Addison on left, Emma on right
This past weekend the girls got their first taste of peaches! Addison loved them! Emma seems to like them too, but her face did not light up the way Addi’s did when she ate them. We mixed the peaches with some rice cereal. I think most of it ended up on their chin. They are starting to open their mouth when the spoon comes, but they haven’t quite mastered swallowing. Next they will try apples, and then we are moving to sweet potatoes. We are trying each food for 3 days in a row.
Addison
Emma
Addison
The girls have also been working on sitting up. Emma has started to try and pull herself into a sitting position when I am feeding her. She likes to look around while she eats. When we put the Boppy behind them they can stay up by themselves for a few seconds.
Addison
Emma supported by pillows and the Boppy.
Last blog I mentioned naps were becoming a challenge. We were going to try and start a routine and place them down in their cribs, but we abandoned that for now since we are going on vacation this weekend. Instead, we just tried putting them down earlier. That seemed to work a little better. It did eliminate a lot of crying on Sun. However, Monday they cried from 11:00 AM to 2:15 PM. I have been trying to keep them awake for too long, but sometimes they refuse to sleep. I am bad about reading books and trying to execute my day based on what “experts” recommend. Right now what I am reading says that babies this age should be taking 2-3 naps a day. Well, my girls take more like 3-5 naps a day. They sleep best in the morning (1-3 hours) and all the afternoon naps are short (as in 20 min.).
Brian came home early Mon. and Tues. to let me get out of the house. Monday I was so stressed out from all the crying I just needed to get away for a little while. Tues. I went to a Lifetime Fitness Club to take a tour. I ended up joining. They have childcare for 1.5 hours for infants per day for members. I think it will be good for the girls and for me. I need to get rid of my “twin skin”. If you don’t know what that is Google it. I will spare you the details…it’s gross!
On a positive note, they are still sleeping through the night!!!! Yippee! We put them down sometime between 6 and 7:30 PM and they wake up anytime between 5:30-7:30 AM. We are trying to fit in a family walk right before bedtime routine begins. The weather here is still unpredictable. One day it will be beautiful and 70 and the next day it will be rainy and 38. Once the weather is a little more stable that should work fine.
Addison (She scratched her face up in her sleep earlier this week.)
Addison on left, Emma on right
This is what Brian and I get to wake up to every morning! Emma keeps turning sideways. It might be time to put them in separate cribs.
They are so big! I am glad they like their solid foods, too! The only thing I really learned from books that was very useful to me was that the early to bed, the better. That's the one thing I have stuck by for a LONG time. Everyone knows, don't ask MG to do things with Grady past 6:30!
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