BUGGY prefers to be put down on her tummy. Yeah, sure, they know enough to put her down on her back to help prevent SIDS. But in doing so she immediately flops over and onto her belly. Now the New Family Parents put her down on her belly.
As you can see from previous posts, she is very adept at holding herself with her arms while in this position. Recently she added her knees to the position. She got up onto her hands and knees and began to rock back and forth. It was cute.
Buddy Too is still fairly uninterested in rolling over. When put onto his tummy, there is as much of chance he'll stay there until he cries to be picked up as there is he will roll over. However, while on his tummy, if not tired and a play toy is placed out of reach, he will squirm his way toward it. I say squirm because actually getting up on hands, much less hands an knees, has not yet ocurred to him.
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| Buddy Too sports his Moose sleeper. |
Liesel still feeds herself her bottle on many occasions. She seems to prefer it to Dad holding it for her. She, of course, knows when she wants a break or is done and can easily remove it from her mouth while Dad has to guess. She will remove and reinsert the nipple many times over during a 4.5 oz feeding. Dad is happy to let her do it even if a little sad that his services are no longer required. She has had a wide variety of solids from fruit to veg to meat. The only thing she was not super excited about was peaches (the first time she had them). Second time when mom tried she like them. Sometimes it is less to do with their taste buds and more to do with their hunger level.
Buddy still needs huggey-lovey during bottle feeding. He does well eating from the spoon and hasn't refused anything.
Update: As Dad has written before, whenever he makes a declarative statement of absolute truth about one of the Twins, they take it as a cue to prove him wrong. Today EJ decided to roll over onto his tummy. He just needed the proper motivation. Dad put Liesel in his crib with him and separated them by about a foot. They giggled and smiled at each other. EJ swung his legs up and around to get closer to her and wound up on his belly.
