Flying Squirrel

Caroline has been caught trying to pull a flying-squirrel out of her crib for the past week or so. The little monkey climbs her way up the crib slats and can get one of her legs over the side. Scares the crap out of me and our nanny. We've resorted to taking off all the couch cushions in our living room and surrounding the floors around both their cribs in case one or both girls do a nose-dive. We cannot continue to strip the couches every time they go to sleep!

So we have two options here: I can either convert their cribs into toddler beds and let them have free reign over their room at bedtime; or I can invest in a couple of crib tents, which keep the monkeys caged in and look like this:

I'm really not sure if they're quite ready for toddler beds just yet. I know this would be tough because they are sure to get out of bed multiple times throughout the night and it doesn't help that they already have each other as partners in crime! God only knows the mischief these two would get into when that bedroom door closes! But I certainly can't keep stressing that they will fall out of their cribs and hurt themselves. Hmmm... what's a mom to do?

Big Girl Booster Seats

The girls have been getting pretty restless in their high chairs lately - it's become a battle every time we try to snap on their trays. Our usual routine has unfortunately been for us to put them in their chairs, snap on the trays, and push them in front of the TV so that I can get other stuff done and they can be distracted long enough to sit and eat. I hate that it's come to that, and have been thinking we need to change this for some time. We're not setting a very good example for them by plopping them in front of the tube to eat while they see mom & dad walking about doing other things. My hope is that we start all sitting down as a family at dinner time, and hopefully this will create some normalcy and a routine for everyone.

So we bought them "Big Girl" booster seats. These take up much less space (will be great to take with us when we travel or to restaurants), have NO trays, and will allow the girls to be pushed right up to the table so they can eat like big girls with mom & dad. And they're PINK! (Just for you, Aunt Nee Nee).

I took them out of the box for the girls to play with last night. Caroline was more interested than Liv, and was concerned that "Wibby" wouldn't come sit down in hers.