Rice Cereal - take two!

October 6th, 2009
We decided to give Emma her first taste of rice cereal tonight. She didn't quite take to it as well as her brother. You put the spoon in her mouth, the cereal goes in and then blah, right back out. She doesn't spit it out like she doesn't like it, it just kind of oozes back out of her mouth. She doesn't quite understand that she's supposed to swallow the food, so I think it's just going to take her a little more time before she really enjoys her cereal. But in the meantime, it sure is funny to watch! :)

Here are a few of my favorite post cereal pics:

Rice Cereal

October 2nd, 2009

According to the pediatrician at the 4 month checkup, we could start giving Logan & Emma rice cereal once a day, so we decided to give it a try! Logan did really well with eating from the spoon and seemed to enjoy the taste of the cereal.

His big brother Michael also taught him a cool trick :)

Emma got a little fussy before we could feed her the cereal, so we decided to hold off until she was in a better mood. She did enjoy playing with the spoon though! I think she's about got the hang of it :)

Tummy Time!

Emma is definitely mastering tummy time. She does really well with lifting her head up and looking around. She hasn't started reaching at or grasping objects while she's on her tummy, but I don't think that's far off.

Logan on the other hand is struggling a little with tummy time. He's not very good at lifting his head, but when he does, he'll lift it up for a minute and then get bored with it. Then he'll do the head bob/face plant into the blanket until you turn him over. Poor little guy! His head is a little bigger than Emma's, so it might just take him a litte longer to get the hang of it!

Sleeping Through the Night!

Logan and Emma are sleeping through the night and that makes for a very happy momma! Their first official night of sleeping through was September 9th. They ate at about 9:30 that night and then slept until 6:30! I woke up around 3:30am, listened for a little bit, double checked the monitor to make sure it was on and then tried to go back to sleep. I woke up an hour or so later checked the monitor again. Not a peep! I debated going into their room to check on them but decided to hold off. Around 6:30, they started to stir. I couldn't believe they slept that long!

They've had a few nights that they've woken up at 5:00 but I'm chalking that up to a growth spurt. I have now discovered that if they do wake up early and I just wait a few minutes before getting up, they'll usually fall back asleep. The earliest they normally get up now is 7AM, but it's very common for them to sleep until 8 or 8:30. They have even slept a few times until 9 or 10! They get their last bottles between 9:30-10:30 and we put them in bed right after they eat. I know that may seem late, but I'd rather keep them up a little later at night when I'm awake then to put them down early and have them get up too early!

After their first bottle in the morning, they usually sleep at least another 2-3 hours before getting up for the day! They've become quite the little sleepers and I'm very thankful for that!

Here are my happy babies playing in their crib - ready to get up......

Here's another one of Logan stretching and Emma posing - too cute!

4 Months Doctor's Appointment

September 29th, 2009
Today was Emma and Logan's 4 month checkup with Dr. Cade. They are both doing great. Logan is 15lbs 10oz and 24 3/4 in long. Emma is now 13lbs 13oz and 24 1/4 in long. They're both right at 50% for their height and weight now which is perfect! They're both at 25% on their head circumference which suprised me a little because I thought Logan had a pretty good sized head. The doctor said I should see the kids in the 95th percentile - yikes!

We asked Dr. Cade about Emma's eyesight because we thought she might have trouble seeing and she has a hard time really focusing in on us, but the doctor assured us that she was focusing okay and it might just take her a little longer than Logan for her eyesight to improve. Emma did really great lifting her head up, while Logan is still struggling a little bit with that.

There's such a span of time that's considered "normal" for certain developmental milestones. It's hard to not compare the two of them when you would assume that they'd do the same things at similar times. That's so not the case and we're really learning that more and more each day.

The doctor informed us that we could start feeding both of the babies rice cereal. Wow - how exciting! We're supposed to start out with just a tablespoon mixed with formula once a day - the main focus is teaching them how to eat with a spoon. She said more than likely there would be more food out than in for a while, lol! Once they master that, then we can give them cereal twice a day and by their 6 month appointment we can start introducing baby food. There are going to be lots of firsts over the next 2 months!!

They both had a tough time with their shots and they seemed a lot more suspicious at this visit than they did at 2 months! Logan was not in a good mood the whole time - I think he really sensed that something bad was going to happen. Once we got home, Logan did pretty well the rest of the night, but Emma struggled. She had a fever all night and into the next day. We finally got it to break that next night. Whew - not looking forward to that 6 months checkup!

Monkey See, Monkey Do

September 14th, 2009
Logan and Emma have both started imitating mommy. Logan will blow raspberries at me - it's so cute because he tries so hard and you can tell his wheels are turning trying to figure out how to get his lips to do that. You can totally tell what he's doing though - it's just going to take him a little practice! When you stick your tongue out at Emma, she will stick hers back out at you - it's so sweet! I'm having so much fun with them now. I know this is just the beginning of all the fun things they'll do to entertain me!

Misc 3 Months Photos