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I am so ready for my cold to be over.....Ean has a runny nose again and is still coughing- mostly at night and in the morning. Kinda like me! I tell him every time he coughs and whimpers, "I know, buddy. It hurts!" This cough is horrible- it does really hurt- it feels like my lungs are tearing!
The boys are eating solids regularly at night now. My MIL is sending me a food processor (THANKS!!) and I am going to start making their food. I am a little on the obsessed side with what goes into them. (I am really weird, I know. Soon they will be eating french fries and I will be wondering what happened!) The boys have tried organic sweet potatoes, carrots, and peas. Below I will post E eating sweet potatoes for the first time. By first time, I mean actually eating, which he has now caught on to. I am thinking about giving them rice cereal in the morning. The doc said after they start eating regularly at night- to then move on to breakfast and dinner.
Naps are a complete joke here. I don't know what to do. And frankly, I am sick of researching and reading what to do. (SHOCKER I KNOW!) This is because I personally do not believe in listening to them wail. At night, if I had done that to get them to sleep (cry it out, ferberize) they would never have slept! All they needed is for me to go in there and touch them or mostly replace their pacifiers. They needed something! Listening to them cry wouldn't have solved their problem. The boys are sleeping wonderfully at night! Almost 5 months and they sleep about 10-12 hours a night. They have only ever fussed at night. They have either worked it out with a little fussing or if it got louder I would go in and see them. They have never really "cried" If they ever really did I would pick them up and bring them to bed with me and then replace them in the crib later. This worked and gave me SLEEP!
As for naps, they do wail! I don't know what the difference is. At the first sign of fatigue, yawning or droopy eyes, I pick them up and bring them to the nursery. They awaken as soon as I leave the room and scream. This has NEVER happened at night. They have fallen asleep after some fighting every time, but they sleep for 20-30 minutes. EVERY baby I have ever known takes 1-2 hour naps twice a day. Not my babies. I will say if when sleepy, I move them to their swings, they will nap in them for 1-2 hours. And I have done that a few times this week. That is basically all we use their swings for anymore. It will work out.....
Q is still rolling on to his stomach and then crying in frustration. E rolls the opposite way but only does it when he feels like it. E is on the floor laughing hysterically at something- oddly enough there is nothing around him! (he is turned staring at his bumbo close up)







E with his frog blanket. Q has a lion one- they LOVE them!

No pics today. We didn't even get out of bed this morning until 10 am. The boys fell asleep last night by 8:05. They were awake at 6 am though! Q had a bowl of sweet potatoes last night. E opened his mouth for each bite but it just rolled back out. He won't swallow. We'll just keep trying!
I woke up in the middle of the night last night & couldn't breathe my nose was so stuffed up and I seemed to have kinda lost my voice. Gone are the days were I can down a large dose of Nyquil, hallucinate, and sleep off the cold. Darn, I will miss that....
So, we have had a cold, stomach bug, and RSV in their first 4 months. This means we will sail right thru the rest of the year, right?????
We are praying for our friend Amanda's friend who both read this blog. She (Rita) has been on bedrest with twins. She had them yesterday at 27 weeks, 5 days. They are a boy & a girl- Lainey and Bryce. As of the email, they were on ventilators & stable.
The boys are taking naps at different times so no nap for sick mommy! Who knows if we will ever even establish a "naptime" I am just so thrilled with 12 hours at night, that I haven't worked on day naps. Hey, I can't be on top of everything!!!!