Siblings – January 2018

It's been ages since I last wrote a siblings post about my daughters so I decided it was about time to do another one.In fact a quick search shows that the last one was written back in March 2017. Nearly a whole year has passed since then and lots of growing - for one they are both on their feet.

Growing

As you can see from the photo we took at Christmas there's not much in terms of height between our daughters and hubby discovered that they also weigh the same. While youngest eats and doesn't have a stop button it may appear our eldest is a snacker. Both are incredibly active and eldest has been walking to and from toddler group while her sister who tends to walk in the opposite direction if let loose ends up being carried to and from. She'll often fall asleep in my arms on the way back or her nappy will be stopping her from getting comfy. Her sister on the other hand usually asks to be carried too but there's no way I could carry them both at the same time. Eldest has been potty trained for a while now so it's usually a dart across the village to get to the potty in time too!

Sleeping

Sleeping has never been a problem in terms of they usually crash and sleep straight through. However, while they used to sleep through their feeding times too if left to their own devices! They wake up when the sun rises. Of course that doesn't stop their mum from worrying about them and with every little rustle, squawk, squeak that they make during their night's rest I'm easily awoken wondering whether it will lead to more. A lot of noise usually means something's wrong such as a nappy issue, teething or someone has tumbled out of bed! We have recently taken the side off of the toddler bed now. Whether we put it back or not only time will tell.One thing is for sure though our youngest doesn't want to stay in the toddler sleigh bed that's for sure! Our youngest certainly knows what she wants and doesn't at any time and we certainly know it! She demands cuddles a lot during the day and wants to fall asleep in your arms rather than the bed!

Eating

At 18 months youngest still thinks she can eat the world! I can't recall eldest thinking she could do the same for so long at the same age. This has led eldest and I to have one on one time while youngest has her midday nap. Together they devour what's in the fridge and continue to have a love of fruit. In fact nothing much has changed since the last siblings post it seems regards food and drink except their Daddy introduced them to chocolate over Christmas!

Playing

For Christmas my eldest got a camera and is happily snapping away anything and everything while her sister has yet to go for a ride on her bike poor thing.

The girls also got a bigger kitchen than the one they had and they have thoroughly enjoyed playing with the wooden and plastic food we have bought to accompany it. We gave the kitchen a little makeover with marble effect paper and a pink hearted one. We love it.

A little while ago we also decided to buy a bigger shelving unit to house all their toys and it has been rather effective in doing so. However, little hands have got hold of many of the orchard toy games we own and the puzzles and these don't stay in the canvas boxes or together in their own box for very long!