashely Allen ( ashleyallenphoto.net ) . I am upset that I did not think to get pictures of Deb, Alley and the babies. We did have a great visit though. Thank you Deb and Alley for coming to see us and thank you Ashley for taking the time to come take pictures of the babies. I cannot wait to see the pictures. Even though the babies did not cooperate, I know that you got some great shots. Tomorrow the babies will be 5 weeks old. I will post new pictures soon.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Pa-Paw, Granny and Aunt Kim Came to Visit

The babies had a big day today. They had a GREAT visit with their great grandparents (Pa-Paw and Granny) and Aunt Kim.

Aiden, Cooper, Landon and Granny

Aunt Kim and Aiden

Granny and Cooper

Cooper

Landon and Aiden with Aunt Kim

Landon, Cooper and Aiden with Aunt Kim

Landon, Aiden, Kim, Granny and Cooper

Pa-Paw, Cooper, Granny and Landon

Daddy playing with Cooper and Landon

Pa-Paw and Cooper

Pa-Paw, Cooper, Aiden, Granny and Landon

Pa-Paw, Granny and Aiden

Sunday, July 26, 2009

4 WEEKS OLD

The babies are doing GREAT!! I cannot believe that they are already 4 weeks old. The past month has been amazing. It has been such a joy to get to know these little ones and to watch them grow and progress. Out of the four weeks, they have only been home for one week. The other three weeks were spent in the Level 2 NICU at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas where they were taken care of by the BEST!! We are so lucky to have been able to learn so much from all of the nurses that took care of our little ones. It has been really weird not seeing our nurses everyday and not having them around every time we have a question. We miss our NICU nurses very much!! They have been such a HUGE part of the first month of our babies lives and we will always remember how great they were to us and our babies.

The boys have come a long way since the day they were born. The Peacock Triplets made their grand entrance into this world on the morning of June 27, 2009. Aiden (Baby A) was born at 6:55 am at 4 lbs. 4 oz. and 17 inches long. He is now 5 lbs. 5.2 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Landon (Baby B) was born at 6:56 am at 4 lbs. 1 oz. and was 17 inches long. He is now 5 lbs. 5.4 oz and 19 inches long. Cooper was born at 6:56 am at 4 lbs. 9 oz. and 17 1/2 inches long. He is now 5 lbs. 15 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long.

***This is a little update on what its like to have triplets. These are things that we learned pretty quick after the babies came home.

*Sleep Time - Put the babies in their crib in their OWN room. Three babies sucking pacifiers and grunting gets really loud and it will keep you up all night.

*Diapers - Change your baby AFTER they eat. You will go through double the diapers if you change them before feedings. We go through an average of about 30+ diapers a day.

*Burp Cloths - We use about 3 or 4 at each feeding. So by the end of the day we have about 30 dirty burp cloths. We learned quick that babies spit up A LOT!!!

*Bottles - The babies eat 8 times a day so we have to wash 25 bottles each day.

*Laundry - We go through about three loads of baby laundry a day. They dirty up 2 to 3 outfits each plus the burp cloths and the blankets. Our Washer and Dryer are for sure taking a beating right now.

Since our babies have been home, their little personalities have changed a lot. We have see the most change is Aiden. He is spoiled rotten already and LOVES to be held. He has decided that instead of staying on his feeding schedule where he eats an hour after the other babies that he will wake up BEFORE Landon and Cooper’s feeding time and wants to be fed. So of course, he now eats with his brothers which works good, because Landon LOVES to sleep. He will sleep until you make him get up. Before he would wake up every three hours on the hour and want to eat. So we have switched Aiden and Landon's feed times and now Aiden and Cooper eat at the same time and Landon eats last. Landon is now our calm little guy. He is very curious and loves to sleep and eat. When he is awake, he loves to be talked to and loves to lay under his rain forest playmat. Cooper is Mr. Personality and is so demanding. He wants all of the attention at all times and loves to be held. He makes the funniest faces and noises. They are alredy growing to fast.

The Day We Were Born
June 27, 2009

Aiden

Landon

Cooper

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Look At Us Now

June 25, 2009
4 Weeks Old

Aiden, Cooper and Landon

All bundled up and ready for bed.

Cooper, Aiden and Landon watching the musical light up toy that Mims bought them.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

A Trio Update and Our First Doctors Visit

Yesterday was a huge dose of reality of what its like to get three babies and yourself ready and make it to an appointment on time. We had our first Dr. appointment with Dr. Ho in Sugar Land. It took me and Jason about an hour just to get the babies ready and load them in the Tahoe. It was quite the adventure, but we did survive.

Dr. Ho was very please with the progress that the babies have made. They are growing like weeds and they will be one month old this Saturday.

Aiden is now 5 pounds 4.2 ounces and 19 and a half inches long
Landon is now 5 pounds 4.5 ounces and 19 inches long
Cooper is now 5 pounds 15 ounces and 19 and a half inches long

It has been NUTS at the Peacock household since all three babies came home. It was a piece of cake with just one baby and then Landon was sent home and it still was not that bad. BUT you add number three in the mix and the craziness begins. When you only have two hands it is really hard to comfort three crying babies. My mom came down this past weekend which was a HUGE help!! She helped feed the babies, cooked us dinner and did our laundry. What a GREAT Mims the babies have!!! Jason has been a great help too!!! He still gets up during the nights and helps me feed the babies. It now takes us about 45 minutes to feed, change and put all three babies back to sleep. The first two night with all three babies was tough. It consisted of us getting NO sleep. The babies were eating every three hours and it was taking forever to feed, change and get them back to sleep. BUT.........it all changed after our visit with Dr. Ho yesterday. He suggested that we only feed the babies every three hours during the day and at night just let them sleep as long as they want to. Last night was GREAT!!!! Jason and I were able to catch up on some MUCH needed sleep. Kim (Jason's sister) came over and helped with the 8 pm feed and then we put the babies in their crib for the first time after the 11pm feed. They slept until 3 am (4 hours) before we had to get up to feed them and then they slept until 8am (another 5 hours). We are hoping that tonight goes as well as last night.