Three Months Already!

As of April 11th, our babies were three months old! A quarter of a year already!

On April 13th we all went for our last APrON appointment (the nutrition, pregnancy and baby study). I had the normal blood draw, measurements and urine sampling. This time they also took a breast-milk sample. The babies each had heel pokes and cheek swabs fpr their 12 week tests, which they tolerated wonderfully. Claire barely fussed and Hayden, who we thought would scream, didn't even make a peep. Hayden weighed in at 13lbs 2oz and Claire weighed 11lbs 9oz.

Our little family of four is doing great. We're thankful to all of our friends and family for the plethora of baby gifts. Our children have everything they could need and a lot of beautiful, one of a kind, homemade items as well, which we just love. This past month the babies have been working more on their neck muscles and tummy time. They like to stand up on our laps now and are getting very strong. We have to hold onto the babies pretty tightly or they'll attempt to launch themselves with their legs. We think that they may be fairly close to rolling over on their own, as they seem to be trying their best. Head and neck control has been achieved and now they're learning to sit up by themselves in their brand new Bumbo chairs. My babies are growing up fast and getting so big!

Hanging out in our new Bumbo chairs April 19th

The babies still love their swing. They also like to go shopping, aka for truck rides, and out for walks. Although they still seem to despise their infant buckets when first put in, they calm down once we start moving. We've been to a few malls, some grocery stores, out for supper, our local Starbucks and the parks around our community. We're not sleeping through the night yet but getting closer. The average is now 5-6 hours overnights plus random naps during the day. Hayden is a great sleeper most of the time now, while Claire doesn't seem to want to miss anything and is often found fighting to stay awake. She is also infatuated with the colours on tv. Hayden is fascinated with smiles and faces.

The babies are still eating about 100mls every 3 hours or so on a basic schedule during the day and thankfully still on the same schedule. They are on formula plus breastfeeding, though after three months now I have stopped pumping, as it wasn't worth taking time away from the babies. The babies are both good eaters, though Hayden still has some issue with his sucking motions from his first week home. He is most definitely not a soother baby. Claire will take a soother but she doesn't really seem like too much of a soother baby either. Now if I could just find a way to keep their thumbs out of their mouths, which were discovered this month. I'm hoping we don't have issues in the future with our thumbs.

Here is their three month photo with their stuffed owl, taken on April 11th, 2012.

We are Three Months Old!