I can't seem to keep up with this blog! The girls are just changing so much. It's incredible to see but I want time to slow down!!
So on March 14th, Sofi figured out how to get into a sitting position from her belly. Now she just does that to move around and get to the toy that she wants! And nothing can get in her way. She constantly sits on poor Alex - and Alex gets the "WTF! Get off of me!" look going. But Alex is also quick to take the opportunity to give Sofi a huge hug like that! With Sofi's back at her chest. It's priceless.
Then yesterday, March 21, I went home early to take Sof to the GI doctor's appointment and my mom had the girls dressed and sitting in their cribs. They were cranky, they needed to eat, but we wanted to get them in their car seats first and hit the road. So I see Alex actually kneeling in her crib and think it's cute that her paci reaches the top of the rail. I go to grab my jeans to change out of my work clothes and come back to see her standing in her crib and smiling from ear to ear! I yell for my mom to come and see! Then I run to get the camera, and by the time I got back she had fallen and was back to being miserable again. We coaxed her for a little bit and finally got her to stand again to get a quick pic.
Alex has also mastered the art of clapping. After the dr, we went to grab some take-out and there was a tv in the restaurant showing the NY Nicks and the 76ers (that's basketball), Alex sat in her stroller watching the game and cheering (aka screeching)and clapping. I was too busy ordering the food to really see when she was "cheering", but it was the cutest thing to me. I tried to tape it, but as soon as she saw the camera - she would look at me and smile and stop what she was doing. Oh well, I see many more sporting events in her future, I'm sure I'll capture it then.
So the GI dr said that we should try to get the girls eating more solids and reducing the amount of formula. The reduction in the liquid should help with her spit-up. He also said that new studies are showing that kids should be allowed to/given whatever they want to eat except for honey. This means that there is no need to wait for eggs, peanut butter, strawberries, etc. The research has shown that there may be a small window of opportunity to introduce all of these foods and have the child to help build up their immune systems/tolerance for this stuff. They don't think it helps to prevent allergies by waiting so long. So, this is what we shall aim for. It should be much more fun to get them to eat so many different things. Even I was getting sick of the 10 things they were eating!
Thankfully my mom understands my frustration - I've been trying to follow all the guidelines the medical world offers and yet not dismiss the "old school" things that have gone on for generations. This is going to be a change for me, but a good one. I really want the girls to be exposed to all types of food and to have healthy eating habits. I see too many kids around me who don't - not that they're unhealthy, but it's heartbreaking to see the parents have to try so hard to feed them and the kids becoming so frustrated by it. It's just not a battle I want.
So other than that - all things are good! My cousin just got engaged and is getting married in October. She really wants the girls to walk down the aisle - not really as flower girls, but junior flower girls - I guess. They should be walking by that age if they follow all the regular milestones. I just have a fear that they'll reak havoc! We'll see how they are as we get closer - but they will be attending the ceremony for sure. The reception - not so much - that's when mommy wants to kick off her heels and celebrate with her little sister! But how the heck do I find a sitter when the ENTIRE family is going to be there. I hope by bff is up to the task of watching them!
And they turn 8 months old tomorrow .... someone hold me... how is this happening so fast...mommy isn't ready.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thursday, March 8, 2012
More clapping!
Alex has officially entered the world of clapping too! Her little chubby hands look so adorable when she claps. She also has a habit of staring at her hand and just twisting it and concentrating on it. It's so cute!
Miss Alex is also teething yet again. Poor little thing had a really rough day on Monday, so I resorted to giving her some T.yl.enol. She was biting down on her toys and just not letting go. She was all red and hot looking and just miserable.
On the Sofi front, she's a little dare-devil! We officially have to take the riser's out of the pack n' play's. I let her do her thing yesterday, and she almost fell out of it. She doesn't stand up straight - so she ends up with her head hanging over the side of the PNP. Not good.
We also took her to Dr K for her spitting up. DH had noticed that she was spitting up food she had eaten over 6-8 hours earlier. Apparently she should not have that food in her stomach by 6-8 hours. It's only happened a few times, but it's also hard to tell when they don't eat a colorful food - so she's having us go to a pediatric GI specialist. The appointment is on the 21st so we'll see what they say. I don't think there is anything super serious going on with her, but it would make me feel much better talking to a specialist. I don't think we'll do any extreme testing on her yet. She's growing just fine - she's still in the 40th percentile for her weight and we're all happy with that. I guess only time will tell.
Miss Alex is also teething yet again. Poor little thing had a really rough day on Monday, so I resorted to giving her some T.yl.enol. She was biting down on her toys and just not letting go. She was all red and hot looking and just miserable.
On the Sofi front, she's a little dare-devil! We officially have to take the riser's out of the pack n' play's. I let her do her thing yesterday, and she almost fell out of it. She doesn't stand up straight - so she ends up with her head hanging over the side of the PNP. Not good.
We also took her to Dr K for her spitting up. DH had noticed that she was spitting up food she had eaten over 6-8 hours earlier. Apparently she should not have that food in her stomach by 6-8 hours. It's only happened a few times, but it's also hard to tell when they don't eat a colorful food - so she's having us go to a pediatric GI specialist. The appointment is on the 21st so we'll see what they say. I don't think there is anything super serious going on with her, but it would make me feel much better talking to a specialist. I don't think we'll do any extreme testing on her yet. She's growing just fine - she's still in the 40th percentile for her weight and we're all happy with that. I guess only time will tell.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Milestones and other happenings
So this post may be all over the place. A lot of wonderful things have happened in the last few weeks!
2/29/2012 - Sofi will now clap when we coax her to! She tends to hold her left hand still and slap it with her right one. Grandma had turned on the Nat.e Be.rk.us Show and Sofi started to clap when the audience was clapping! I can totally picture this in my head. I'll have to record some talk shows and get her to do it again.
2/27/2012 - I'm noticing Alex propping herself up on all fours!! Like that chubby little belly is totally off the floor. OMG - she'll be on the go in no time at all! She gets up on all fours and is rocking a little back and forth, but doesn't get the idea that she needs to move her arms. My lazy little girl likes to show us all up!
2/21/2012 - We started to officially put them in their cribs at night. I'm sad that they're not in our room - well, we've had them in separate rooms for about two months now, but you know what I mean. They're big girls now and mama is sad to have this happen - selfishly. But they're still keeping their same pattern. They tend to get up at least once to eat, but I can usually put them back to sleep the other times.
They also took their first vacation! We went us to the mountains (La.ke Ar.rowh.ead) and rented a cabin with some family. It was chilly but we didn't get any fresh snow while we were there. However, there was some on the ground (granted it was basically ice) but they were able to feel it for the first time. They didn't have much of a reaction to it.
We're also fully into solids. They have had many different things: avocado, bananas, mango, green beans, broccoli, apples, pears, yams, carrots, acorn squash, and I'm sure a few others. We've also tried both rice cereal and oatmeal. Everything has been a winner - except green beans. It's not like they hate it, but especially Sofi, only tolerates a few bites. Hopefully they'll change their minds when we use them as finger foods. We also gave them a few Puffs. I love seeing their expressions! They still look like they're thinking really hard and trying to figure out how to move their mouth! It's so cute!
What else. Oh - we had their tooth party! It was a fun afternoon, though I think they knew something was going on, because they refused to nap all morning! But they tolerated the swarm of people very well. Sofi grabbed a stethoscope. My MIL was happy that DH would experience all the struggles they did putting a child through medical school and everything that comes with it! It was funny. Alex first grabbed her favorite saxophone toy and everyone thought that I shouldn't have included that one - so they took it away from her and she eventually grabbed the book. So it looks like we could have two highly educated little ladies!
The tooth party is an old tradition where you celebrate the child's first tooth. You place a few toys/objects in front of them to symbolize various career paths, then you hold a piece of lace over their head and shower them with candy, money and grains (weird combo - I know) and all of this is supposed to wish them well for their future.
OK - those are the main points I had to make sure to document so I didn't forget! I'll be back with pics and some more cute stuff.
2/29/2012 - Sofi will now clap when we coax her to! She tends to hold her left hand still and slap it with her right one. Grandma had turned on the Nat.e Be.rk.us Show and Sofi started to clap when the audience was clapping! I can totally picture this in my head. I'll have to record some talk shows and get her to do it again.
2/27/2012 - I'm noticing Alex propping herself up on all fours!! Like that chubby little belly is totally off the floor. OMG - she'll be on the go in no time at all! She gets up on all fours and is rocking a little back and forth, but doesn't get the idea that she needs to move her arms. My lazy little girl likes to show us all up!
2/21/2012 - We started to officially put them in their cribs at night. I'm sad that they're not in our room - well, we've had them in separate rooms for about two months now, but you know what I mean. They're big girls now and mama is sad to have this happen - selfishly. But they're still keeping their same pattern. They tend to get up at least once to eat, but I can usually put them back to sleep the other times.
They also took their first vacation! We went us to the mountains (La.ke Ar.rowh.ead) and rented a cabin with some family. It was chilly but we didn't get any fresh snow while we were there. However, there was some on the ground (granted it was basically ice) but they were able to feel it for the first time. They didn't have much of a reaction to it.
We're also fully into solids. They have had many different things: avocado, bananas, mango, green beans, broccoli, apples, pears, yams, carrots, acorn squash, and I'm sure a few others. We've also tried both rice cereal and oatmeal. Everything has been a winner - except green beans. It's not like they hate it, but especially Sofi, only tolerates a few bites. Hopefully they'll change their minds when we use them as finger foods. We also gave them a few Puffs. I love seeing their expressions! They still look like they're thinking really hard and trying to figure out how to move their mouth! It's so cute!
What else. Oh - we had their tooth party! It was a fun afternoon, though I think they knew something was going on, because they refused to nap all morning! But they tolerated the swarm of people very well. Sofi grabbed a stethoscope. My MIL was happy that DH would experience all the struggles they did putting a child through medical school and everything that comes with it! It was funny. Alex first grabbed her favorite saxophone toy and everyone thought that I shouldn't have included that one - so they took it away from her and she eventually grabbed the book. So it looks like we could have two highly educated little ladies!
The tooth party is an old tradition where you celebrate the child's first tooth. You place a few toys/objects in front of them to symbolize various career paths, then you hold a piece of lace over their head and shower them with candy, money and grains (weird combo - I know) and all of this is supposed to wish them well for their future.
OK - those are the main points I had to make sure to document so I didn't forget! I'll be back with pics and some more cute stuff.
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