11 Months Old

Friday the girls turned 11 months old. AUGH! Where did the time go and can I still use the excuse that I'm out of shape because I just had twins?? The girls are just amazing! They are both proficient crawlers, Ellery will sit for a few minutes without help but only if you put her in that position - Emily still won't. Ellery has also decided to start pulling up on things to her knees or to stand. Very scary since she can't even sit on her own. All weekend long I watched her pull up on anything and everything.

Last week we had our follow up appointment with the developmental pediatrician, physical therapy, and a hearing specialist. The Developmental & PT appointments went great. Both girls are still very healthy and doing wonderfully. The only concern is that Emily is stuck in the pattern of arching her back/shoulders and not sitting on her own. I think she's strong enough, but now it's habit. We've been assigned some exercises to work with her to try to break the pattern. We also have another PT appointment in 6 weeks. I just keep hoping she'll come out of it on her own. Ellery was in the same boat then suddenly this week I set her down and she stayed there for a while. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Emily will do the same. Life is so much more fun if you can sit up and enjoy it!

The Dr's also did a standardized test to see where the girls were in terms of motor skills, speech, and a few other things. Basically we would want their scores to fall somewhere between their real age of 11 months and their adjusted age of almost 8 months. Ellery in all areas was at 10-11 months and Emily in all areas was 7-9 months. So strange that they can be so different but then again everyone (in the medical community) has always said that Emily is what they would expect to see in a 26 week healthy preemie and Ellery was always an anomaly. I'll take that!

Today we went in for our third RSV shot and a quick weigh in. Ellery is now 17.5lbs and Emily is 15ish pounds. I'm hoping for 16 & 18 pounders by their first birthday. We just might make it!

The girls have been feeling a little under the weather this week so we've slowed down on eating a little - I hope that we get back to the usual routine so we (except me!) can keep putting on the weight. Ellery has decided she likes to eat cheerios cut into 1/4th and Em still things chunks are gross!

In other big news, we've bought the girls convertible car seats!! Not that they are ready to sit front facing, but they are too tall for the snap n go type car seats. Once we install them, it's the type that stays in a car and doesn't snap into a stroller. I love that the girls will be happier and more comfortable, but then I've got to figure out a system of strapping one in at a time and wondering where the other one is since they are crawling and getting into trouble whenever possible.