A couple of things I forgot to put in Ciara's post were:
1) She trys to give a kiss by biting us on the nose. Don't ask me where she gets it from. Either that or by pressing her open mouth to our cheek- yum, lovely and wet!!
2)she is so close to getting into the sitting position by herself it's not even funny, and she has been for about 3 weeks. She obviously enjoys drawing out the suspense.
3) she may not go forwards well, but she is the world champion going backwards.
5 Aug 2008
cleaning teeth
oh B*&^%$!! I've just realised, if they get teeth that means we have to start cleaning them.....
..back back go away teeth, we don't want you just yet!!
..back back go away teeth, we don't want you just yet!!
Ciara's post
I often write about Enya and some peple may get the feeling that I ignore Ciara. This is not the case!
Ciara just seemed to have the easier ride right from the get go. She was extubated within hours of being born, never had a brain bleed and although she also used to swing with her oxygen saturations on CPAP they never suggested reintubating her. She was also always very vocal and remains so. I remember the nurses saying that they could hear her from 2 rooms away while she was still in her incubator, giving them notice that she was hungry.
Anyway on to the present, Ciara remains our chatty baby who is almost always smiling. She is however a bit of a scardy cat. Where E loves to be thrown around Ciara doesn't like to go too fast or too high. Gently and slowly is the key with her. She will often join in laughing however when we are throwing E around, spectator sport so to say.
Ciara is also able to move forwards but she does it her own way. She goes up on her hands and knees brings her knees together forward and then collapses down. A very strenuous way to cover maximum 5 cm, which is why she doesn't travel very far. She prefers to stay in one spot and make her own fun with whatis avaliable there.
Ciara drinks whatever we put in her bottle and very often eats her bowl and Enya's leftovers before looking for more. Even though she is a guzzle monster she remains slender and is not particularly large for her (adjusted) age. Lucky child has inherited her fathers metabolism! She is also starting to drink other drinks, now we just have to get her drinking from a cup.
She doesn't often want to cuddle but every so often she will just snuggle in when we are carrying her to bed and those moments are golden. She tucks her head into my neck and bring her arms in close and wriggles in. My only regret is when she does it
and I'm alone at home. If I haven't put E in bed already I can't cuddle with her for long, that is the one disadvantage of twins- there never seems to be enough time to cuddle with each as much as one would like to.
To round off this Ciara's post here is a photo of her giving herself her bottle
Ciara just seemed to have the easier ride right from the get go. She was extubated within hours of being born, never had a brain bleed and although she also used to swing with her oxygen saturations on CPAP they never suggested reintubating her. She was also always very vocal and remains so. I remember the nurses saying that they could hear her from 2 rooms away while she was still in her incubator, giving them notice that she was hungry.
Anyway on to the present, Ciara remains our chatty baby who is almost always smiling. She is however a bit of a scardy cat. Where E loves to be thrown around Ciara doesn't like to go too fast or too high. Gently and slowly is the key with her. She will often join in laughing however when we are throwing E around, spectator sport so to say.
Ciara is also able to move forwards but she does it her own way. She goes up on her hands and knees brings her knees together forward and then collapses down. A very strenuous way to cover maximum 5 cm, which is why she doesn't travel very far. She prefers to stay in one spot and make her own fun with whatis avaliable there.
Ciara drinks whatever we put in her bottle and very often eats her bowl and Enya's leftovers before looking for more. Even though she is a guzzle monster she remains slender and is not particularly large for her (adjusted) age. Lucky child has inherited her fathers metabolism! She is also starting to drink other drinks, now we just have to get her drinking from a cup.
She doesn't often want to cuddle but every so often she will just snuggle in when we are carrying her to bed and those moments are golden. She tucks her head into my neck and bring her arms in close and wriggles in. My only regret is when she does it
and I'm alone at home. If I haven't put E in bed already I can't cuddle with her for long, that is the one disadvantage of twins- there never seems to be enough time to cuddle with each as much as one would like to.
To round off this Ciara's post here is a photo of her giving herself her bottle
Breaking news
It looks like our girls may enter their second year with at least one tooth apiece. Enya definitely has a white spot on the lower left hand side and when she lets my finger in her mouth there is a definite bump there. Ciara has a small bump on the lower right hand side but it is not as prominent as Enyas.
Soon to be no more toothless wonders here ;-)
Soon to be no more toothless wonders here ;-)
4 Aug 2008
stormy weather
I'm not going to have to worry about the girls getting sunburnt again under the sunsail as we had a terrific storm during the night and it ripped. In fact not only did it get ripped but one of the metal poles bent in half! There we were at 3 am this morning trying to cover our garden furniture and pull the rest of the sunsail down so it didn't do anymore damage. Needless to say we didn't have a very good night sleep after.
On to other news! Enya has started pulling herself forward in leopard crawl, I'd joked about this with Mrs W last week saying Enya would be crawling before Ciara and it looks like I may be proved right. Now if only this child would drink, I would be a very happy mom.
I know recently most of my posts have been about Enya so a little post on Ciara will be coming shortly (when I'm more awake) ;-)
On to other news! Enya has started pulling herself forward in leopard crawl, I'd joked about this with Mrs W last week saying Enya would be crawling before Ciara and it looks like I may be proved right. Now if only this child would drink, I would be a very happy mom.
I know recently most of my posts have been about Enya so a little post on Ciara will be coming shortly (when I'm more awake) ;-)
2 Aug 2008
Better than expected
We had a really good physio session yesterday, Mrs W was really pleased with Enya's progress. Enya is coming up onto her hands and knees more and more often and she can already bring her knees forward. Mrs W said she even saw her bring her hands forward once (I didn't). I hasten to add the reason Enya (and Ciara for that matter) are so good about bringing their knees forward is that, in the treatment rooms and here at home the floor is not carpeted so they can slide their knees forward. That being said Ciara is lifting one hand in the air and bringing it forward. I am so ready for them to be crawling so they no longer cry everytime I pop out of sight!
We now don't have an appointment for physio until next month. Yes, I mean SEPTEMBER. Mrs W is on holiday and is quite happy for us to continue to muddle along until then. She has given me a contact number for one of the other therapists if I feel in need of checking but said the girls are doing fine and it is not neccessary to see them before then if I'm happy with how things are going. Hopefully by September I will have 2 crawling babies and then it's goodbye Vojta!!
I have to add Enya discovered herself in the mirror yesterday at therapy. We placed her down in front of the full length mirror like we always do and for the first time she looked at her reflection and started laughing and trying to play with the "other baby". She was up on her hands and knees, rocking wildly and trying to pat hands with her reflection. She must have continued for about 10 min, Mrs W and I couldn't stop laughing. I tried with a mirror at home and she started to do the same again, but when I tried with Ciara she just ignored her reflection.
Oops munchkin is awake again, gotta go...
We now don't have an appointment for physio until next month. Yes, I mean SEPTEMBER. Mrs W is on holiday and is quite happy for us to continue to muddle along until then. She has given me a contact number for one of the other therapists if I feel in need of checking but said the girls are doing fine and it is not neccessary to see them before then if I'm happy with how things are going. Hopefully by September I will have 2 crawling babies and then it's goodbye Vojta!!
I have to add Enya discovered herself in the mirror yesterday at therapy. We placed her down in front of the full length mirror like we always do and for the first time she looked at her reflection and started laughing and trying to play with the "other baby". She was up on her hands and knees, rocking wildly and trying to pat hands with her reflection. She must have continued for about 10 min, Mrs W and I couldn't stop laughing. I tried with a mirror at home and she started to do the same again, but when I tried with Ciara she just ignored her reflection.
Oops munchkin is awake again, gotta go...
1 Aug 2008
Ooops, bad mommy
Yup, bad mommy has struck again. I had the girls outside yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours as it was just so hot and there was a bit of a breeze outside. I promise they were under the sunshade the whole time but they still got a bit sun pink. I have been trying to avoid putting sunscreen on them unless absolutely neccessary, what's the use of feeding them organic foods if I'm going to lather them in chemicals and their skin feels yucky when I've used it too! Oh well, lesson learnt, even with the sun sail we need sunscreen;-(.
I also noticed that both my daughters have more of a tan than I do (before the sunburn), I don't know how as we are not out in the sun much. I mean, come on, I live in one of the wettest spots in Germany. Hopefully they've inherited Z's skin as he goes brown at the drop of a hat and stays brown (and doesn't freckle), where as I burn and go white again within a few days. What can I say my gran was redhead.
C and E have also started clapping, not terribly coordinated and we have to show Ciara how to do it to start her clapping but it's really cute. Ciara claps the palm against the back of her other hand while Enya claps properly but only 2-3 times then loses interest.
Oh well off to physio this afternoon, wish me luck!
I also noticed that both my daughters have more of a tan than I do (before the sunburn), I don't know how as we are not out in the sun much. I mean, come on, I live in one of the wettest spots in Germany. Hopefully they've inherited Z's skin as he goes brown at the drop of a hat and stays brown (and doesn't freckle), where as I burn and go white again within a few days. What can I say my gran was redhead.
C and E have also started clapping, not terribly coordinated and we have to show Ciara how to do it to start her clapping but it's really cute. Ciara claps the palm against the back of her other hand while Enya claps properly but only 2-3 times then loses interest.
Oh well off to physio this afternoon, wish me luck!
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