Triplet Update, June 2008 - 19 weeks old/13 weeks corrected
We just had the kids to the doctor for their 4 month well visits and Holden now weighs 13.3 pounds and is 24.25” long, Nora's up to 13.2 pounds and 25.25” long (wow!), and Tess is 13 pounds even and 24.5”. They are all doing great, thriving and coming right along hitting their milestones. And while they tend to reach their milestones at their corrected age, I can see the gap between their true age and their corrected age starting to close. Our pediatrician even commented on how they are fitting the mold of any regular 4-month-old. (They're already on the tail end of their 3-6 months size clothes and size 2 diapers!) In fact, they are taking so much formula (they each drink 32 oz. a day) that she said the next step was rice cereal (already, yikes!).
Holden's been rolling over tummy-to-back since he was just a few weeks old and has been perfecting his back-to-tummy roll, which he now does with ease, so much so that he prefers to sleep on his tummy. Tess too. Nora is almost there but still is getting stuck on that one arm, so she sleeps on her side, LOL. They have all begun purposeful reaching and grasping so we've started giving them little blankets and rattles to explore and play with. I've also noticed that they are kicking a lot, especially Nora and Holden, and have witnessed frenzied tummy gym and mobile kickboxing. They all do great with tummy time, lifting up their shoulders and holding their head steady to get a new view of the world around them. They're becoming increasingly strong and are just around the corner from holding their head steady on their own, and soon thereafter comes… sitting up! I swear Holden is trying to crawl; he works so hard to get his legs under his belly and just kicks like crazy. It blows my mind. The best news by far is that they have all started to sleep through the night!!! We can count on Holden to not wake up and Tess does a pretty good job too. Nora's the only one who still gives us a hard time, waking up several times between 1 and 3:30 most nights, but she's coming along. They are super happy babies, always cooing (Nora's going to be our talker) and smiling, and I've even had Nora and Holden laughing and giggling a couple of times, which is adorable and heart-melting. And now that they're interactive and we're actually getting sleep, they're starting to grow on us...
I've taken over 600 pictures this month alone (obviously a proud stay-at-home mama); here are some of the more precious photos, evidencing that the kids are clearly growing leaps and bounds. If you hover over the picture it will give you a who’s who, in order, left to right. :-)
