Twins - 5 months old

Well we nearly made it 5 months without an illness.  Unfortunately, Lauren came down with a cold a week and a half ago, which turned into a mild ear infection so she was placed on Amoxicillin.  Caleb came down with a virus a few days later.  He also developed a rash which the pediatrician diagnosed as eczema.  We recently changed him to soy formula because it made sense to change to soy with his milk intolerance. It was shortly after that that the eczema developed. So I'm convinced that it was the soy that exaggerated his symptoms (so I guess I better stay away from soy too!).



First Valentine's Day

Lauren: You decided to celebrate being 5 months old by rolling from your back to your tummy.  You kept doing it over and over and I think you were quite impressed with yourself.  Although this now poses a problem because you woke yourself up from your nap because you had rolled onto your tummy.  When I went to get you, two little f eet were sticking through the side rails.  Later during the day, you and your brother were laying by each other and you kept trying to roll on top of him.  He got you back by kicking you in the stomach, which brought out your pouty lip.  Finally, you two are interacting (maybe not on the terms I wanted though...).  Lauren you have the most adorable smile-you smile with your whole body and are not afraid to chuckle every once in a while.  You take after your daddy and are quite chatty!  I am so ready for you to out grow your 3 month clothes because I'm sick of seeing you in the same outfits.  Length-wise you have outgrown the 3 month jammies so we are finally seeing some different pajamas-yeah!  Some of the 3 month pants are still BIG on you. I hope you start chunking up pretty soon because I am not going to buy any more size 1 diapers.  You are fascinated with your hands and you must think you need to do a lot of praying because you often have your hands folded. 


Caleb:  My gentle giant :).  You are pretty content just hanging out chewing on your hands.  You started rolling onto your tummy about a week after your sister (although according to daycare you've been rolling for a while).   You sometimes get stuck and forget how to roll onto your back again.  You laugh more frequently than your sister.  Today your big sis was making you laugh-it was adorable and luckily mommy caught it on video!  When you have trouble going to sleep, you like to be rocked and love to hold onto our fingers while you fall asleep.  You love to be read to and focus so carefully on every page.  You are in 6 month clothes and are quickly growing out of them.  I probably should have dressed you in 6 month clothes sooner instead of shoving your little tush into 3 month clothes but it was so hard to see you growing so fast! 

You two are just the best little babies-so content unless you are hungry or sleepy.  I'm looking forward to when you can sit on your own and I think you are too.  Although I know soon after that comes crawling, which can wait for a few more months...

Caleb likes to sleep with this lion OVER his face (we usually take it away from him after he falls asleep because mom and dad have had too many sleepless nights worrying about him when he sleeps like this)