so, a few nights ago, samantha climbed out of her crib because i had taken sarah to the potty and samantha was determined to come along. imagine my surprise when she came walking into the bathroom when i was in there with Sarah. Anyway - samantha hasn’t even tried to get out of the crib since then. So tonight, i put them to bed and they do the typical cry for a few minutes, then they jabber with each other and then they usually fall asleep - so about 30 minutes go by and i figure they are asleep.  i go in their room to put some laundry away and lo and behold, they are BOTH on the floor, sitting and playing with ALL the clothes that they had ripped out of the dresser! Oh  MY!!!!  i have absolutely no idea how they got out of their cribs, especially sarah because hers is a bit higher than samantha’s.  i really don’t want to convert them to a bed yet, but also don’t want to worry about them getting hurt.  has anyone ever done the net thing over the crib?

Here is Emma and Faith eating their Mac and Cheese with spoons.  Well…I think Faith got a couple of spoonfuls in, but Emma figured that her hands are the best way to go! LOL

Hi everyone. We had our 18 month check-up today. The babies are fine. Except Angelina had a big drop in her weight percentile. She was at 40% & dropped to 2%. Frankie’s been at the low percentile, but has been following the curve. Angelina was accepting ”real” food  but I’m still feeding them jars of baby food & baby cereal. We are being referred to a nutritionist. I will be callling her on Monday. Hopefully she can help by telling me what to feed them & hopefully they will accept the food. They had the HepA shot & cried. They were supposed to get the chicken pox vax, but the dr didn’t have any left. We will be going back in a month for a weight check & they get the shot then. Also they should be saying six words & pointing to things that they want & they are not doing that either.  (just babbling & screaming). I never knew motherhood would be this difficult & feel like I’m failing them. Angelina loves books so I’m going to try to read to them more & I’m thinking maybe they have had too much tv time so I’m going to cut that back. I don’t know what else I can do.

so, sarah and samantha had their 18 month check up - they are both on an antibiotic for a sinus infection, but other than that, all is well. I’m just waiting for a few milestones…

1) hand preference - i’m still not seeing it. i would say 80% of the time, it’s the left hand, but just when i think it’s going to be the left hand, they switch it up on me? I would’ve thought by now that we would have seen a preference?

2) potty training - we have the potty, but they are more interested in tearing it apart and putting toys in it then sitting on it - i guess all in time?

3) they hav finally started using the fork and spoon consistently - to the point of not wanting ANY help with feeding - can we say independence? LOL!

4) They fight with each other alot! pull hair, rip binky’s out of their mouths, pull each other down by their shirts, pinch each other.  I feel like a referee btwn the two of them.  At this very moment, samantha is stealing sarah’s fork from her high chair, but sarah just took samantha’s spoon.  They also love to “trade” food.

We are all on vacation this week - DH is in the process of switching jobs, so he’s been not working for a few weeks, so figured we would all take some time as well and hang out this week.

we went to the zoo - the older girls are going on a field trip today while DH and i take sarah and samantha to lunch and some grocery shopping. It’s been a relaxing week!

Hope all is well!

and then finished his business in our bedroom floor. 

Hey all -  So, as we head into the 18 month period, i’m starting to get a little concerned of the lack of talking - trust me, there is plenty of babble, but when they want something, they scream. We have taken the pacifiers from them during the day(unless it’s nap time) to try and get them to use words instead of screams, so i think we are heading in the right direction.  How is everyone else talking at this age?  the only thing they say that is understandable is dada, momma, bye bye and baby. They definitely understand and can follow directions, just don’t say much.

Ok guys, I need some advice here.  Faith is having major pain with her molars coming in.  I’ve never experienced this before with the other two.  It kept her up most of the night and she won’t eat anything.  She’s had fever too, so I’ve been giving her Tylenol every four hours and also rubbing Oragel on her gums.  They feel so swollen and she’s drooling excessively, so I’m pretty sure it’s what is causing the fever.

Any suggestions other than what I’m already doing?

Faith and Emma will be 19 months old this next week. Where has the time gone!? They are growing up into little girls and don’t resemble “babies” too much these days.

The last few days have brought new meaning to the term mommy “stress!” Emma has started to scale the changing table at lightning speeds! I am using my firmest “no” and it doesn’t seem to be working. I don’t want to take the table down yet as I am still changing loads of diapers daily and the table saves my back. I am not sure what the solution will be. I have had to keep their bedroom door shut when I can’t be close by to see what is going on. Faith hasn’t tried it yet but they are now both able to climb into their high chairs if the trays are off. This doesn’t seem to be causing problems yet. In fact, they will sit there happily in their trayless chairs and watch me in the kitchen for quite awhile.

If I had to classify the stage they are in right now it would be “Caution…..Danger Ahead!”