Visit to the Eye Doctor

Yesterday was the girls final visit to the eye doctor. Preemie babies can sometimes have eye problems. The girls had seen the eye doctor 3 times before, once when they were in the hospital then twice before they were 2 months old. The doctor the last time said that everything looked fine but he wanted to see them one more time at 9 months. The appointment went great and the girls don't have to go back unless they develop problems later in life. The visit was pretty uneventful, but they did dilate their eyes so that made them a little cranky the rest of the day. Thankfully Sam was able to go with me to the appointment to help entertain the girls while we waited for their eyes to dilate and to see the doctor.

Last night was a milestone night for us. We decided that we would start putting the girls in their beds awake in hopes to help them sleep through the night. We've been waking up around 1am every morning and giving them a bottle. We had done a little research and talked to the doctor and she said we needed to break this cycle now, or it would continue FOREVER! We had been sleeping through the night a few months ago, but somehow we got back to waking up again. So last night we gave the girls a bottle right before bed then we put them in their beds. All was good until we left the room. They ended up crying off and on for 45 minutes! YES, it was the hardest thing. I kept telling Sam I was giving them 5 more minutes, but he kept us strong and we did it! They put themselves to sleep! After they went to sleep I went up and checked on them, then I went to bed. I was amazed that 7am was the first time we heard anything from them. WOW!!! AWESOME!! We'll see how tonight goes...fingers crossed.

I guess you guys are probably wanting some pictures of the girls too. They are growing up fast! Enjoy!

Madilyn cheesing at the camera and eating her cereal the other night. You can see her bottom two teeth. Morgan eating her puffs and squinting at the camera the other night. She love to try and fit as many as she can in her hands and mouth. Both girls have two teeth on the bottom and two coming in on the top.