Oh boy - I've slacked.
They are officially 6 months old.
How did that happen? How did my wrinkled little girls grow up so fast?!? Now they're amazing little babies who smile all the time, love to chat and sing, and are starting to realize they actually have a sister! It's been amazing to watch them grow and learn. They are both pretty much masters of rolling over these last two weeks. Took alot of practice and teaching from mom and grandpa - but they're masters now! We can't leave them alone anymore!
Alex got her bottom two teeth on January 5th - well we felt the first one and by the time I looked again, the second was already there! I think it happened within a day or two of each other.
Sofi is almost there! Finally! This little lady started her drooling and hand biting way before Alex - but still no teeth. Thankfully Hubby let me know that you can sort of see the white of the tooth from under her gums - so we're reallllyyyyy close!!
We're also working on sleeping a bit more. They're doing much better - usually one or two wake-ups at night. But they are very much like their mommy - they're usually up for the day by 6am - if not 5am. Well - let's just hope this is still the case over the next 18+ years. I don't want to fight them to get up for school.
We have officially made the switch to soy formula as of last night - per dr's advice. Let's see if this helps with their spitting up. She also suggested adding rice cereal to the formula - but I'm holding off on it to see how just the formula switch goes. They just spit up so much - though they're "happy spitters", it also makes me wonder why it's so much. It's not like they eat alot at each feeding - they are 6 months and only eat 4 ounces every 2.5 hours, we burp them and hold them upright for at least 30 minutes. And they're on meds for the reflux too. Hopefully this helps.
Oh geez - there is so much to say about how wonderful it is to watch them change every day. I don't know how to put it into words. I'm so thankful that my mom made a suggestion early on - to take at least one picture of them each and every day. I really need to put them in a slide-show type thing for each of them and just see how they have changed. She also suggested to write something down everyday in a journal for the girls - but I've totally failed at that. I wanted to write everything from the first day - so since I started it late - it's still not done. I really need to make it a priority and get it up-to-date and keep it up going forward. I think 6 months is a great time to start!
Oh how I love my babies!!
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