Apparently I can spell if my life depended on it. Sorry.
Saturday was my parents anniversary but as far as I knew, they were heading home and we would maybe do something on Sunday. Well, after calling them to congragulate them, my mom chimes in that they're going out with one of my aunt's and her daughter (my cousin) and it would be such a surprise if we were to meet up with them. And the best part - they would come closer to us. Sure - why not.
So dh, the girls and I finished our little shopping trip. Decided to stop and have some pho for lunch. It was yummy and thankfully there weren't many people in the restaurant. We ordered and dh went to bring the car closer. As soon as he came back I needed to take Alex to the car and change her dirty diaper. Bad mommy forgot wipes/papertowels so I tried to use the disposable changing pad to clean her up. Needless to say, the poor kid had to sit there with poop on her for a little while until we got home. So we went back in the restaurant and tried to eat. Miss Alex was in a chatty mood and kept yelling! It's cute for us, but not the other 5 people who are trying to have a quiet meal. DH took them outside while I finished and we got home, fed the girls, gave them each a bath and got ready to go out again.
We get to the mall where we're meeting everyone and my cousin is so excited to see Alex and Sofi - she comes over to Alex's side of the car and all she gets is a huge pouty face from her. We chalk it up to the fact that she was sleeping in the car. Nope - the little stinker kept up that pouty face everytime my poor cousin tried to hold her! I don't know how she went from the loud and happy baby at lunch to the pouty face. Oh well! We had some great coffee and dessert, walked around and then headed home. There was a live band and everything at the outdoor mall - wish we had gotten there earlier.
Sunday we decided to stay home most of the day. DH took my car for a wash and since the girls wouldn't stop crying, I took off their diapers and let them lay around and play for a while. Ummm....Alex pooped. Yuck! Thankfully DH walked in right as I had discovered this and helped clean them up. My parents came over and we headed to the park to have lunch. For some reason Sofi wasn't having much of the park - she usually loves the one by our house, but I guess she didn't like the pond and the ducks!
Then it was off to TJ's for some shopping. Picked up some green beans for the girls first "real" food! We got home and I started to make their food, since I thought I had just enough time to make it and get them fed. They watched the end of the Super Bowl with Grandpa and Daddy while I made it. We got them in their high-chairs and started to feed them. Alex did great! She was mastering swallowing without spitting out most of it! But towards the end she would open her mouth and stick out her tounge with all the green beans on it! Pretty funny - but that was the hint that she was done with it.
Sofi - she didn't like the beans as much, but I think it was because she was just too hungry. Hubby tried, but then just gave her a bottle and she was a happy camper. We'll try them again today and see what she thinks.
Oh - did I mention that after their first try with cereal, I gave Sofi the warm bottle of formula that I had used for the cereal and she wanted nothing to do with it. I made her a regular bottle with room temp water and she took it with no issue! Kind of funny since I sometimes feel bad that I only give them room temp bottles - but that's what they are used to.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Solids and our first injury!
What a week! On Monday evening we started solids. Rice cereal is the first thing on the list. Sofi took to it very easily! She barely made a mess! Alex - not so much. I think she was too hungry. She would let it just sit in her mouth and couldn't get the hang of swallowing it.
Tuesday they did a little better. I'm learning to make sure they are not too hungry and somewhat calm before feeding them. We did much better today. And I also realized that warming up the formula a bit could make it feel more like a meal for them - or so my mind things that!
Wednesday grandma had to give them half their cereal at lunchtime. They were just too fussy. Then we had a little more for dinner.
The Ped had told us to start with one meal a day for a week then switch to two a day and then finally start adding different foods - so they are eased into it. We'll see how the girls do and go from there.
So this brings us to last night (Thursday) We sat the girls in their chairs and fed them. They stayed there as we ate our dinner - grandma and grandpa were there. Sofi was sitting between my mom and I - I look down and see that her feet are red. She ALWAYS rubs her feet together. For a second I thought it was either the color from her red pj's that were left on her feet or food coloring (why?!?) or maybe she rubbed her feet so much that she caused an actual open wound. Nope. Apparently one of her toe nails must have gotten too long and tore off at a bad angle and very deep - it caused bleeding and the fact that she is always rubbing her feet together, caused the blood to spread. Poor baby girl! I wiped it off with a wet cloth and applied pressure while my mom got her a band aid and bigger socks (in hopes that she wouldn't rub them so much they would fall off her feet) By the time we gave her a bath an hour later, the bleeding had stopped. And may I say that she wasn't even phased by this - she carried on like I was interrupting her playtime! I hate cutting their nails - I can only do it when they're asleep - so I have to make sure I take any opportunity I can. But the situation is usually not good for cutting nails so they grow a little too long. Mommy needs to do a better job.
And can I just add how much I stinkin' love these girls! When I walk in the door from work, I get the biggest smiles and grins and just the excitement in their eyes is priceless! Then when they're in the bath (we still wash them one at a time while they lay down on the bath seat "thingy") the smiles that you get from them are just so pure and innocent. I love that time with them. As hard as it can be to do bath-time with both of them - those smiles are soooo worth it! I don't want to share them!
Then last night I did what I know I shouldn't - I let them sleep with me at different times. After Alex's bath she got her bottle and fell asleep in my arms. I had to do the whole "hold her upright for 20-30 minutes" - I love that time - but then I fell asleep and no one came to take her from me - so she slept with me for a good two hours. Then when Sof got up to eat at 1am - the same thing happened - I fell asleep and even after I woke up I let her stay with me. Just holding her like that is so wonderful - and I enjoyed every moment of it! And I wonder why I can't get them to sleep through the night in their own PnP.
Tuesday they did a little better. I'm learning to make sure they are not too hungry and somewhat calm before feeding them. We did much better today. And I also realized that warming up the formula a bit could make it feel more like a meal for them - or so my mind things that!
Wednesday grandma had to give them half their cereal at lunchtime. They were just too fussy. Then we had a little more for dinner.
The Ped had told us to start with one meal a day for a week then switch to two a day and then finally start adding different foods - so they are eased into it. We'll see how the girls do and go from there.
So this brings us to last night (Thursday) We sat the girls in their chairs and fed them. They stayed there as we ate our dinner - grandma and grandpa were there. Sofi was sitting between my mom and I - I look down and see that her feet are red. She ALWAYS rubs her feet together. For a second I thought it was either the color from her red pj's that were left on her feet or food coloring (why?!?) or maybe she rubbed her feet so much that she caused an actual open wound. Nope. Apparently one of her toe nails must have gotten too long and tore off at a bad angle and very deep - it caused bleeding and the fact that she is always rubbing her feet together, caused the blood to spread. Poor baby girl! I wiped it off with a wet cloth and applied pressure while my mom got her a band aid and bigger socks (in hopes that she wouldn't rub them so much they would fall off her feet) By the time we gave her a bath an hour later, the bleeding had stopped. And may I say that she wasn't even phased by this - she carried on like I was interrupting her playtime! I hate cutting their nails - I can only do it when they're asleep - so I have to make sure I take any opportunity I can. But the situation is usually not good for cutting nails so they grow a little too long. Mommy needs to do a better job.
And can I just add how much I stinkin' love these girls! When I walk in the door from work, I get the biggest smiles and grins and just the excitement in their eyes is priceless! Then when they're in the bath (we still wash them one at a time while they lay down on the bath seat "thingy") the smiles that you get from them are just so pure and innocent. I love that time with them. As hard as it can be to do bath-time with both of them - those smiles are soooo worth it! I don't want to share them!
Then last night I did what I know I shouldn't - I let them sleep with me at different times. After Alex's bath she got her bottle and fell asleep in my arms. I had to do the whole "hold her upright for 20-30 minutes" - I love that time - but then I fell asleep and no one came to take her from me - so she slept with me for a good two hours. Then when Sof got up to eat at 1am - the same thing happened - I fell asleep and even after I woke up I let her stay with me. Just holding her like that is so wonderful - and I enjoyed every moment of it! And I wonder why I can't get them to sleep through the night in their own PnP.
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