Wow, here I am two years later because I want to be better about documenting the kids and their milestones and what do I see but Willows SIX month post sitting in my drafts! That's the last time I was on here. I want to write a lot more to catch up, but I may just work backwards and go with what is fresh in my mind.
Tonno got his first tooth at 5 months old! I believe thats my earliest tooth cutter. He cut the second one just says later. Temple got hers right at 6 months but the second one hasn't popped up yet. I can't wait till it does though, I think that even though it doesn't seem to be causing her any pain, it is causing her to wake up a bunch at night. She went from being my better sleeper to waking up a lot more the last few weeks. Both babies are army crawling all over, they seem to like getting off the area rug into the living room and onto the tile in particular for some reason. Temp gets WAY up on her knees and and elbows, I don't think it will be long before she crawling the traditional way. Tonno gets further at this point, but isn't up on his knees like she yet, though he's trying.
Temp is still so generous with her smiles and smiles with her eyes too, somehow. Tonno is a bit more serious and harder to get a smile from, but then, I think his fat cheeks make it harder for him! They've both tried food this week; frozen celery for teething, beet chips (what a bloody MESS!) avocado, one of them had a bite of sweet potato (Tonno I think?), potatoes and mexican rice (just Tempy) and Coconut Curry lentils. Tempy is really loving food, both via BLW and a spoon. Tonno seems to hate the flavor of anything I've tried so far, which is surprising since I thought he'd be my big eater! He LOVES his booba though and just MELTS into me when he nurses. I had a friend tell me it looks like he's making out with my boob! Spot on! Tempy just eats to get it done and then pops off usually. I'm amazed at how much her temperament reminds me of when Willow was a baby, though I dare say I think she'll end up even more laid back. Tonno is getting sooo much easier than he was, honestly, no on really liked him at first and were no afraid to say it. Poor dude! BUT now he gets plenty of attention and lots of "Oh my goodness, I LOVE him!", "He's sooo cute!" or "I'm sorry I didn't like you at first" haha.
He goes to bed when I do and doesn't like to fall asleep on his own, while Temp goes to bed, still preferring to be swaddled, around 8:00 pm. Currently, we keep one mini pack n play on either side of our bed. Temp on Chris's side, Tonno on mine. One baby will wake up and I'll nurse them in a side lying position. Sometimes I transfer them back to their bed, usually not. But then the other baby will wake up and at that point I'll transfer them. Chris always hands Tempy to me. Now Willow has been making her way to our bed once a night. We had to take her railing down since she started climbing out of her crib and we were worried she'd hurt herself. So far taking her back up to bed has worked, though I anticipate nights to come where we may just keep her with us or do the marching back to her room 100 times.
It's been HARD, like REALLY hard having twins on top of everything else we have going on. I think all of my kids are at their hardest ages currently. A senior in HS, middle schooler, 9 year old adolescent, toddler and infant twins. Some days I don't know how I'll get through. Other moments (yes, I said moments, not days!) I feel like I want to bottle it all up and for no one or nothing to ever change. Having kids so spread out and trying to meet them each where they're at has been so hard, each uniquely going through some pretty significant things right now. Some days I feel like such a failure. I barely have time for my husband. I feel really guilty about this but try to stuff it down. I just so desperately want them all to be successful and happy in life, but most importantly to serve the Lord with their heart. I want them to know how much God loves them. To really grasp that. To love others so much that it moves them daily.
More later. One of the babies is awake. Tonno of course! Ha He thinks he needs less sleep than most babies. Who am I to argue? Anyway I'd lose to a baby every time.
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