08-21-09

JADEN.... looking so cute in his jeans

JAXSON... such a sweet sweet baby!

the boys boxing : ]

Jaden was very happy about his Einstein music. he did this for about 5 minutes!!!

The boys have really come a long way in this last week... they have found their voices (and using them quit often) and have really found out what their thumbs are. At first I thought it was cute when they would get their thumbs by their mouths and try and suck but now they won't keep them out!!! When i lay them down for bed and their binkies fall out i don't hear crying anymore i hear suck, suck, suck.... they found their thumbs. I try and tell them it's a no no but they just look at me like whatever mom.

They are both also doing SO GREAT with tummy time. Jaden wants to get on the move and gets his legs really kicking. He also gets his whole chest lifted off the ground now and is rolling over so much!! Jaxson is doing very well with his tummy time as well but doesn't enjoy it as much. He really likes to lay on the right side of his head and it is causing him to get a little flat spot. I try and give him as much tummy time as possible to avoid it getting any worse. I also do stretches and strengthening exercises to really work on his neck and getting it turn to the left more. He fusses most the time during the stretches but we really got to work on this!!!

Jaxson's physical therapist said that babies with reflux tend to turn their head to the right a lot more. For some reason it eases the pain they get when they reflex and so they find the right side being the most comfortable for them. I thought this was interesting! The physical therapist usually comes on Thursdays but this week she was feeling a little ill and didn't make it. I was a little disappointed because Jaxson struggled with his weight the week before and I was really looking forward to seeing how much he gained. I think he did well though because he has been eating EVERYTHING and then some.

Jaden is also eating very well still. I think they are both going through a growing spurt because they are waking up about every 3 hours to eat at night and they were doing so good about sleeping 5-6 hours at a time. This is making some long nights for us and low energy during the day but hopefully this is just a phase and they will start sleeping more soon!!!