Mary on February 4th, 2011

We’ve been sleep-nursing the boys for the last few weeks at around 10 PM. Typically, Dad picks up a little limp noodle who snuggles into his chest and brings him to me. With eyes still closed, he reaches and seeks for the source of all milky goodness. He thirstily nurses and then falls back asleep, […]

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Mary on February 3rd, 2011

Dominic and Alexander started solid foods today! 2 teaspoons of rice cereal mixed with 40 ml of breastmilk. While they weren’t sure what to make of this new texture and eating off a spoon, they soon warmed up to both and were eager to help – as you can see in the photos below. We […]

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Mary on February 1st, 2011

Dominic and Alexander turned six months old today! Our little darlings are cute as can be, and they’re learning new skills all the time. They’ve started turning pages, touching (and grabbing) Mom’s and Dad’s faces, and stealing each others toys (mostly Alex right now). While Mom eats breakfast in the morning, they are also practicing […]

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Mary on January 27th, 2011

Over the past week or so, Dominic and Alexander have started scooting backward, and as part of their self-soothing sleeping ritual, they have started rocking, rolling and scooting all over their cribs. As a result, in the last couple of days both Dominic and Alexander have started proto-crawling by pushing themselves up on their arms […]

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Mary on January 24th, 2011

The Twin-Daddy and I have started sleep training Dominic and Alexander. The Twin-Daddy took on the difficult task of the bedtime shift over the past week (Mommy just couldn’t do it), but I have been working on their naptimes for consistency. We’ve set up a semi-structured day schedule (3 naps) with a fixed bedtime (7-7:30 […]

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