I've had so much on my mind that I wanted to write about, but of course I've forgotten just about all of it. I really need to start keeping a little notepad with me, so I can write things down. Not just for this, but for everything in life - tasks I want to accomplish, things we need at the store, funny stories I want to tell Ben (these I usually remember once we've gotten into bed and are ready to go to sleep). As my mommy friends have agreed, pregnancy brain sticks around after the baby is born. I swear they steal your brain cells so that you're just a little more stupid once they're here. And I've heard it gets worse with each one. I think for the safety of my brain, I need to not have any more kids...
The boys are growing so fast. I can't believe they're almost 5 months old! Darius is still the little bruiser. He's my gross motor boy. Not only does he flip from back to belly and belly to back, I watched him pull himself forward on his arms the other day. I swear this child is going to be crawling any day now. He loves to jump when you've got him standing on your lap. It makes him absolutely crack up laughing. I had him leaning back on my arm so I could feed him, and he actually sat up on his own. Of course, the effort of pulling himself into a sitting position with his stomach muscles used a little too much momentum and he went flopping forward. But I'm pretty sure he'll be sitting on his own soon too. The one problem with him being able to roll over is that he sometimes smacks his head on the floor when he goes from belly to back. This kid has got to have one tough noggin. And his newest thing is to wake up at all hours of the night and talk to himself. Then he rolls over and goes back to sleep. It's so cute. And as long as he's quiet, I'm good. Ben's heard it more than I have; I sleep through it. Sometimes when he talks, he sounds like a duck. He's got such a low voice for a baby! Mikey's is higher pitched, and D's got this slight gravely-ness to his voice. I love to hear him chatter.
Lil Mymy has figured out how to flip from his belly to his back, and can go from back to belly only when he's in his bouncy chair. We have to buckle him in whenever he sits in it. I'm so nervous he'll wind up rolling completely out of the chair. He still chatters up a storm, though Ducky has caught up to his babbling. They'll talk to each other if they're facing each other lying down, but I haven't seen them do it while in chairs. The one problem with having a social-emotional child is that he wants to be involved in everything. He hates when you leave him alone (though now his brother is an acceptable playmate. Unlike before, he'll be ok if you put the two of them in a playpen and leave the room), and he is now fighting sleep like you wouldn't believe. It took an hour to get him to go down last night. We've had to resort to cry-it-out on occasion. As long as we know he's fed and dry and safe, it has to be done. He'll eventually learn that bedtime is bedtime and there's no changing that. At least I hope so. His new thing is to scream bloody murder at the drop of a hat. It's his new cry - beyond high pitched and makes you feel like your ears are about to bleed. In fact he was sleeping in his bouncy and startled himself awake. He immediately began screaming so much that I thought he was in pain. But once I picked him up, he stopped and settled back to sleep. I hate when he cries like that. There was one day that he did it so much I was ready to take him to the hospital. It sounds just like the pain cry they used to have. I really hope he gets over crying like that. It's awful.
I've tried cereal a couple more times, but they don't seem to like it much. I can't get them to even take a tablespoon of it in one sitting. I know it's not a necessity for them to eat solids yet, but I want to give them new experiences. I don't like that they pretty much go through the same thing everyday. I know babies love repetition, but I know that new things help their brains develop. We're going to the doctor today for their four month check up and shots (5 days before they turn 5 months. Don't get me started on this), and I'm going to ask if they have to be on cereal for a full week before we start with vegetables. I'm wondering if flavor will get them more interested. And they've had cereal in their bottles for quite a while now, so it's not like they haven't experienced it at all. I also need to ask about poor Duck Man's back. It's so dry and almost scaly. I don't know if it's a rash or just really bad dry skin, but I'm hoping we can do something about it. Ben thinks it's heat rash. I suppose it's possible, but I didn't think it had gotten hot enough for that to happen.
The boys are so young, but already our summer is so busy! We've got birthdays coming up, staycations with the church, beach days... and, of course, Bing and Erin's wedding (squee!). I can't even imagine how much busier summers will be when they get older. I love my little men, but I'm so excited for when they're older and we can go on vacations and make memories. There's great things about every age. Ben says that in his mind they're 20 and moved out, but I think that's just him joking. They're at the age where we can (kind of) play with them, and get them to laugh, and I know he loves that. He comes home and immediately picks one of them up and just holds him for a while. In fact, when they stayed with my parents this weekend, Ben said he missed them when he woke up the next morning. He's started taking them for walks after dinner. I know he loves his boys. And I think as they get older, it will just get easier to love them. Each stage will bring something new to adore, and we'll get to relive things as they experience them for the first time. I can't wait to take them to the aquarium or the zoo or museums. I can't wait to see their eyes light up for the first time (though the concentration face is so adorable right now). I love my boys. Helping them grow is so fun, and I know it's just going to get better.
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