What's Better Than A Baby GIF? Twin Baby GIFs! And Teaching Twins To Share
After a few days away, it's good to come back with a fresh outlook. @em3 commented a couple posts ago that I should make some GIFs of the twins, so I hope these start your week with a smile!
Girls on the move
Ever since she figured out how to get where she wanted, Squirt has been on the move.
She is a determined little girl. She crawled from our living room to our dining room just because she wanted to be close to Matt.
It's harder for Squish to keep up. She ends up "roaming" around, but she isn't always sure how she got there or how to get where she wants to go.
Girl talk
As the twins become more mobile, they're also becoming more talkative. Not understandable, but trying to communicate a lot more.
If they have a messy diaper, they'll usually let me know by sticking out their tongue and "spitting." They also make it pretty clear if they need something.
... I just have to guess what it is.
Of course, they understand each other really well!
It's really interesting to raise two kids who are the same age at the same time. On the one hand, they get a playmate right away. Training can also start young since they need to learn to get along with each other.
On the other hand, I could easily see how they'd feel like nothing belongs to them.
Training
For bigger toys, we're teaching the girls how to share. But because we don't want to teach them that sharing is compulsory, they're allowed to play alone with smaller toys. We want them to learn how to care for their own things. That just means that one twin is simultaneously learning not to steal.
Just for the record...
As an older sister, I know that this GIF may be used as evidence that Squish "always" kept toys from Squirt, so I'm setting the record straight ;) Squirt is so fast, she can usually take a toy from Squish before Squish even knows what happened. It takes close watching to see who actually had the toy first...
Just after the incident captured above, Squish moved the toy closer to Squirt and they were playing together again.
Thanks, everyone for your understanding and kind words during my break! It's good to be back and I'm looking forward to a new week!
If you're interested in reading the rest of our story:
- Intro: Surprise, we have twins! The story behind why I fell off the face of Planet Steemit...
- Part 1: Babies can be victims of human trafficking too
- Part 2: Bringing home the twins
- Part 3: They don't come with a manual | Taking care of twins
- Part 4: Two love stories and understanding the twins' loss
- Part 5: Feeding the twins, feeding ourselves, and working full-time
- Part 6: Twins, not twins & going out with preemie babies
- Part 7: Taking a family vacation with twins to Cameron Highlands
- Part 8: Night intruder | Our vacation to Cameron Highlands continued
- Part 9: Ending the year as parents and celebrating the twins' first Christmas
- Part 10: What it takes to be the Superdad of twin babies
- Part 11: The twins eat solids and get new nicknames!
- Part 12: Adoption & Attachment | How a baby handles grief and loss
- Part 13: Infant survival swimming lessons with the twins | Our "Baby Minnows" go underwater
- Part 14: The Steemit Twins are cranky | Is it the state of crypto that's got them down?
- Part 15: The great formula scandal | What will the twins do?
- Part 16: Great moments in history began with baby "steps" | Dealing with racism as an adoptee
- Part 17: Wearing thin, but the twins are cute and I'm still thankful
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What a wonderful Post! The cuteness is rich with these girls!
Glad you were able to do the GIFs!
I remember doing 'patty cake' feet with my kids when they were small like your girls. They always loved it so much!
Have a wonderful week,
Peace
Those are the greatest!
Thanks for the narration and thanks for the little glimpses as well!!
What a joyful home!
Thanks @public-eye! I’m glad you liked the gifs! They were a fun diversion ... and I like that I can share the smiles these girls bring us ;)
Great idea @em3! Lovely gifs of Beautiful bundles of joy! It is so fun watching them G.I. crawl!!
Toddling, here we come!!
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They're stealing more of my heart (well pieces of it anyway) each day as well! Haha. I'm always delighted to see your post about the girls. Squirt on the move is so cute :) Way to go Squirt! My daughter usually crawls on the bed when she wants to grab something (usually our phones). By the way, the GIF's idea of the twins is a brilliant one. :)
Thanks @filnette! It’s amazing (and encouraging) to realize how many people are enjoying our sweet daughters alongside us! I hadn’t thought of it that way before 😃
So you know walking comes next, right? 😅 phew! We’ll have to encourage each other through that phase!
It's always a good time to see those twins. As I said before, they are angels; not just to you but even for us. 😊
Oh yeah. We're 50% excited and 50% dreadful regarding walking. We bought her a walker last month and she had been walking in the living room in it. So yeah. On to our next phase soon. I need to watch out and learn from Squirt and Squish. By the way, do the girls have their tooth/teeth now?
I keep thinking that their teeth about to come through, but nothing yet. Some days their gums are really itchy - they drool everywhere and keep wanting to chew on things. I'll post once that first tooth makes its appearance! :D
These are absolutely adorable! Glad you're sharing all these little things, always enjoy reading!
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