Pouches

I've heard lots and lots of good things about food pouches. We bought some before Christmas and I think right after Christmas we let Kyle and Emily try one. They weren't ready for them yet...

Yesterday I tried again and they loved them. I helped Emily and Kyle eat them... they did very well and were upset when the pouches were empty.

We went to the store yesterday to get some more, so after the babies ate all of their quesdilla for lunch today, I gave them each a pouch. Emily did very well eating hers all by her self. Kyle made a BIG mess, but eventually got it all figured out!

One of the things I really like about the pouches is that most of them contain fruits and veggies! 

48 Weeks Old

Kyle Walking

We now officially have two toddlers!

Sippy Cups = Fun Toys

The past week or so has been a struggle with getting Emily and Kyle to use sippy cups. They like to play with them... and every once in a while will try to drink from them. Emily does do better than Kyle, but they both struggle.

I was getting frustrated, so I started doing some research about transitioning from bottles to sippy cups. It made me feel better... and gave me some ideas.

Emily and Kyle still had gift cards from Christmas, so we bought two different kinds to try.
We got a 3-1 bottle/sippy cup. It was two different nipples (a bottle nipple and a sippy cup nipple) and can have handles if you want it to. The babies seem to do okay with the bottle nipple. The idea is to get them used to drinking from the cup with the bottle nipple and then switch. So we'll give it a week or so with the bottle nipple and try to switch.
We also got some "big kid" sippy cups... ones that if you tip them upside down, what's inside just comes out (the babies don't have to suck). We've been using these for water at meals and they seem to do okay with them... but they do make a wet mess.

We'll keep at it... hopefully in another five weeks (when the babies turn one!) we'll be bottle free!