Instant Best Friends, Well, no...

I think there are a lot of false presumptions about twins and how they should look, behave, grow, etc... and one that I'm finding particular untrue at this point in the game is the "instant friend, constant companion".  Other than when they were swaddled little bundles laying together in the crib, they don't really play nice. There's a lot of hair pulling, fingers in the nose, pulling on ears... this makes for unhappy sisters. Nor are they much entertained by what the other is doing at any given time.

I'm pretty well aware that this is going to change as they get older and most likely (hopefully) for the better.  Who they are entertained by, Josie.  For sure. She's loud, she's boisterous, she's always bouncing around the room.  It's rare to get Josie to focus her energy on baby entertaining, but when she does - everyone is happy. 

Developmentally, this week has been interesting.  Three things of note. Alivia's baby babble is getting much more conversational.  If I'm out of the room and hear them chatting, I can always tell which is Alivia vs Annalise. Annalise is just babble, but Alivia... she's having a full conversation!  Alivia again, ahead of her sister - scooting around like she's got somewhere to be.  Poor Alise, or happy Alise, she's just fine chillin' in the same spot for the most part. 

And lastly, their coordination is finally getting fine tuned to the point of snatching pacifiers out of each other's mouths and popping it into their own, and also for the purposes of sneaking a toy away from the other. It almost never goes over well.