Babies and Presidents

The girls are 5-months old today. We are celebrating by hanging out with Parker who is home in honor of the presidents, also born on this day (well...not really, but whatever.)

Things are going fairly well these days. The girls are sleeping much better. Elizabeth does 12-13 over nighters with much regularity. Miranda is like her brother waking up to scream in the middle of the night. They both this did last night; Parker at 12:30 and Miranda at 4:30. Or so I am told. I slept in the back house to allow me to be plenty rested for my day with all three.

Naps are going better too, although we still have some work there.

The gals are still nursing, but I'm keeping better track of what they are eating (since it seems to have a direct relationship on how they sleep) by weighing them before and after feedings. If they appear done but didn't have at least 6 ounces, they get some pumped breast milk. Most feedings are full feedings, but this morning, apparently my milk ran out at 5.5 ounces for Elizabeth since she "nursed" for about 10 more minutes getting nothing more. Supply and Demand. Supply and Demand.

Miranda's tooth is coming up nicely and we think one is about to sprout on Elizabeth too. Elizabeth is rolling over both ways, but not regularly enough to allow her to sleep on her stomach quite yet.

Parker is still whiny and cries/screams alot for no apparent reason, but I think there isn't much to do about that. He seems to really like the girls, except when he wants mommy "in the kitchen" when she is with them. He also seems to know who is who. He is learning more and more each day. He counted to 10 in French the other day. He is learning how to count using his fingers. He reads complete books out loud to himself, page by page, even if he starts in the middle. He favorite items are circles, squares, triangles and rectangles which he demands we draw ofen. He sings songs in Spanish and is becoming quite the little painter.

The girls have decided not to sleep this morning, so I'm off to see why. Happy Birthday babies.