Swaddle Free

All 3 kids are now going to sleep with out their swaddles. It takes us a bit to get Trevor and Charlotte to give up and go to sleep, but Rebecca frequently falls asleep on the floor while playing.

Now if we can get them to sleep consistently through the night, we should all be much better off.

It Takes 3

I was doing dishes late one evening (ok, it was all bottles...as usual) and while doing so, I like to peek in on Dorothy to make sure she doesn't need anything. What I discovered was Dorothy had fallen asleep while trying to keep up with the kids. All 3 are still awake and playing (it's hard to see Rebecca's face, but trust me, she is awake) and their mom just gave up the ghost. This just shows how tiring it can be to keep up with all 3 kids.

Also worth noting is that this is my only picture so far of the kids new room. This is the master bedroom of the house that we have set up for the kids.

I have also put up some of the pictures from our zoo trip HERE. The pictures are unedited at the moment.

Pears and Crawling and Teething...Oh My

Well, it's been a busy week so I don't have any pictures or videos to upload. What I do have is a short list of stuff that's happened over the week:

• The kids have gotten their first taste of pears and avocado. The pears were a big hit, Trevor was eagerly sucking it off the spoon. They didn't seem to mind the avocado that much but they have only had it once so far.
• Rebecca is getting very close to crawling. She has had good head extension for a while now and she just started getting her legs under her. Unfortunatly when she does get her legs under her, she doesn't keep her arms in place and ends up with her face on the mat while her legs push. It's only a matter of time now.
• Trevor is teething, I can feel a couple small bumps at about where his lower canine teeth would be. He is fussier than usual and just had a terrible time staying asleep last night.
• Charlotte has taken to a lot of crying at bed time. As soon as I lay her down in the Kiddopotamus, she flips out and it takes a while to calm her down. Once she is calm, she is fast asleep, so I'm sure it's just her way of fighting sleep.
  

Sleeping Arrangements

Quick update about this weekend. The kids are all sleeping more, we are averaging 1 stint of about 6 to 7 hours at night. Of course this means I'm still getting up at 3:30 or 4 am to do a feeding, but it is nice getting a longer stretch of sleep. I still have to get up a couple of times to find a pacifier, but the kids go right back to sleep when they get it. And I've been trying to be the one to get up so my wife gets plenty of sleep during that stretch. She trades by letting me sleep in on weekends.

I've selected the next videos to upload, their first bath while they were in the NICU. I have to splice together 4 or 5 short videos to make one so it will be a day or 2 till it's up.

I also got some video of Charlotte "singing" last night and I'll try to have that up by the end of the week.