5 Months and Counting

Where is time going???? My babies turned 5 months old today and I cannot believe time is going by so fast. I remember like it was just yesterday I was talking about wanting them to be 4 months old so that things would be a little bit easier. Now they are growing way too fast and I want time to slow down! This past month has flown by. Going back to work after being with the boys for 3 1/2 months and getting adjusted has actually been much better than I thought it would be. I get to keep my job that I love and enjoy and I get a bit of a break during the day. I miss my babies so much during the day but I am so thankful for adult interaction during the day! I am not a stay at home mom kind of girl. I could never survive. I need a social life. That is why work is so great but yet I get to come home to my babies each day. Jonathan and I have gotten into a really good routine everyday. With twins, its a schedule, schedule, schedule! We wake them up each morning at 6:15 a.m. Dress them, feed, get them into their car seats, and head to daycare. We are so thankful for our daycare and the women that take care of them daily. They do such an amazing job and we could not be more blessed. The boys go to the SAME daycare that I went to as a child and the same daycare that I worked at while I was in college. :) The boys I believe have finally gotten adjusted to being there and not getting attention 100% of the time like they were with me. I am thankful because I spoiled them a little too much! When the boys get home, they are in the best moods and we play with them for a good while and then we put them down for a nap. When they wake, we feed them and then we play some more until bed time. At bed time, we stick to our strict bed time routine. Bath, bottle, and then bed.

I am so thankful for their new sleeping arrangement. I was really upset the past month or so because my boys developed really bad flat head from laying on their backs all of the time. When they were preemies, it was hard to hold both at the same time when I was always alone because they could not support their heads, so I had to hold one at a time. They also slept all of the time so that was more time on their backs. Jacob's head got so flat I knew he was going to need a helmet. We talked to our doctor about it and he said that helmets really do no work as well as people believe. That heads will straighten themselves out on their own. Plus, helmets are over $1,000!!! No way! I was determined my babies would not wear a helmet. Everyone is so strict these days because everyone is worried about SIDS and the 'Back to Sleep Campaign.' Everything I read said that babies should sleep on their backs until they are one year old. I couldn't let that happen because I didn't have enough time for my babies heads to get back into shape. So, three weeks ago we decided that the boys had good enough head control to where we could start putting them to sleep on their tummies at night and they could move their heads if they needed too. The first night I was so worried about SIDS I didn't sleep at all. I was up literally every hour of the night to check on them. All week long I lost sleep because I wanted to make sure they were still breathing. The first 2 nights Josiah really fought us on this. He does not like change and cried in the middle of the night. By the third night, he was already used to it. The boys have now been sleeping on their tummies for almost 4 weeks now and they sleep even more soundly on their tummies than they did on their backs. We have even noticed an improvement in their heads as well. They still have flatness, but I know that will go away once they are sitting up more. I am so thankful at how well they sleep. They are in bed by 8:45 each night and do not wake until 6:15 a.m. Yay for my boys! We are so thankful for sleepers!

They are getting to be so much fun!

This past month has been the biggest milestones yet! They both can roll over and lift their heads well and look around by moving side to side. They both laugh a lot and will talk, talk, talk! I only wish that I knew what they were trying to tell us. They now reach for objects such as toys, and we have even caught them grabbing at each other when laying down together. Josiah spent about 5 minutes one day just grabbing at his brother's ear.

Every morning is my favorite time of the day. When we get them out of bed they just want to laugh and talk. It's when I can really see their true personalities. Jacob will just scream with excitement and babble on and on. Josiah loves to look at you and smile and laugh. They both have different ways of expressing their feelings, but they are the happiest babies!

I am really looking forward to this next month. On to try our first round of solid foods and practice sitting up. I can't believe it is already time for this!