7 Month Itch?

They are so cute but these babies are driving me crazy today. I am starting to look back and wonder where we have gone wrong with sleep training and why all of a sudden their daily schedule has completely stopped?

When we brought the girls home from the hospital, we used a sleeper box for about the first 2 months. They were then moved to their cribs and that was a pretty smooth transition. They slept solid through the night from about 4-6 months I would say and here we are back at square one. They no longer go to bed at a predictable time and 12:30 AM seems to be the new wake-up time. What gives?

I am starting to get a tiny bit concerned about their dependency. Yes, they are only 7 1/2 months old... but they have no desire to do anything for themselves. They don't show the least bit of interest in self feeding (bottles, sippy cups, or treats). They also rely on us to roll them over if they decide they are uncomfrotable or bored. Crawling has been a "in a couple of days" rut for more than a month now. I sure hope these aren't signs they will have a lifetime of laziness.

On a positive note, I think we have some of the best babies for public situations. They love to socialize. (knock on wood) We have not had one bad experience outside of the home. This weekend we were on the go quite often, but we were so proud of the little ones during our long day of shopping and then attending a hockey game. We have actually been complimented by strangers numerous times at restaurants, concerning how well behaved and quiet they are.

So I guess that means we have to take the good with the bad and it reminds me again of how differnet every little baby out there is from the next.

Let's Fast Forward 6 Months!

I am welcoming March with much happiness. March brings spring and with spring brings weather that I can stroll the babies outside and get out of this boring house! The girls are growing like weeds... I have missed out on blogging about so many fun events, but to sum it up, we have experienced... rolling, sitting, reaching, teething, falling, bruising, and plenty of crying! Their sleep schedule was perfect around 4-5 months then one day they decided they were too good for their cribs. We have tried sleep training, and its just not doing the trick. I think the next step is to move one crib into our guest bedroom and letting them both cry it out at night. :( Sounds cruel, I know... but that did work for Anna temporarily until we tried it with Abby and that just went horribly wrong with Anna in there. Typically we end up with one of the girls in our bed by morning and that is definetly a habit we want to break!

Also with the arrival of March comes big lifestyle changes. Now that I am responsible for two darling little lives, I finally see that I need to change alot about me to insure I am around for a long, long time to bug them with my motherly advice. :) I gained a lovely 40 pounds with the pregnancy, lost about 35 of it, and now put on another 30. YIKES. Needless to say, our food choices and daily activites will be changing. We purchased a treadmill (yay) to start out on and like I said, once the weather allows, we can take many walks/jogs with the girls soon enough!

Lastly, we will be building our dream home with construction beginning in September 2010. 2010 may shape out to be a great year afterall. Now if I could only get these spoiled twins to sleep at night!