Lucas is a SMOOCHER!

The first time was- of all days, Valentines Day.

I was holding Lucas on my lap after Duane and I ate dinner, and he
gets this weird look in his eye. I said to Duane "Whats wrong with
him?" and I started laughing when all at once he took some hair in one
hand, my ear in the other, and lunged at me open mouthed and smooched
a big sloppy wet one all over my face.

He has sense started kissing me in the morning, when he gets happy
about something, and when he is tired.

And last night he grabbed Daddy. I told Duane "He has his smooch
look", Lucas had had his hand on Duanes shirt collar and on Duanes
hair, and was looking for a place to lay a smooch on Duane, and Duane
got so excited he said "Lay a big sloppy one on me" and turned his
cheek to the side and boy did Lucas get him! He lunged in and smooch
slurped Duanes cheek and left some nice drool there to show for it.

:-P

I have an odd feeling his smooches might become bites later on. He
sort of grabs your face and sucks on it. LOL But, if I kiss him, he
does his version of a smooch back like he has been giving us.

NOT teething

Remember when my twins had so much teething problems?

Everyone said they were teething. They chewed on everything. They
soaked three bibs a day. They needed tylenol round the clock.

They weren't teething.

I had been letting them sleep half an hour in their swing in the a.m.,
three hours in the late afternoon in their cribs, and then another
half an hour in their swings in the evening. They only rubbed their
eyes prior to these naps. Then, at night they would go to bed about
7:30 and get up around 7:00 the next morning. 15 hours a day sleeping
is the norm at 4-6 months, so we were doing everything right.

Well, one day Matilda stopped being able to nap in her swing- she was
too distracted by everything going on around her. So, I decided to
start laying them down in their cribs for the morning and evening half
hour naps. The first day I just let them sleep, thinking they would
wake me up. Two and a half hours later!

They now nap 2.5 hours in the a.m.
They nap 1.5-2 hours in the afternoon
And 45 minutes in the evening.

Then sleep from 8:00 to 8:00!

These babies are sleeping 17 hours a day!!!

And they are no longer teething! Matilda is a NEW baby. Duane even
said last night "She has become the baby you dreamed of". For the
longest time Tilly and I just pushed each others buttons all day long.
She was cranky- I thought from teething, it turns out she was tired.
Now that shes sleeping 17 hours a day, shes the happiest baby ever.
She smiles all the time, sings, coos and babbles... shes pure joy!

Lucas is the same... I get the impression he doesn't need as much
sleep, but he also is no longer taking pain meds for "teething".

Now, as soon as Tilly starts fussing at a toy, we pick her up and put her down for a nap.

Lucas and Matilda 6 months 3 weeks
10w 1d twins

Nap!

We had a nice afternoon!

Duane and I decided to lay down when the babies did at 10 for what is
usually a two hour nap, and we all slept two hours and 45 minutes
uninterrupted! :-P

Then Tilly showed us her new "words" (she tries to say "la la" while
pursing her lips and spitting) and Lucas played pogo on Duanes tummy.

Hope everyone else is having a nice Sunday, too

Babies leaving our room

I had been wanting to keep Lucas and Matilda in our room awhile
longer. They sleep in a shared crib in our room, and take turns
climbing in bed with us when they feel bad (teething) or on Saturday
and Sunday mornings. I even feed them both breakfast in our bed while
we sing and cuddle.

Lucas hasn't been a good sleeper for a long time, but I kept thinking
we could get him "over the hump". He was waking up once every 45
minutes from midnight until 7 wanting his paci! Sunday night I was up
EIGHT times with him between 1-7 a.m.! I swear, I have been more sleep
deprived than when they were newborns.

Well, I have been making up for my sleep when they nap, only now he no
longer naps either. Yesterday after trying every five minutes for half
an hour to get him to take his paci, I broke down and started sobbing.
I was so exhausted and sleep deprived that my vision was blurred.

There other crib is in the nursery. I picked him up, took off his
swaddle, removed his sleep positioner, and laid him down on his back
in the crib. I gave him a sound machine and he was still whining and
sobbing (he had been given tylenol) and even though I hate to hear him
cry, I collapsed on our bed in the other room with Tilly beside me and
I slept through his crying!!! I have never done anything like that!!!

Last night Duane brought home a monitor and we did put him in the
nursery for the night. Tilly will be moved tonight. He only woke up
twice from 9 to 7:30! Can you believe that? And sweet Duane- he felt
so sorry for me that he put the monitor on his side of the bed and he
was the one who got up with him.

My only worry is that now he is rolling to his stomach to sleep. The
peditricians office says that its normal at this age and not to roll
him back, but we worry because he rolls to his stomach better than his
back. So, we put him back in his sleep positioner for now. We woke up
once and he had wiggled out and still found his tummy, but his head
was nicely turned and his fists under his face so we left him alone.

The funny thing is I feel like I have went on a vacation from just one
night of sleep!