1. Walking. They are both confident walkers now – R is probably about two weeks ahead of G and is much more independent. G still likes having a hand to hold on to. Since they got their first proper shoes, they have walked outside a few times and now toddle to and from the car when they go to nursery. I can only manage one walker at a time so dropping them off takes longer but they love walking in.
2. Teeth. They still only have 6 each. I despair of them ever getting any more
3. Weight. A couple of weeks ago, G weighed around 23lbs and R weighed 22lbs
4. New skills. They are learning how to climb the stairs – and get back down again. They both attempt to climb on their walkers but can’t quite get their little legs over!
5. Chatting. They both say HIYA (loudly) and ‘more’. Ta is still R’s favourite word. They still babble a lot to us and each other.
6. Illnesses. R has had conjunctivitis and G had hand, foot and mouth but they haven’t caught each others’ illnesses (yet). Weird.
7. G’s sleep issues have been well-documented elsewhere. The controlled crying seems to be helping and it doesn’t feel quite as hopeless as it did a couple of weeks ago. The girls now have pillows in their cots, although they don’t seem to actually rest their heads on them very much!
8. Feeding. They are both getting better at feeding themselves with a spoon. G has all the actions down perfectly but don’t usually manage to get very much food on the spoon. They both resort to using their hands when they get bored or can’t be bothered.
9. Tantrums and biting. Sigh. R is prone to having ‘wobblers’ when she doesn’t get her way and ends up hitting or biting G or one of us. We tell her off and say ‘No, no hitting/biting’ in a firm but calm voice and sit her away from G but she doesn’t take a blind bit of notice. She just gives us a ‘Whatever’ look, sometimes accompanied with an evil cackle. I thought she was just playing dh and I up but she’s the same at nursery apparently. I guess consistency is the key, along with praising good behaviour.
10. Cross-stitch project. I’ve been so busy (and tired) that I haven’t really made any progress on it this month.
So, what’s next? More of the same I guess. Hopefully more actual words will emerge from the babble. Now that the weather is getting nicer and they days are getting longer, we’ve started taking them for longer walks so that we can get them out of the buggy and they can have a wander around. Hopefully G will start sleeping more reliably again. I’d also like them to grown some more teeth. Please.