Growing is not our area of expertise at this house but... Luke can sit up fairly well, chats up a storm all day, is up on all fours rocking back and forth, ready at any moment to start crawling. Sam is doing well on sitting also, if the boppy is around him for a small amount of support he will sit there all day but, all by himself he still has a bit of a balancing problem (possibly because he has the most tiniest butt in the whole world.) He rolls and scoots everywhere and most of all loves to jump. He is always bouncing. That too might be the reason for the lack of weight gain, he never holds still. He too attempts to get up on all fours. They are both full of smiles and fun.
Both are eating us out of house and home. They both intake 6 oz of milk 4 times a day, (I am going to toot my own horn here, it is all still breast milk. Which has been overly challenging, but completely worth it.) and at least 3 carton's of solid food, plus prune juice and puffs throughout the day. The are both picking up puffs and successfully getting them into their mouths. It amazes me every time, I think I am going to find them in their highchairs or on the floor but most of the time there are very few. I just started to make homemade baby food yesterday, hopefully save us some money!
For Easter Grandpa and Grandma Cash got them a ball and they enjoy sitting and rolling it back and forth. It is hard to have two but so much fun also. They interact with each other all day and also feed off of each other. If one is crying so will the other. If one is getting fed the other one expects it too, you get the point.
They are doing pretty well at night. Bed time is 8 and they sleep until 5:30ish, then eat and go back down until 7:30-8ish. No complaints. It is hard because I think they could cry it out but if I let them they wake each other up along with Jack, and everyone up at 5:30 is not cool. So if any Moms with multiples have advice, please feel free to pass it on. Naps have been great lately too. I feel like they are finally on a good schedule. Which I love!!!!
Jack is growing up right before our eyes. He is mister independent. I still feel like I need to be by his side doing everything, but I am quickly learning that he can do most of it by himself. We went hiking with some cousins a week or so ago, at Snow Canyon. I was so amazed at this kids hiking skills. He scaled the mountain like it was nothing.
For Shawn's 30th Birthday Jack and Shawn made a quick escape to Disney Land for the day (that needs to be a post in and of it's self.) But long story short... The first ride Shawn took him on was Thunder Mountain Railroad. Scared the living day lights out of the child. Ever since then Jack has been a bit more timid. He is terrified if we drive very fast or drive down any form of a hill. He is a crack up.
He still loves Lego Ninjago and talks about it no stop. I am hoping a new obsession is around the corner, I am not sure how much longer I can take Ninjago talk! But I do have to say he can clean his room and nearly the whole house if you promise a ninja lego, so there are some perks.
Shawn is still working on the new house. It is turning out beautiful. Our relator told us to not plan on moving in, he thinks he can sell it. So... if it sales we will start over again with a bit more money in our pockets. If it doesn't, than we have a beautiful house to move into by summer time.
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I found your blog while I was blog-hopping one day and since your twin boys are about the same age as mine I've been reading. :) Anyway, for the sleep issue, I bought Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins and felt that's helped a lot. Also with the "cry it out" it's easier now that they're in separate cribs; they've learned to sleep through the other's crying. The first week or so they'd wake each other up but now they rarely do. We went through a period where they were impossible to get to sleep, now they're doing much better after we've been trying out some of the suggestions in "Happy Twins." Of course we don't have any other kids so there's no older sibling to worry about waking up. Your are sleeping great though, wish mine were sleeping so well! Our biggest challenge is how one person can get two babies to bed. They really don't like it when they have to "share" me.
That is so exciting that they are eating so well and progressing...even if they aren't much bigger :) The house situation sounds great either way...if you are up to the task of doing it all over again! Good luck!
I also found you blog hopping a while back, I have twin girls that were born just a bit before your guys. Your in-laws were in my in-laws ward for a while, my husband and I joke that it is the third ward curse to have twins. There are so many sets of twin grandchildren!
Anyways, my girls went through this too, and we did just let them cry it out. It was rough on everyone at first (I also have a 6 year old girl and 3 year old boy). My girl was old enough to know to stay in bed and just go back to sleep, but my boy struggled for a week or so but he now sleeps deeper and it is so nice! Before he would wake at the drop of a pin. The twins now sleep through each other screaming at the top of their lungs, which is nice. And they can self-soothe for the most part. Every now and then (last night being one of them, grr) I have to get up with one, but the few hard weeks were worth it!! Good luck!
Oh, and toot away!! Breastfeeding twins is HARD WORK! I still am too, and I am finally seeing the end in sight:)
Oh yes, definitely brag about the breastfeeding! We tandem nursed exclusively for 7 months before the boys got a cold and weened themselves (they absolutely, positively refused to nurse!), and it is hard hard hard!
I will write back here since it will notify you:) One of my girls just eats all day long. Seriously. The other couldn't be bothered. They usually have jar food twice a day, and for dinner they eat rice or potatoes or something easy off our plates. The smaller one wont take a bottle, so I am not sure how much she gets, but the big one will nurse 2 times a day and have 2-3 8 ounce bottles. Sometimes it takes 2 8 ounce bottles at night to get her sleepy enough to go down. (I still have to pump twice a night to keep up with her!!) Mine started off at six pounds, so they had a head start on yours:)
Lindzee, one of my girls is starting to refuse and it drives me crazy!! Way to go on 7 months!!
Brittney, when my boys refused to nurse I fought with them and tried to make them nurse for about two weeks. I felt like such a failure as a mom! I felt guilty for stopping nursing and for kind of wanting to stop nursing and all in all felt absolutely horrible. But now, a month after they've been on bottles, I have to say it is the absolute best! We have so much more freedom and I am so much happier and less stressed. I'm glad that we were able to nurse as long as we did, but I must say every penny we spend on formula now is totally worth it (even when it's money we can't afford to be spending!). My sister is trying to force-ween her 14 month old now and after watching that, I must say I'm glad I weened them when they were willing.
Wow, the house is looking beautiful. We just got back from Disneyland so I am laughing at your Disney-in-a-Day post. Wow... I want to hear more on that one. Shawn is either brave or crazy. :) Haley was a nut... she went on Splash Mountain and Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain and loved them all. She is our wild child!! Glad to see all is good with the boys and you guys are doing well.
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