Annoying Habit #1: For several weeks now, the boys have developed this INCREDIBLY annoying habit of crying/whining like maniacs when you are burping them in the middle (and heck, sometimes even the end) of a bottle. Once, I was feeding Aidan, and someone began burping Brady and Aidan started doing his crying thing WHILE HIS BOTTLE WAS IN HIS MOUTH. HELLO?! you can't whine about having your bottle taken away when IT HASN'T BEEN!!!
You will be feeding them and everyone (when a third person is here helping) will be happily sucking along, when all of a sudden - it's time for a burp. then all hell breaks loose. Aidan's definitely sounds the most whiny. Brady sounds angry (and whiny). And Gavin is Baby Kong. Gavin is so strong that when he doesn't feel like he should burp yet, he will stiffen his body, stick both arms straight out to the side and turn bright red as he does a half growl/half whine yell. He will wave his body around as you desperately try to hold on to him so he doesn't face dive to the floor and he looks like a Baby Kong who is about to terrorize a small Japanese city. It is hilarious to watch - not so hilarious when you are the one to feed him. Of course the flip side of waiting to burp Gavin to avoid Baby Kong is that he will likely do one large Stealth Bomber spit up long after you have let your guard down. sweet.
Brady on the other hand (Annoying Habit #2) is a puker. i mean, SERIOUS puker, pretty much every time. I always grab two of the super thick burp cloths when I feed him, because i will usually go through both. After his whiny/angry crying spell (and he has burped a couple of good ones) he will sit there with this angelic look on his face . . . an promptly fill the burp cloth. sometimes i don't know how that kid is growing - he is a happy non-sleeper and he pukes up 1/4 of his bottle (it seems).
Annoying Habit #3 (because doesn't everything good come in threes?!): Aidan is a genius. It does not matter how much you give him in his bottle, he will stop drinking at the last two ounces. and you basically have to beg him to finish (which he will do in between whiny cries and smiling and giggling at me). He has been doing this since December and it is getting OLD. Again, another kid, I'm not sure how he's growing, except that he is our most steady "good sleeper". Now some might say "oh, he's probably not hungry" but the thing is, he will eat it (and not spit anything up) as long as you give him a 15 minute rest and you heat the bottle to the near boiling point he likes to eat at (he's his mom's son - i love food when it's HOT! give your tongue a blister hot . ..).
And on to adorableness. Is there anything cuter than Aidan laughing at a simple sneeze? over and over again? I guess cold season will be a riot in our house :)
