Two month update

Life with two babies and a two-year old is very busy. There are days when I seriously don't sit down until the babies go to bed, around 9:00 or 9:30 . . . well, except when I feed them 6 times/day! When Clara was two months old, I would bring her into bed with me early in the morning, to hold her off until her first feeding, and let her take hour long naps on me during the day, while I watched TV or something. No so with these girls. If I rock them, it's for a few minutes, and then I move on to the next one or on to Clara or something around the house. We feel like, if we can stay on top of the dishes and the laundry, we're doing pretty good. It's hard to find time to take very many pictures, and I just downloaded for the first time in a month. But, I am making myself sit down today and write out a little about what they are doing, because time is flying and I want to remember them at this precious little stage!

At two months, these babies are so, so good! They are eating 4.5-5 ounces every three hours during the day, with their last feeding around 8:30-9:30 p.m., depending on the day, and then they are going to sleep until around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning, at which point, I stick a pacifier back in whoever's mouth needs it, and we hold them off until 6:30 or 7:00 for a feeding! Between 9-10 hours at night! Woo hoo! At this point, they are still sleeping in their carseats at night, but they put themselves to sleep on their own without rocking or anything. During the day, they are taking at least two longer naps, and another two shorter ones, and I'm trying to get them to sleep in their crib, either swaddled on backs or sometimes on their tummies (I know, I know, I'm not supposed to do that . . . but it's the way they want to be!) They are both smiling, cooing, and gurgling lots and lots, especially right after meal time when I lay them together on a blanket and play with them. They still sleep really well when we're out and about, in our big cadillac double stroller, so I get to pull them up to a treadmill at the YMCA a few times/week and get lots of "ooohs and ahhhhs" as people walk by and admire just how darn cute they are!

Emma is probably 1/2 pound bigger than Savannah at this point, but we'll find out for sure at their doc. appointment next week. She is a little easier to make smile, but she also screams louder. She seems to want to sleep more, too, and will fuss about an hour after eating because she just wants to go back to sleep. She eats a little more.

Savannah is slightly smaller and just more petite looking than Emma. She has been smiling a lot more lately. If Emma is sleeping, Savannah can sometimes just be content to be in the swing, awake, but with her binkie . . . she doesn't seem to need as much daytime sleep as her sister does. Here we are having some tummy time. Bobble-heads!
Savannah, 7 weeks

Emma, 7 weeks

Emma, asleep on her tummy

One of the only pics I have of someone smiling . . . I think this is Emma. My dad came over for a day earlier in the week and played with them on the floor for a few minutes.