just wanted to drop in and add -- I had the Triumph for my older daughter and LOVED it. I thought the straps were absolutely the best thing ever; I don't know if they've changed it or something because I have seen some reviews that complain about it being hard to turn the release knob but I never had any problem. I always thought it was super easy to use and adjust.
Your life is an occasion.... rise to it. --Mr. Magorium
Marathon - We have two and love them. It's easy to adjust the straps and they are easy to clean. Our backup is an Evenflo Titan but we rarely use it.
Finger foods - Marin has just started with the Gerber Puffs. She loves them but can't get them in her mouth.
Milestones - Still no hair, no teeth, and no crawling. She can scoot backwards but hasn't figured out how to go forward yet and she can finally sit up for about a minute before tumbling over. She is also still not sleeping through the night. Last night she was up at 2:30 and 6:00. Caden was STTN at 2 months so I guess I got spoiled.
Jane - Cute pics. He looks like a natural at the piano.
Do you ever smell a fart and end up blaming the wrong guy? - Gil Grissom
Jane - Joey is so cute, you have the best pics. ANd look at all that hair he's gotten. Have a safe and happy holiday.
We went to a Christmas party on Saturday at my DH's brother's house. My poor son was a bit timid, which is so unlike him. Whereas my daughter hammed it up. She got the FP learning bunny and really liked it.
Here's a pic from their Baptism from a few weeks ago, this was taken at the end of they day, when they were getting passed around for pics. I was so proud of them, they didn't make one peep at the church nor at the reception afterwards. They were very, very good babies.
what a great picture relly! I know it must be a heck of a lot of work to have two at once but I just love seeing the pictures of twins - it looks like so much fun! And thanks for noticing his hair! He's still pretty darned bald but its sooooo much more than he had before - its been filling in for the last month.
and here's a picture of Joey with his graham crackers to show how big of a piece I give him
he didn't eat all of that - one cracker was promptly thrown to the floor for the dog.
Joseph Andrew, 3/16/06
Benjamin Alexander, 3/7/08
Henry Adam, 6/10/11
carseat we heave a marathon for dylan and a roundabout for katie. we figure both will be in them for a while then when d moves to a booster, k will move to the marathon.
finger foods Katie definitely prefers real food. I gave her some pieces of pasta and meatball and the jarred diced fruit and she loves all of that. Also some vegetable soup and she REALLY loved that. I am trying to really give her a wider variety because I did not do that with Dylan and he eats nothing now. Won't try anything new.
Jane look at him with the cracker! what a big boy! those get soft so quickly, that's a good idea. plus it will keep her busy for a while in the high chair!
Went to the ped for Katie's 9 month yesterday. She is 19.2 pounds and 27 3/4 inches. I have no idea what percentiles because I forgot to ask and I am so bad at reading those charts. I may call because I want to know. I got bitten for the first time over the weekend while nursing and WOW I forgot how much that hurts. their little teeth are like daggers. We had a hanukkah party on saturday night and the kids got so much stuff it is insane. we are still not even done opening. Among the things katie got are the Parents Busy Zoo cube which both kids LOVE, the FP animal choo choo which is ADORABLE and some leapfrog stuff.
The ped said that she is not concerned about Katie not babbling (she just makes squaking noises and coos, no consonants like bababa or mamama) even though I am. I am so paranoid since Dylan talked so late. She is not waving or clapping but she said she should start to do that in the next month or two. She also said that she should be following simple commands in the next month or two like wave bye bye and clap hands. Since Dylan did all of this so late I am trying to be more proactive with Katie. I mean what are you doing with your babies? Do you say clap hands and clap alot and same for waving? Dylan claps for her a lot too and she thinks it is so funny.
Sal - Joey doesn't wave or clap yet either. I think we just started waving and clapping more about a month ago to show him how. But we probably don't do it enough. I love giving him the graham crackers - I can eat lunch, clean the kitchen or empty the dishwasher when he's eating them. I'm still right there with him, watching him. But he's never had any trouble eating the graham crackers. He does babble some but mostly its just shrieking and cooing. yay for some cool toys for Katie! Joey is getting the FP choo choo too. Happy Hanukkah!
Joseph Andrew, 3/16/06
Benjamin Alexander, 3/7/08
Henry Adam, 6/10/11
relly they are so cute! Mine were really good at their baptism too. I think its better to do it later..all the other babies at ours screamed!
jane look at his hair! Cole's is starting to slowly come in too but he's still pretty much a baldy.
sal Cole doesnt wave or clap although he gets very excited when we do..I try and do it a lot but mostly because Paige is sort of waving bye-bye- (she lifts her arm and wiggles her fingers) and it is so freaking cute!!!!
Cole is so on the move. He stands completely on his own now and will walk if holding onto something. he loves to push the empty laundry basket around the room. The problem is at bedtime you put him down and he stands right back up... last night I had to rock him to sleep which I havent had to do since they were 2 months old!
paige is a lot more mobile but still not crawling comletely..she mostly goes backwards and side to side... she gets where she wants to go so she doesnt seem to be in a huge rush... Anyone else's babies not really crawling yet?
jrsygirl - Joey gets on all fours and rocks but doesn't crawl. The ped said yesterday that he would crawl very soon. He's trying more and more so I think she's right. He can scoot backwards on his belly with his legs out straight really fast now. So he's not immobile, but he's not crawling yet either.
I've been online a lot lately b/c I'm putting off getting ready for our trip - laundry, packing, etc
Joseph Andrew, 3/16/06
Benjamin Alexander, 3/7/08
Henry Adam, 6/10/11
Hello Ladies,
Quick post---it's been way too long since I've been in here---all of the babies are just gorgeous and growing so fast!!!! Abby is doing great, she was 8 months old on 12/13, at her last appt on 12/16 she was 21.4 lbs and 30 in. long.
She is currently into Sesame street and Elmo, its great, I can leave her in the highchair or the jumper and she just watches it in awe. Otherwise ,she is crawling all over the place, follows me around the apartment like a puppy lol...she started standing up in her crib around Thanksgiving time and now pulls herself up onto anything and everything that comes into her path....giving me near heart attacks all day long!
As far as eating, she has two bottom teeth so I've been giving her the gerber cookies and she loves munching on those. She likes the jarred baby food (meats & veggies) but she LOVES real food-like pastina and scrambled egg.
She waves bye-bye and hi, and she just started giving big wet sloppy kisses...(love them!!!) One thing she doesn't do (which drives me insane!!!) she refuses to hold her own bottle. She holds the sippy cup of juice or water but when its time to drink her formula she will not hold the bottle!!! So strange!
I can't believe how fast its going. Next month, it will be a year since my baby shower!!! Time really flies. Here is Abby's Christmas pic:
Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed holiday, its so great that we get to share it with our beautiful babies!!!
kerri she's so cute! Paige and Cole were doing the same thing with th ebottle so during the day they now drink their formula from the sippy cup.
We only use the bottle at night.
