Multiple Blessings by Jon & Kate Gosselin & Beth Carson

Author:Jon & Kate Gosselin & Beth Carson [Gosselin, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Family, Religion, Multiple birth, Christian Life, General, Family & Relationships, Twins, Biography & Autobiography, Siblings, Sextuplets, Religious
ISBN: 9780310295693
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2008-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

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Right about the time Aunt Chris had to leave, it was finally time for Collin and Aaden to join the clan at the condo. I stopped Chris at the door right before she left and made her demonstrate her “magic touch”

that she used on Joel. It was the first time in my adult life that I could picture myself falling on the floor and grasping someone’s ankles to prevent her from leaving.

She saw and fully understood my desperation, but gave her good-natured laugh as she demonstrated a quick tutorial in her well-rehearsed Joel sway. It felt so odd for me to actually have to ask someone what made my own baby happy. I hated that I had not had the time to figure it out myself. With dividing myself four ways, I simply couldn’t be present long enough to pick up on Joel’s quirks. That bothered me, and I soon realized that it was just the tip of the iceberg. Many, many times in the weeks and months to come I would need to defer to other people to feed, snuggle, calm, and rock my children. I did not easily learn or accept this piece of my reality.

On July 9, Aaden weighed nearly five pounds and was sent home with a monitor to warn us if he should stop breathing at any time. Hannah had also been sent home with a monitor, and having been around the buzzing and beeping for two months by that time, it didn’t seem so scary. It was actually fairly routine for premature babies to “forget” to breathe at times. Their systems were still playing catch-up, and sometimes it was as if they would just go on overload.

Collin was a hefty six and a half pounds when he left the hospital with his brother that day. He actually looked like he had some roundness to his cheeks as I happily tucked him in his car seat for the ride home to the condo. I couldn’t believe as I drove out of the long and winding driveway of the hospital that I would have all six of my babies with me in one place. I was exhausted, exhilarated, excited, and I guess in a way, exonerated. I think many people thought I was a bit crazy throughout my pregnancy, with things like demanding my vitamins, getting weekly massages, singing until I went hoarse in my attempt to stay positive, and believing in my God. However, as Displaced, Together •

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