A Break in the Clouds

Today Justice and Jasmine are just short of their 6 month birthday!  Sunday is their official birthday. We have high hopes for this milestone, but also setting our expectations low so we don’t disappoint ourselves.

This week we’ve seen some interesting improvements despite both of them being sick with the cold. First of all, they are now eating baby food. During the day and before bed we give them cereal and flavored baby food. They both seem to like sweet potatoes, apple sauce, and banana. They didn’t fall in love with baby food like we thought they might, but they are getting used to the idea of it.

As of yesterday Jasmine finally turned over from her back to her belly.  That was a major accomplishment! Woo hoo! Congrats Jasmine! You did it!

Yesterday Justice started to talk baby talk. His cries have turned into baby words and baby screams. For now it’s amusing. He is really anxious to grow up. A couple of days ago he was caught crawling backwards. He wants to walk and talk as soon as possible.

They both started to finally interact with one another. If we put them side by side, Justice will actually reach out to her. Jasmine will responded with a cry for help because Justice like to pull on her hair and/or clothes. Here’s a video of Justice terrorizing Jasmine at the kitchen table.

What’s also new this week is that they really want to be held. We can not walk past them without them screaming, ‘hey pick me up!’. Thank God we have all these baby videos to keep them occupied.  5 minutes later they forget we just walked passed them.  It works most of the time, but not always.

Their sleeping habits have not changed much. They still get up several times a night. This might be because of their cold. However, it seems like they are sleeping sooner and deeper since they’ve started eating baby food. I just wish it was deeper and longer. Funny thing about Justice is that he scratches his head while he is nursing. This is something that Ebru does when she’s tired.

Justice also started to stare at the mirror on his jumper toy. I guess he realizes he has a face, eyes, and button nose. He gets very excitable to both extremes. He can be very very happy or very very vocal.

Jasmine is usually more laid back and very girly. Her cries are softer and she carries herself like a little girl. Although there are times when she is just so loud. I guess she gets this way when she is tired right before she falls asleep. She can fall asleep without a swaddle. Justice needs it because he will scratch his face off if he doesn’t have his hands protected.

Both have nails like Wolverine.  A couple of times they scratched us so hard we nearly dropped them.  They always seem to find our most vulnerable areas like the back of our arms and neck.  Why don’t they scratch themselves or their clothes lol.

The first 6 months have been interesting for sure.  We see a lot of promise in their development.  We just hope that it will be in the positive direction so we can be better parents.

Jasmine and Justice 6 Months Young

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