7 months 27 days

This was a really tough night. Emmy and Tammy did not sleep this afternoon. At bedtime, it took Emmy a while, but he was so tired, he finally fell asleep. Tammy also fell asleep after a while. Sammy had had a nap, and it took him a long time. I constantly came to his side to put the pacifier back into his mouth and calm him. Finally he woke Emmy up, and maybe it was his loud crying that then woke Tammy up. For the next few hours we tried to get Emmy and Tammy back to sleep. One of us would hold one, and the other the other. We would feed them, hold them, rock them, stroke their heads, trying to get them to sleep. Then we would put them back into bed, and a little while start all over again. It was tough and seemed to never end, but now it's been a while, so maybe they'll sleep for a few hours now.
Yes, it's tough, but I also love it, and I love holding my little ones! I just wish I could hold them all at once! Yes, they are teething, and yes, we have a gel to put on their gums. I'm not sure it's doing much good, though.
Today they had a new jar for lunch, turkey spaghetti, and for dinner they had banana for the first time. And I wished I had a picture of the great improvement I have made when feeding them. Depending on what their arms are doing, there is usually not that much cleaning to do any more when they're done eating! I think it's not only us, but also the babies that are learning.