Twins Update: 6 Months Old

Well, I totally skipped over a 5 month update for Olivia and Evelyn! The last update was for when they were 4 months and wow, have they grown the past 2 months! They actually will be 7 months today so I’ll share what’s been happening the last month! It actually seems the older they are getting, the busier I am because they always want to be interacted with. I kind of can’t wait until the days where they will interact more with each other! Built-in best friend, right?!

In the 4 month update, I talked a lot about the lack of sleep we were all getting. I wrote about it earlier this week in the post Why I Let My Twins Cry It Out. Holy controversy, Batman! Now, I know that it’s a touchy subject with parents but it worked for us! Over on my Facebook page, it seemed that people weren’t reading my post but just assuming that I let these 2 gorgeous babies just cry all night. No way, no how! We did a modified CIO where we reassured them and it took two nights I’m not sure how much damage that did to them those two night, but now they love going to bed and they are getting a good, DEEP sleep and are happier during the day. Not to mention, Mama is happy too which I think makes everyone in the house happy! 🙂

So what else is going on?

TEETH

Both girls got their first tooth within a week of each other and oh my goodness, it’s adorable. I haven’t been able to get a good picture of it but I assure you it’s there. We were apple picking when Olivia’s broke through and at the store when Evie’s broke through so of course we had wonderful public breakdowns.

SOLIDS

The girls are really enjoying their foray into solid foods. I’m making my own in bulk and we have had great success with everything so far! They have tried peas, green beans, squash, carrots, bananas, applesauce and avocado. Applesauce and squash have been the big hits so far! I’m trying to figure out what to do next….any ideas?

SITTING and CRAWLING {almost}

Evie is an old pro at sitting! She loves it and hates to be on her back or belly now – she wants to be sitting ALL THE TIME. Olivia is getting there, she will sit for about 2-3 minutes before falling over. Unlike Evie, she would much rather be on her belly ALL THE TIME. I feel like she is so so close to crawling, she rolls all over the house!

NAPS

I mentioned earlier how we did CIO for nighttime and I just don’t know what to do about naps. Evie will sleep in her swing and get a few hours in but Olivia will only sleep if I hold her. And even then, it’s about 30 minutes. Evie is going to be over the weight limit soon so I need to figure out naps STAT!

HELMET

We knew that Olivia has had a flat head for awhile and we would change the position of her head while she slept Then she started flipping and became a belly sleeper not to mention all of the tummy time she got, so I thought it would get better. Wah Wah. Nope. We saw a pediatric plastic surgeon who recommended we go through with the helmet. Then, we visited a lab where they made a mold of her head {now that was fun! I should have gotten pictures!} and the PINK helmet should be here in about a week. We are hoping she will only have to wear it for about 3 months and 22 hours a day.

BAPTISIM

This coming Sunday is Evie and Olivia’s baptism! I bought some gorgeous handmade dresses and headbands from Etsy and can’t wait to share with you some gorgeous photos of the special event.

The girls really are doing so good! So smiley and starting to become a lot more talkative! They love all of their toys {and some of Hayden’s toys too!}. We are so blessed to have these girls in our life!

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