Time for the change

Well I think the boys are about to switch to one nap a day. All week long they have only been sleeping 20 or 30 minutes in the morning. This makes me sad that they are getting big enough to only need the one nap a day, but it also makes me happy because we will now be able to get out and do more especially this summer. I can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can start going to the park and going for walks like everyday. I haven't been feeling the greatest this week so I've been wanting to nap during their nap every morning, but of course that hasn't happened since they haven't been sleeping. I am still trying to figure out what kind of eating schedule the boys want to be on right now. I don't want to force them into a schedule, but at the same time I want to force them into a schedule. Anyway, morning nap time seems to be over already once again.

Ramblings

So, life is getting interesting. Andy is starting to crawl better now which has been a lot of fun. He is getting into everything (well not quite, but getting close). I am already annoyed with him pulling stuff off the coffee table, taking CDs off the shelf and pulling on the power cords for the laptops and cell phones. He is getting around the living room very well now it seems, but still hasn't really made it out of the living room on a constant basis yet. Thankfully! Matt is very slowly moving forward when he crawls. He moves like two scoots and then rolls. He loves to roll and get around very quickly when he does it. He has also become a pro at scooting around on his butt while he's sitting up. Look out world here we come!

They say with twins there is usually one quiet one and one that is louder and more outgoing. I see this in my uncles and my cousins that are twins and I already see it in the boys. Matt is the quiet one, but he will also be the sneaky one. Andy is the outgoing wild party man. I think Andy will know how to lie very well when he gets older. Matt won't have to lie because he won't have to because he won't get caught. Wow am I going to be screwed when they are teen agers.

Feedings

I am very confused at the moment. I am trying to figure out how much I should be feeding the boys. The stuff from the doctor says they should nurse 4-5 times a day (we do 5). Then that they should have 2 1/2 jars of fruit and veggies and 1 jar of meat each day (we do the fruit and veggie but I'd only been giving them 1/2 a jar of meat because we just started that like a month ago). Then I read something on Gerber's website yesterday that said they should be having 2 1/2 to 3 jars of food (one fruit, one veggie, and one meat) at lunch and dinner and 2 jars at breakfast. That means that according to Gerber what the boys eat for an entire day is basically what they should be eating in one meal (just barely over). I can't decide if I should really believe what Gerber's website says since of course they would make money from making people think their child needs to eat that much baby food. I know I can't increase their food that much that quickly. I thought I was buying a lot of baby food already and now I find out that I really do need to increase their food at least a little it's amazing. I wish I had bought stock in Gerber a year ago because at least then I would be increasing the worth of my own stock while I'm buying all of this food. Oh well, not much longer and they can really switch over to mostly table foods. I can't believe they are 10 months old already. It goes so fast.

Jumperoo fun

I bought a jumperoo for the boys yesterday at that consignment sale I had talked about earlier. Oh my gosh! They love it! I would have bought them a jumperoo a long time ago if i had known they would love it this much. It is so funny to watch them jumping in it. They both act so differently in it. Andy jumps on his tip toes and really gets flying in it (I knew he would). Matt is more conservative about the whole thing and jumps very flat footed. Matt spends more time playing with the toy on the front of it and Andy has barely touched the toy. It is so funny how different their personalities are becoming. I can see in the future Andy will be the wild, out-going party type and Matt will be the shy, quiet boy that no one would ever suspect would do anything wrong. I can't wait to see who they really grow into. I love them both so very, very much. They are wonderful little boys and I am so lucky to have both of them.

Crawling

Well it happened this weekend. Andy FINALLY is crawling forward. Matt also started going backward FINALLY which is really cool. I am so excited!!! It won't be long before Matt is going forward. Matt also made his way out of the living room and down the hall today by rolling. Andy also was trying very hard to pull himself up on the exersaucer from being on his tummy. He could not get it figured out but was very close. It was a busy day in our house with all of the movement. I wanted this so bad, but now I'm thinking what the heck did I want this for.

The power of a comfort item

WOW! I am amazed at the power of a comfort item to a baby. We went to a friend's house for the evening last night and put the boys' down for bed while we were over there. They aren't use to sleeping in their Pack'n play cribs because we rarely use them. When we first laid them down they were screaming bloody murder. We have started keeping a set of Puppy dog blankies in the car that are very similar to the teddy bear blankies they sleep with all the time at home. I ran out to the car to grab the blankies and as soon as we gave them the blankies they were both quite and fell right asleep. I am amazed at how comforting that little blankie was. I think it can really help a child to have something like that. However, you do have to be careful that they are old enough to be able to move it out of the way should it cover their face in the middle of the night. I always thought I would follow the new suggestion of "nothing but baby" (meaning you don't put anything else in the crib with the baby). I didn't put these blankies in their crib until they were 4 or 5 months old. Even at that age I was always going and checking on them before I went to bed and many times found their faces covered. Now, they move all over in bed so I don't really worry about them with the blankies.

Also, Matt started scooting backwards yesterday!!! Until then he'd only been able to roll over (granted he did that very well). Andy has also started doing push ups to try and crawl. He pushes up onto all fours (hands and knees) and then pushed off so his butt is in the air and his hands and feet are on the floor. He still hasn't figured out how to move forward, but I'm sure it will come soon enough. Part of me hopes he doesn't start crawling because that is the beginning of the end.

Consignment Sale

It's come time to start clearing out some of the boys' little clothes. I can't believe they are growing up so fast. I went to put some of their clothes in a consignment sale for this week. I had a hard time trying to decide what to sell and what to keep. I hope to have another child someday so I want to keep most of the stuff I have, but at the same times I have no idea if we will have a boy (I want a girl) or if that child will fit into the right sizes at the right seasons. I thought i could sell one of a lot of the twin outfits, but then what if we would have twin boys around the same time of year again I wouldn't have any matching outfits for them. So I put some basics up for sale that I can easily go to this sale if/when we have our next child and buy back for about the same price I am selling them for. I'm selling a lot of stuff that I bought at the sale last year or that was given to me and the boys never really wore. I hope I make some money on the sale, but if not then oh well. It's so hard to decide what to get rid of and what to keep. Everything takes up so mush room to keep it all and we don't have that much space. For anyone who lives around Omaha I recommend this sale. It's called Munchkin Junction it's at Bethany Luthern Church just north of 204th and Maple. The sale runs Wednesday through Saturday (Saturday is half price day). Check out their website at www.munchkinjunctionsale.com