We are really enjoying the interaction that we get from the kids now. Lukas and Maddox both love to smile and "talk". It is nice to talk to them and have them respond back with smiles, noises, bubble blowing etc.
Maddox has discovered her tongue. She loves to stick it out ALL the time. It's hard to catch a picture without her tongue in it!
Lukas has really started to vocalize. He loves to squeal and make noises; he really enjoys it when you make the sounds back to him. We talk back and forth several times a day.
We took our babies in for their 2 month Well Baby Check-Up. Lukas weighed 9lbs 10oz and Maddox has caught her brother and weighs 9lbs 6oz. Our babies had to get their first set of Vaccinations. This was a hard day for Mom and Dad. Cody and I have decided to put our kids on an Alternative Vaccination Schedule. Meaning...We don't give all the Vaccinations at the same time as the Recommended Vaccination Schedule for Infants. Don't get me wrong, we aren't ANTI-vaccinations, we just want to have more control on when and how many are received at each visit. So instead of getting 6 shots and one oral vaccination at this trip, we opted to only give 3 shots. We made another appointment at 3 months to deliver 2 of the remaining 3 Vaccines. We don't think this route is the best for EVERYONE and EVERY situation, it just works for our family right now!
What else is going on in our world?
We have successfully made the transition from Co-Sleeping with our babies to sleeping in their own respective cribs!
We never thought in a MILLION years that we would co-sleep (or sleep same bed with our babies); however, you learn that when parenting you have to do what is best for your family despite the slack you may receive from out-side sources (ie the media, SIDS prevention etc). After several nights of trying to get our babies to sleep in a bassinet, we ended up so tired that neither us or the babies were getting ANY sleep. So one night around 6:00pm, I laid on the couch with Maddox and Cody laid on the other couch with Lukas and VOILA we all slept until 10:00pm soundly! It was then we realized we may be onto something. We then resorted to one parent sleeping in the guest bedroom with both babies (it has a firm tempur-pedic pad on it) and the other parent sleeping in our bedroom. We worked in shifts. First shift started from about 9 to 2, Second shift started from 3 to 7:30. Whoever, slept with them first shift got to go sleep in our bed second shift. Once the babies started sleeping from 10:00pm to 4:00am, we decided they were ready for their cribs and we were ready for an adult snuggle buddy!
We started the adventure on Friday, February 26th. Lukas immediately took to sleeping in his crib, as long as we roll up a blanket and let him hold it. Maddox had to warm up to the idea, but she is doing really well! No, We don't get as much sleep as we did Co-Sleeping, but we are making lot's of progress with the cribs. Each night we pray for progress and each night we make small steps in the right direction! Five days after we started this..we had both babies fast asleep from 9:15pm to 4:45am. This isn't the case every night, but each night we all get better and better at our new routine.
We have lot's of visits from family coming up and we are looking forward to seeing everyone and showing off the babies. I will leave you with some of our favorite pictures from the past few weeks!
Thanks for checking in....if you have any sleeping tips, Please feel free to post them!!!!
Lukas on his way to his 2 Month Appointment...
Lukas unsure why mom is taking pictures during bath time!
Uh Oh...someone is starting to look like their daddy...
We have reached Cody Jr.
Sitting on Daddy...
Maddox contemplating the meaning of life....
Showing off her tongue!
Snuggled up after bath time!
Maddox showing off her strength!
Lovin' her Paci!
3 comments:
I get so excited when you have new posts esp. with pictures. They are adorable, Sarah. I also love that you are doing the Alternative Vaccine schedule too. We plan to do that when we have children too.
love that! so glad that sleep is getting to be somewhat normal...you deserve it after all your hard work. being a mom is hard!...but soo worth it!
Ya'll are soooo funny- I don't know how us "old" folks managed to raise children or those really old folks- our parents before us!!!! These babies are blessed to have such caring parents and they are so precious - can't wait to see them again - they are growing so fast!!!!
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