We are ready for Christmas! I am so excited for our Christmas celebrations to begin next weekend! We are going to Matts side of the family twice. I NEVER take the twins out anymore. Its just getting to cold and they are really on a nice schedule so it makes it hard, especially if they are not in sync. Plus I don't care to take them out in flu and cold season so we are really stuck inside the house. Last week I didn't go anywhere....I was looking foward to going grocery shopping on Saturday!!
Next week I have told everyone that we need to leave their house by 6pm because that is when the girls bedtime is. I was asked if we could just bring pjs and have the girls sleep in their car seats, this will not work. They are not newborns anymore and won't sleep anywhere I place them. They want to be laid in their crib to sleep. This is a good thing and I refuse to mess with a good thing. I don't care if its 1 or 2 nights of messing with it.....I am the one getting up with 2 babies at night not anyone else, plus I want them to be happy, they will not be happy forced to stay up past their bedtime. So leaving at 6:00 it is.
The girls schedule is strict BUT it keeps everyone happy and makes things run very smoothly. Their awake time is at the most 2 hours and they are then ready for a nap. They are in bed between 6-6:30. Mandy sleeps straight thru while Emily is up twice a night to eat. Em is still a peanut....maybe 12 pounds so I know she needs to eat. However, the past few days she has not been eating alot but at night taking 6 ounce bottles. I feel like she is distracted during the day so she isn't taking the time to finnish her bottle. If I could just get her to do this I think she would sleep thru the night or maybe just wake up once. Other than that she is a good sleeper just like Mandy. She finnishes her bottle and goes right back to bed. Today she slept till 7:30 and Mandy 8:00.
Cassie may be the death of me on some days. I am working hard to have patience and tell her how I expect her to act. When she is naughty she is sent to her room and her favorite stuffed animal "puppy" is taken away. She is a really great helper, she undresses the babies, helps change their diaper, she will take off their old one and wipe their butts and have clean diapers ready for me...she is a pro at this!
We have decided to go the helmet route for Mandy. I still am not 100% on board but this is the plan. We are trying to get insurance to cover it first and then make our appointment.
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Cassie holding Emily |
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Adelyn, Mandy and Cassie holding hands |
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Mandy - see her ankles? |
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Band-Aids on both cankles.....I mean ankels |
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Being checked out by both girls - such a good sport! |
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Adleyn and Emily |
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The 4 girls |