They are doing so many new things everyday. First, their hair is starting to grow in again. Ryan's is pretty dark- much darker than Spencer's. Ryan's eyes are brown and Spencer's are still bluish-brown. One of the strangest things to me is the difference in their skin. Ryan has the most perfect baby-soft baby skin. It's flawless and as soft as can be. Spencer's is rough and blotchy and dry--not baby-like at all. Very strange.
They are both rolling over, although Ryan mastered it a few weeks (5 months) before Spencer (5 months 3 weeks). Ryan can sit up unassisted for a little while, but Spencer can't yet. Both love to grab toys and put everything in their mouths! Both like to manipulate all the little gadgets on the exersaucer. They both love to fly like an airplane too.
We're slowly building up our supply of pureed baby foods- but they've only tried a few things so far- asian sweet potatoes, rice cereal, and zucchini. Spencer's got a strange rash on his face so we went back to straight cereal for a few days so it can clear up. I'm not sure if it's a reaction to food or not. I've got green beans, cauliflower, carrots, and peaches ready to go too.
Both are sleeping well- all through the night most nights. And by all through the night I mean 8pm-7am. Pretty good. I wake them up each morning Monday-Thurs to nurse before I leave for work. That seems to hold them over until about 9am or so for their first bottle.
They are currently wearing 3-6 mo, 6 mo, and 6-9 mo clothes. I pulled out a pile of things to keep- the outifts that they came home from the hospital in, etc. I can't believe they were that little!
Their personalities are very different. Ryan giggles at the wind. Spencer is more serious but will give us big giggles and smiles too. Spencer seems very observant. Both coo and gurgle a lot.
Spencer prefers to play on his back still but is starting to roll over more to play. Ryan prefers to play on his stomach and will stay on his back about 10 seconds before he rolls over.
Both love bathtime. Bathtime with Eli was always so much fun. I guess one of the drawbacks with twins is that bathtime is often rushed and is very assembly line-like. I always have to change the water in between babies because whoever goes first always pees in the tub. But they both love the time in the tub and the lotion and play time afterward.
Both seem to enjoy reading. Eli has a couple of books entirely memorized, so he'll read some to them too. "That's Not My Tractor" is a current favorite for Eli to read to them. While Eli paid no attention to the TV at this age, both babies will scoot and wiggle and strain their necks to see Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
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I just packed up Finn's newborn clothes. :( So sad!!
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