They may be twins but they couldn't be more different.. LOL
With that said, it's been one heck of a week. With there brother sick, and Riley getting it for a day (thank god no longer) I am starting to wonder if my girls are teething or just spoiled.
I've also been told by friends that I need to have them in bed by 7pm and the need to deal and cry it out, that they will learn 7pm is bed time and get on a better schedule. I think people forget that we live in an 1 bedroom apt (til the 17th) and that them crying it out keeps everyone up. Even if they are in the living room where they currently sleep with one of us (Aiden sleeps in our room in his crib with who ever doesn't sleep in the living room that night)
We move into our new 5 bedroom house on Saturday the 17th so then it will be a bit easier to give everyone there space and start some schedules but til them I am stuck.
Riley goes down most nights pretty easy. She will lay there til she is tired and fall asleep. Not always but 75 % of the time. Morgan however prefers to be rocked and have her bum patted. She likes when you shush in her ear and hold her. But lately she doesn't want anything. She just screams. It reminds me of the colic days and at moments I just want to put her down and go outside. She has a voice that is like nails on a chalk board and when it's 11pm, your tired, and she is waking the other ones up, you start to go nuts. Eventually she will settle and as long as she feels me next to her or I am holding her and butt patting she falls to sleep. But this last week she has been really tough. Getting her to sleep is like pulling teeth which makes me wonder if she or they are teething.
I can't compare them to Aiden, as he is almost 2 and just got his 4th tooth lol. A friend of mine has a little boy 5 days older then my girls and he just got 4 more teeth so he now has 6.
I however had no teeth til I was one so I don't know, maybe my kids will take after me. Aiden on the other hand is on his own schedule since he was such a preemie.
Other then that the girls are getting huge, Riley is finally standing some when you hold her up and bearing weight on her legs. Morgan its up pretty good but still falls back or over after a little while, Riley just started sitting up a bit, but she has always been behind compared to Morgan so that is no surprise to me. She is however getting so long, her feet now hang over her car seat. Neither has reached the weight limit to be in the "big girl" seat, and with Ri not sitting up well yet I am not comfy switching her even if it is rear facing. So I am going to wait til she gets to the right weight limit even though she already mad the height requirement lol.
As for foods, well I am a terrible mom this time around. It was new and fun feeding Aiden all kinds of new fruits and veggies but with the girls they are still on bottles with cereal for the most part. I do my best giving them fruits and veggies when I can line them up and feed them at the same time, but Ri still seems to not like foods much. (unless it's pasta sauce or whip cream)
Peaches, pears, apples, bananas, all of them and she takes a bite or two, gags and wants no part of it. Once ina while I can get her to eat about 2/3 of a jar but it takes twice as long to get her to eat it as it does Morgan and with 3 kids under 2 time is everything.. UGH...
BUT I have promised myself I will do better cause they need it. So plan on some funny pics and stories to follow I am sure of Riley covered in something.
Well since all the kids are finally asleep and I have to work in the morning, it's past midnight and I'm exhausted, I am going to bed.. Before we do we wanted to say Happy Birthday to our Oma!! (Chuck's mom) we didn't forget.. Love you
