Lauren: You remain our little peanut. I can't wait until our appointment with the pediatrician at the end of the month because you don't seem to be putting on the weight as quickly as your brother (I guess that is better than the other way around!). I had to take you back to the pediatrician a few weeks ago because your reflux acted up again. They doubled your Omeprazole and 1 day later, you were back to your old self. It's amazing how fast that stuff works! You are eating more which is good. Now you eat 5-6 ounces every 4 hours, with one feeding between 3-4 AM. There were a couple nights where you and your brother slept all night long, but I am glad you are getting up during the night now because you need that 5th feeding. Your new nickname is "Bubbles." You are fascinated with your tongue and like to stick it out and blow bubbles at us. It's pretty cute, except for the drool that rolls down your chin. You haven't rolled over yet, but you are not a big fan of tummy time. I do think you will be the first to roll from back to tummy because you have been close a couple times. You are not fond of your car seat and car rides can be trying sometimes.
Caleb: Your new nick name is "Karate Kid." You are constantly moving your arms around like you are doing karate chops! You love to hold your hands together and you are so good at reaching for toys and have started bringing them to your mouth. You are becoming a little drooler though...
You are eating 6-7 ounces every 4 hours now. You have rolled over a couple more times from tummy to back and have started rolling onto your side from your back. Sometimes you will be sleeping and all of a sudden we see your feet fly into the air when you stretch and then you fall back asleep. It's pretty cute!
Our New Routine:
We wake the babies in the morning around 6:45 AM, quickly change them in their room and then load them in their car seats. I'm usually out the door between 7 and 7:15 to take the twins to daycare. Alena is usually up around 6:30 AM and Justin and I tag team getting her ready in the morning. She always gives her brother and sister a hug and kiss before we load them in their car seats (one morning she forgot to do this and she was pretty sad about it). After work, I usually pick up the twins, except on Thursdays when I am doing clinic at the VA hospital so Justin picks them up while I go grocery shopping for the week. I've learned how to entertain the babies while I make dinner: Usually putting them in their bouncy seats in the kitchen, while Alena and I dance around and tell silly stories keeps them content. They look at me like I'm looney but it seems to work! We put Alena down for bed around 7:45 and Justin and I take turns putting her to bed. Her new thing is wanting us to make up stories before she goes to bed. She gets to pick the topic and then we make up the story-Alena adds to the story too as we go along. Lately she has wanted the story to be about laundry! The twins eat around 8:00 and are asleep by 9.
We do baths every other day with all three kids. I put each twin in their little bathtub inside the big bathtub that is full of water. Alena sits in the big bath tub while the twins bathe in their bathtub separately. Both babies LOVE their baths and would sit in the tub forever if we let them. They kick and kick and splash!
We are looking forward to warmer weather when we can play outside and take walks. So glad Spring is right around the corner!
We LOVE baby legs!
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