1 year 9 days

Emmy had a tough time last night. He was crying at 4 am - our shift change - and would not stop unless I held him. At first he would not drink milk either but was frantic. After he calmed down he drank, and then he fell asleep. And that's how it was 4:30 am before I went to bed. So much for going to bed earlier this week.

I was glad Randy mixed their food up at lunch time today, and him and our house guest Barbara fed the babies. In the meantime I got up and got dressed, as Barbara offered to watch the babies while we go to the restaurant. The city of Vienna gave every household a coupon to go eat at a restaurant, and it was gonna expire at the end of this month. It was a lot easier doing this without the little ones!

Both of us had eyed a typicall Viennese restaurant really close to our new home, and that's where we went. We sat in their pretty garden, and the food came, and the portions were huge. I've got another meal tomorrow! And I actually interrupted my diet when I had a dessert, but we needed to spend some more money to use the full amount of the coupon. It was nice going to the restaurant again - for the first time since the babies came home, and probably for the last for a long time.

We were gonne about an hour, and the little ones were happy to see us again. We both sat down with them for a little while. And then it was already time for their second meal, so we went upstairs and each fed a baby.

Emmy hadn't slept and was really tired, so I lay down with him. At first he was so excited and just wanted to explore. As Tammy had done, he kept touching the little lamp; every time you touch it the intensity increases, then it turns off, and then it starts over. So much fun! But was not sleeping! I ended up getting back up and feeding him the rest of his food as he had not eaten much earlier, and then he fell asleep on me and slept for just over an hour.

We then rejoined everyone else downstairs. It was already after 4 pm and at 5 pm it's dinner time. Sammy let us know quite a bit before that that he was hungry and tired; he hadn't slept in a while, but we were able to keep him semi-happy until 5. In the meantime Emmy and Tammy got to come out of the play area, which they love. Freedom! Tammy crawled under the tables to join Barbara. Then we all went upstairs for their last meal.

Tonight Tammy surprisingly ate all her food, but Emmy wouldn't, even when I held him in my arm. I finally gave up and set him on the floor, which again really excited him. He started crawling around everywhere. I then put tired Sammy to bed first, then Tammy, and Emmy last.

Sammy fell asleep right away, but the other two needed a little more time - and milk. Tammy fell asleep next, but Emmy had quite hard time. I guess his nap was relatively late. I had to walk away for him to lie down and get quiet, and he finally fell asleep. It's been 10 pm recently when I feed them next, 5 hours after their last meal, but tonight it was already 9:30 pm when Sammy started screaming, waking up his sister. I needed Randy to help me, and so he fed Sammy, while I helped Tammy. I was wondering whether her teeth were hurting. I fed her, but she was still crying, and I gave her some dental cream, and after a while she finally fell back asleep.

Once again I have the intention of going to bed early tonight. Let's see if I succeed this time! It's the last night and morning coming up when we have Barbara here to help.