Pulling Up

Ok, so now I have two baby girls that are pulling up. Where has time gone? I think I some how missed the stage of just holding helpless limp snuggling babies. They are both now on the go, pulling up and pretty independent. Although they are in this needing held stage but there is lots of fussing to go along with that holding. Lexyn started pulling up on a toy to her knees on March 14th, then the next time we looked over at her she was standing up holding onto the toy. How did she do that? She is getting too big. Bless her heart she is pulling up before she is sitting up! She has sat up a few times but only for a few seconds. The therapist says it just must be to uncomfortable for her tight little leg muscles. She can almost pull up on anything sturdy now, but she quickly starts to fuss because she has no idea of how to get back down to the floor.

Along with the pulling up came a more aggressive Lexyn. She has decided to get Brittyn back for all the times she stole her toy, or used her head to push up. Lexyn is now stealing Brittyn's toys, pulling on her clothes, using her back to push up, and the funniest thing is she has figured out how to hold on to Brittyn's legs and hitch a ride. Lexyn can get almost anywhere she wants but she still does it by doing the wounded soldier crawl. She only uses one arm and one leg to crawl-scoot on the floor. So if Brittyn is near she will grab a hold of her legs and get pulled to where ever Brittyn is headed. It is so funny to watch, although it usually aggravates little miss Brittyn.

In the picture above Lexyn was holding onto Brittyn's shoulders to push up and Brittyn got aggravated and turned around, when she did Lexyn grabbed a hold of her hair to keep from falling. Poor Brittyn!

The girls have been pretty sick. I took them to the doctor of Monday after a long rough weekend. Lexyn had been running fever and they both have had runny, stuffy noses, and a cough for over a week. Well, they both have double ear infections and sinus infections. Poor Babies! They did get weighed at their appointment and they have gained pretty good since their last appointment 3 weeks ago. Lexyn weighed 13 pounds 14.2 ounces, and Brittyn weighed 13 pounds 11.6 ounces.