About a week ago Scott and I started to notice Caroline's left hand close to her mouth more often. We thought that she might be trying to suck her thumb which has been confirmed as over the last several days she has really been trying to figure it out. Scott has only seen her successfully have her whole thumb in her mouth once in the middle of the night. This past Saturday and Sunday night the girls slept for 6.5 and 7.5 hours straight without making a peep once which Scott and I were very excited about. However, since then Caroline cries a lot more often usually starting around 3 or 3:30am as she continues to try and figure out this whole thumb sucking thing. It is cute and heartbreaking to see her try so hard to get it in her mouth and then to cry out of frustration just to try again and then again start to cry. She is so close! I wish I could just do it for her, which I admittedly have tried, but I know she needs to figure it out on her own. One of many times I am sure I will wish I could just show them how to do something but know they have to do it themselves to learn. It is so interesting to me that she knows what she wants to do yet does not know how to do it. For now, we wait and hope that she figures it out soon for her sake and for our sleeping sake since we know they can sleep through the night otherwise.
As you can see, her main problem is that she is not extending her thumb. The closest I have seen is her getting her thumb and index finger in her mouth.
A little closer
The other day I came home to the girls like this. Scott said that they were upset and as soon as he moved them so they were facing each other they immediately calmed down and were happy again. Love it!
Sonja posing with Caroline in the bumbo seats. Look at that double chin!
A bit of a difference in the length of their legs
Sonja always willing to help with the pacifiers. At least she puts it in their mouth now versus anywhere else on their face.
A lot of people ask us if we feed them at the same time or not. Well the answer is yes and this is how we do it. When they were smaller we had them on a pillow side by side on the couch propped up against the arm rest. When their necks became stronger and they were big enough we moved them to their bounces. This should work until they are holding their own bottles.
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Greta - you sucked your thumb in the car on the way home from the hospital and then it took you about a month to six weeks before you could coordinate getting your thumb into your mouth again. Same problem - extending your thumb at the same time as your hand was near your mouth. Once you got the hang of it, you were so happy!!
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