The babies woke up at 8:00am this morning and decided to poke and prod each other, while cooing and squawking at each other, instead of crying. It was the first time they really acknowledged each other. One baby took a 3-hour morning nap while one took a 20-minute nap, which was both frustrating and encouraging. Big kids jumped on the trampoline, read books, worked on homework and computer classes, ate more and less food than I had expected, and checked on me literally every 5 minutes of the entire day. After their 1,000th nervous check-in, I sent them outside to play for 30 whole minutes, reassuring them that I honestly, truly, was not going anywhere, and that I couldn't leave anyway with two babies taking their second nap of the day--over 2 hours each! I noticed the big kids peeking in the windows every 5-10 minutes, but they didn't come inside because anyone who woke up babies (again) had to take a nap.
Two babies mimicked each other's coos and cries; two babies got baths together; two babies got lunch--the bigger baby ate cheerios and bananas in the high chair along with her bottle, and the littler baby refused to lie down to drink her bottle because she was big like the other baby. Today, the babies started to get used to each other. The big kids finished entire books and watched one Saturday movie. By the end of the day, they lasted over an hour between check-ins.
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