The boys are ONE and I'm not really sure how I feel about that.... I simply can not believe they are already a year--thankfully I feel like I only have two toddlers and still one baby, since Justin is now toddling Everywhere, at least Ryan is my little baby boy. I have lots of emotions surrounding their first birthday and in many respects I thought things would be easier than they are, and perhaps I'd be a little bit less frustrated on such a regular basis--not that I ever imagined that having twin boys and Abigail would be easy. I'm happy they are one, I'm relieved that we "survived", as so many MoMs put it, the first year with twins. I don't have many sad feelings or teary eyed emotions yet but it's possible that it just hasn't hit me yet as we've been so busy with parties and other events with the MoMs club.
Justin's stats:
weight- 21.08 lbs (30%)
height- 31.5 inches (90%)
head-17 3/4 inches (20%)
Ryan's stats:
weight-21.12 lbs (30%)
height- 31 inches (85%)
head 18 (25%)
Milestone Updates: Justin-- is WALKING ALL over the place, as of the 18th of September he really started being able to get up to standing by himself, walks and hasn't looked back since. He's officially a toddler.....
Ryan continues to cruise and hasn't really shown an interest in walking on his own. He walks with walking toys and has stood independently for a few seconds if you let go of him, but not if he has to let go of something on his own. SO he is still primarily crawling everywhere, but he sure has gotten fast at it--then again he has to to keep up with Justin and Abigail. Ryan still has 8 teeth and Justin now has has a total of 8 teeth while Justin is starting to catch up with 5.
Nursing/Feeding: The boys are still nursing and I'm trying to cut back to 3 times a day, although that really varies depending on whether or not we're up in the middle of the night, in which case it's 4 times a day. Justin continues to wake up most nights but thankfully most nights Ryan continues to sleep through it. I'm not sure what new foods we have tried, but Justin is primarily eating some of our dinner and then lots of fruit and other things including his rice/oatmeal cereal in something. Ryan can't eat most of what we're eating so we're trying our best to come up with some new recipes and try some vegan options for him. Justin has also started drinking whole milk from a sippy cup and Ryan is drinking soy milk--which they both really like.
Sleeping/Napping: Like I said Justin is up most nights, although it is now more like 3am-4am... but I really have to believe that it's his teeth and that this will get better....because if it doesn't I'm really going to go crazy. I think this, I KNOW this has a lot to do with my frustration levels and I just really thought that at a YEAR I'd be sleeping through the night on a regular basis instead of as the rare occasion. Naps continue to be twice daily, usually one long nap and one 45-60 minute nap. Ryan continues to be a better napper. They seem to be getting more consistent with getting up between 5:30 and 6:00am, which is fine b/c they eat and go back to sleep on most days, and then wake up around 8:00-8:30am for the day.
Likes/Dislikes: Both boys still really like dancing when we put the kiddos music on the TV, which we try and do every night after dinner!! The boys really like "pow" a ride on car--they like everything about it--opening the seat and putting things in, pushing the buttons, moving it and having Abigail push them for rides, they even like climbing on it to get to the couch or the end table....Ryan also really enjoys looking at Touch and Feel books. Ryan is a great cuddler and loves to be held and read to. Both boys also really like Zoey, but Ryan in particular is so fond of her and loves to pet and sometimes pull her hair.
Neither of the boys like when I leave the room and this month Justin seems to be more shy than Ryan.
Sounds/Gestures: Justin--- continues to make all sorts of sounds. He says mama, dada, done/down ---for everything even when he doesn't mean it, dat and another d word that means dog. He also says "boo" and boom--when he falls and goes boom.....
Ryan--also makes lots of sounds and when "talking" the boys are starting to sound more and more alike. He also says mama, dada. He tends to use more gestures, like blowing kisses, touchdown/so big, and "where's Ryan" (peek a boo)
There is so much more to say, about their birthday, eating their cake and their party, so I will save all of that for another post, when the boys are back asleep.....
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