Sunday 3 March 2013

Update - Milestones - 7 months 10 days

  • Both laugh, although Finn still laughs more often, Finn's is more of a true laugh, Olivia's is more breathy
  • Both smile
  • Olivia's milk drinking is much improved, she can drink a whole bottle fast, she never did that, and was always very very slow before the laser surgery
  • Olivia doesn't need much bedtime ritual. she has it, but doesn't need much help. She goes to sleep easily and stays asleep most nights
  • Finn slept through the night for a week or two, but wakes up once or twice a night, lately, but improving (with help from grandparents)
  • Olivia can almost crawl - she does like an army crawl (see video) but she can get wherever she needs to go (so we need to baby proof now)
  • Olivia can turn over both ways
  • Finn can turn over both ways, but rarely does 
  • His last head measurement - he was in the 99.9th percentile so he's very top heavy
  • Olivia can sometimes sit up on her own from lying down
  •  Finn can sit up for short periods, but does topple over
  • Olivia sits for long periods
  • Finn's legs seem longer now
  • they both eat solids
  • Finn's hand to mouth action and coordination is much better
  • Finn packs his mouth full and then slowly lets the food fall out of his mouth
  • Olivia has been a better eater (coordination and chewing and swallowing) from the beginning
  • They have at least one solid meal per day
  • They have both gone "swimming"
  • They both flap a lot, like baby birds (Olivia does this more)
  • They both like to hit things with their hands or with objects (Finn does this more)
  • They both put everything in their mouths
  • Olivia used to cry when surprised, and is now able to enjoy it
  • Finn always thought that was funny (boo!)
  • They both LOVE the remote control and the breast pump
  • They both love outings
  • They sometimes look a bit nervous when they see people who they don't see every day, or new people
  • They recognize voices
  • They are fascinated by the animals in the house
  • They get really focused on each other now, and are interested in entertaining the other
  • they talk to each other in twinspeak (this is rare)
  • They perform for the camera, it can be harder to get them natural on tape, because they are starting to ham it up
  • hand and finger dexterity is improving, Olivia's is better
  • Olivia loves veggies
  • Finn loves fruit
  • they both love meat
  • they play with various toys on the floor every day
  • they go in the "Intellitainer" and the "Jumperoo" every day
  • the swings are out of use
  • They both have two bottom teeth!
  • They have nap at 10am, 2pm, and they go to bed between 7 and 8pm and wake up around 7am
  • they both say things like Ba Ba, but nothing meaningful

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