Brycen 6months: Brooklyn 3 years old

Brycen:

weight 17lbs4oz: 50%

length 27 inches: 75%

head 44cm: 50%

So Brycen has made some huge leaps these past 2 weeks. He is crawling on his belly all over the house, Brooklyn didn't start this until she was like 8 months. He is everywhere, he does not want to be held or contained, he just wants to be down on the floor. He has also started sleeping at night soo much better. He has always gone to sleep well but had been waking between 12 and 1, and then around 5. The doctor said to try and get rid of the 12am. I tried a few times, letting him cry for up to 45 minutes and kept giving in. Then finally one night, I made it to an hour and he was back to sleep for 4 more hours. The hour that he was crying was more like fussing thankfully because I wouldn't have been able to take it if it was worse. The next 2 nights were better, the second night he woke at 3 for a binky and then slept till 5 the third night the same. Let's hope this keeps up. He has been eating solids for about 2 weeks now as well. First, he didn't like them and would gag, now he loves them. We have been doing one meal a day, dinner and are about ready to make it 2.

Brooklyn

weight: 31 lbs: 54%

length: 37.75in: 68%

head: 49.5 cm: 74%

Brooklyn started preschool on her birthday and loves it. She does so well when we drop her off, just says bye mom as she is off to play. At home she continues to play with her dolls, she pretends she is the mommy. She does shows for them and concerts. She also loves make believe and is often in her room with Tom pretending something or telling stories. I am really enjoying being home parttime with the kids.

5 months, Brooklyn 35 months

First of all I can't believe Brooklyn is almost 3. It seems like she gets bigger everyday. Things she is doing now: loves playing with her "kids" her dolls, loves playing with her little dollhouse and blocks, digging in the sand (making a garden), playing school, swimming, reading, painting,dressing in her princess costumes, and anything make believe. It is so fun listening to her talk to herself. She also loves her brother and wants to hug, kiss and climb on him constantly. She took a little tumbling class and loved it. We got passes to Legoland so she really enjoys that.

She is doing really well in the pool and will swim to us without floaties, maybe 5 yards or so. She is so not afraid of the water, but is afraid of waterslides, we are trying to break that.

Brooklyn will start preschool in the fall, her first day will be on her birthday. She is ready for school, she knows all of her capital letters, and most lowercase, she knows numbers 1-10 and can almost count to 20. She can spell her name, Brycen's name, my name and Tom's name. I can't wait to see the gains she gets when she is in school.

Brycen is getting so big, he is looking like a little boy and not a baby. He is rolling over from back to belly... he seems to have forgotten how to roll belly to back. He is almost sitting up, he can sit resting on his hands for a few seconds. He loves the water, we took him in the pool and he was all smiles. He enjoys playing with his toys, putting everything in his mouth, and he LOVES his rainforest Jumperoo. He loves Brooklyn, he smiles and giggles when she talks to him. He is a really happy and easy baby. He went through a rough patch with sleeping and was up every couple of hours for the past month, but this last week has been good, and last night slept 8-4

which was nice. He still is swaddled and was getting out of it everynight but lately has been staying in it which I think has helped with his sleeping. He is taking 2 long naps and a short nap a day. He goes down perfectly once I wrap him up. He smiles at me then you can see his eyes start to roll back. He loves his swaddle. We tried some cereal with him a few weeks ago, he doesn't seem quite ready for it, his tongue still pushes it out so we will wait a few more weeks. I weighed him yesterday on our scale at home and by my calculation he is about 16lbs 9oz and probably 26in.

Brycen 4 months, Brooklyn 34 months

It is nice to be able to be home with the kids. Tom is home now for the summer and it makes it even more fun when you can spend a little individual time with each of them. I was able to take Brooklyn swimming a few days ago. She loves the water. Once I got in I took her floaties off and she could swim under the water about 10 feet. She is not afraid and will try anything. She will start preschool in the fall, she is so excited.

Brycen is 4 months now. He has been rolling over back to belly all of the time. He used to be able to roll belly to back but he seems to have forgotten how. He is always very smiley and is laughing and squealing at us. He loves to watch Brooklyn run around the house. Loves to grab at everything and put everything in his mouth. He is sleeping pretty good, wakes up once to eat and maybe two other times for his binky... bad habit I guess to give it to him, but eventually he will be able to find it himself. He still sleeps swaddled, but this will soon end as soon as he can roll in the blanket. He does such a good job falling asleep on his own, I can lay him down wide awake and he will be asleep within minutes without a peep. He is still eating every 3 hours during the day, but will go 7-8 hours at night, usually down by 8:30 and wakes around 3:30 then back down till 6. He is on a pretty good routine, wakes at 6, nap around 8:30 or 9 for an hour and a half, down again around 12:30 for 2-2 and half hours and then another hour-hour and a half around 5. The doctor said we could start some solids but I think we may wait a while, we will see though.

4 month stats:

Weight: 15lbs 9 oz ( 61% )

Height: 25.5 in ( 69%)

Head: 42.25 ( 50%)

3 months

Here are some recent videos of Brooklyn and Brycen.

2 month stats

Bryce had is 2 month checkup today:
He weighed in at 12 lbs 8 oz: 67%
Length: 23.5 inches 69%
Head 40 cm: 50%

Bryce is the same length as Brooklyn was at 2 months and weighs about 10 oz more. At birth Bryce was 2lbs heavier and a half inch longer.

He had his shots today and did really well, he cried for a few seconds then passed out for about an hour. He is an extremely mellow baby, only crying when he is hungry or tired. He will often just hang out on his playmat, or in his swing. For the past week or so he has been sleeping 5-6 hours at night from about 9-3 then will eat for about 15 minutes and be back asleep until about 6. Throughout the day he will eat, be awake for 1-2 hours, then sleep for about an hour. He is still eating every 2.5- 3 hours in the day, every once in awhile he pushes it to 4. Brooklyn loves being a big sister and I don't think she feels left out. she loves to get on the floor and play with him, I have to watch her because yesterday she tried to take him out of the swing to hold him.

April 24: Bryce 2 months, Brooklyn 2 1/2

I took the kids to get their pictures taken on Saturday. Brycen is usually all smiles but we couldn't get any out of him, he was so serious. Brooklyn was good for the first half of the session, until she found the bin of toys in the back and we couldn't get her to take anymore. I can't believe Brycen is already 2 months. He is getting more alert everyday. He can hold his head up for a few minutes when he wants to. He is also rolling over from his tummy to his back. I thought it was a fluke but he did it about 6 times in a row, and has been doing it for 3 days. Brooklyn rolled over back to tummy first and not until like 5 months. Brooklyn is 2 and a half and she is sure to say 2 and a half when you ask her. She is pretty funny. She is such a good big sister and always wants to hold, hug and kiss Bryce. Brooklyn loves stickers, playing with her babies, playing school, riding her bike and talking. I think she talks all day long... two of her favorite words right now... NO and WHY? these words have become my least favorite. Bryce goes in for his 2 month check up on Tuesday, I expect him to be about 12 lbs. He was 11 lb 14 oz when we took him in last week when he had a cold. Brooklyn was 7 lb 2 oz when she was born, and 11lb 14 oz at 2 months. Bryce was 9 lb 3 oz and was 11 lb 14 oz at 7.5 weeks so we will see what he is on Tuesday. I can't believe they are about the same at 2 months old.

Easter

Here are some pictures from Easter Sunday, we had a long day, having to go to four different houses. It was alot of fun, and Brooklyn really enjoyed doing 5 Easter egg hunts over 2 days. The first 2 hunts she was in she wanted to stop and open her eggs, and she would skip over some to get a different one (she would only get like 3 eggs) but by the end of the weekend she had it down.