We went to Southern CA to visit my sister and family last weekend for about 4 days. We braved the airplane with our three kids!! It went ok! The babies were good. Other passengers were frequently commenting on how we have our hands full but many of them also offering to help :) We went to Disneyland one day while my parents stayed home with the twins, it was a fun day! Disneyland has a nice and comfortable baby center where I could pump :)
The babies had their 4 month appointment yesterday. The pedi was very pleased. Alec weighs 12lbs 8oz and Layla is 11lbs 13oz....both are about 24 inches. She said once they hit about 12lbs they should sleep most if the night (if you dream feed around 10pm-which we do). Alec is often sleeping thru the night from his 10pm dream feed until 8am! Layla wakes up around 5am on average. Napping is going ok... some days they nap really well. They really like to nap on their tummies. My pedi says this is ok since they hold their heads up so well and I'm right there for the nap. But at night we put them on their backs to sleep. They really love sleeping on their tummies :) but sometimes I worry since they are supposed to be on their backs. The pedi also says we can start solids when they are about 5 months old. She said to start putting them in their high chairs so they get used to sitting in there and watching us eat at meal times. When starting solids they should start to sleep deeper longer naps and can be more on a schedule during the day... they should sleep longer at night too :) Looking forward to that!!!
I went back to work last week. It's weird being back to work after 6 months off. I thought I would forget everything, but so far remembering it pretty easily like riding a bike! It's kind of nice to get away and get back to work... I work 24hr/weekly... so it's not too bad. I can often get more days off if we're not busy...so right now we're going to take advantage of that. My hubby is learning to care for them all on his own... this weekend will be his longest stretch with them since it's my first weekend back to work. Should be interesting!! ha ha!
Lots of coos and smiles these days.... it just melts my heart. Such a joy! The babies do notice each other sometimes and "talk" to one another. TOO CUTE! Alec is rolling over from back to tummy and tummy to back. But not very often yet. Layla hasn't rolled much... just tummy to back a couple times.
A year ago I was planning my FET of these little ones! So crazy all that has happened this last year. Such a joy and relief that our family is complete (at least we think? we still haven't decided about our one last CCS normal in the freezer- but I'll save that for another post!)
