Pink and Blue Pacifiers

Today, I decided to let Caden and Caroline play together in Caden's crib to watch Caden's mobile while I tried to get a few things done around the house. When I put them down, Caden was sucking on his blue pacifier and Caroline was sucking on her pink pacifier. But when I came back, Caroline had a pink pacifier in her hand and a blue one in her mouth! This is not the first time she has stolen Caden's pacifier but I think it is the first time she successfully maneuvered it into her mouth.

Jason and I have our work cut out for us with her. With Caroline, the grass is always greener on the other side. :) She always wants what she doesn't have. Any time you hold a toy in front of her, she will completely lose interest in whatever she was playing with and reach for the new toy like she has never seen something that cool. We really need to get a video of this sometime. It always makes us laugh. We enjoy doing this over and over by rotaing two toys through Caroline.

Daddy Making the Kids Laugh

I love it when our kids laugh. Here are a couple short videos of me making them laugh. These might be my favorite videos of the twins so far. The first one is of Caroline laughing.

And here is my little peanut laughing.

I love how they laugh and smile very differently from one another. As you can see, Caroline is much louder than Caden. In general, she is our loud child.

Ear Infections and Doctor Visit

Last Friday, Amy decided to take Caroline to the doctor after Caroline (and mommy) barely slept the night before. Caroline was also diagnosed with ear infection. :( Thankfully, by the time I'm posting this, both kids seem to have already gotten over them. They are both still on this thick pink medicine. Caden seems to like it while Caroline does not. Most of Caroline's medicine ends up on her bib.

We learned a couple things at the doctor.

First, the doctor told us our kids are too old to be swaddled at night. The longer we wait to stop swaddling them, the harder it will be to eventually break them of the habit. Amy and I were worried the kids would not sleep well outside their swaddles and even considered waiting until next week when Grandma visits so she could help at night. :) Thankfully, leaving the swaddles was not a big deal. It is a little harder to put them down at night but they sleep pretty well. I think Caden might actually sleep better because he can calm himself down at night by shoving his hands in his mouth.

Second, the doctor was very impressed with Caden's motor boat sound. There is a video of it in the previous post from about a month ago. Caden is much better (aka: louder and longer) at the sound now. The doctor told Amy that most babies are unable to make that sound until they are around seven months. She even called a nurse in to come see him making the sound. Caden has been doing it since he was three months old. He is our advanced little communicator. :)

Also, the doctor thinks the twins are teething because of all the drooling and how they love sticking their hands in their mouth. We check every night but have yet to find a tooth.

Some Videos of Our Talking Twins

Here is Caden's motor boat (aka raspberry) sound. Caden makes this sound all the time. He makes it when he's tired. He makes it when hes board. He makes it when he is ready to get out of bed. He makes it in the middle of the night when mommy and daddy are trying to sleep. He makes it when you talk to him. Seriously, ALL the time.

Caroline and Grandma were playing together and Caroline talking very loudly to Grandma. This went on for five or ten minutes before I picked up the camera. I got there a little to late and Caroline got a little upset towards the end.

Here are a couple videos of Caroline talking with Daddy.

It almost sounds like Caroline is saying "hello" in this video...yeah, I know that's a stretch. :)

Caroline Falling Over (On the Couch)

Caroline's balance is not as good as her brother's. Caden can sit or stand by himself (leaning against a couch) without much of a problem. Caroline has not mastered this yet and falls over much more easily than Caden. Here are some pictures I snapped of Caroline trying to sit up by herself. Thankfully, neither of our kids mind falling over. I think they sometimes enjoy it.

Caden Wants to Spend Time with Daddy

I got home late tonight because I played basketball after work. After getting home, I helped with dinner (mostly I helped with eating part) and then I held/fed Caroline. I had said hi to Caden but hadn't seen him much. Well, Caden started acting very poorly for Amy as she was holding him. He was whining, wouldn't eat, and kept looking at me. Amy thought he wanted to see his Daddy and decided to switch kids with me. Immediately, Caden started smiling, laughing, and was in a great mood. He even chugged his bottle for me in no time. I thought it was very sweet how my little man just wanted to spend time with his Daddy.
Just so we are clear...by no means does this mean Caden wanted to get away from Mommy. She is definitely his favorite person. It is just he spent all day with her and had not yet seen me.

Caden's First Ear Infection

Amy and I knew Caden and Caroline have not felt great the last few days. They have both been congested and would wake up in the middle of the night because of it. Caroline has stayed about the same but Caden has gotten a little worse. Today, Amy decided to take Caden to the doctor. (I'm so thankful we have good health insurance.)

After the doctor scraped all the wax out of Caden's ears, she saw our little guy had an ear infection. She decided to check Caroline's ears and thankfully they were fine. The doctor prescribed some medicine for Caden that should take care of his ears. Also, both kids have minor eye infections. We have a goopy gel to put on their eyes to help clear them up.

Both kids were weighed at the doctor visit. Caroline weighed in at 14 lbs 12 ounces (wearing a very heavy/wet diaper) which was up from 13 lbs 6 ounces a month ago. Caden weighed in 13 lbs 7 ounces (with a dry diaper) which was up from 12 lbs 11 ounces. Caden had been catching up but it looks like Caroline is starting to pull away again.

Despite having an ear infection, Caden was a delight tonight. He jumped in his jumperoo for a good 45 minutes while we made and ate dinner. I should have videoed our sick child having all that fun. With the whining coming from Caroline, you would have thought she was the sick one.