After this first year, my not so small babies are trying to make sense of this big wide world. I look at them everyday and think what it must be like to have 2 more people with you all the time, for them, they know nothing more and this is ‘normal’ but for anyone else.. fascinating!

They took a long time to show signs of each other’s awareness.  They wouldn’t interact or ‘play’ they often just looked through each other. I found this incredible but then it dawned on me, beyond food, sleep, cuddles, clean nappies and body temperature they have no other cares at this early stage. They know you – someone who can provide all of the above and that’s all they care about. There is a moment though when babies go from using animal instinct into developing emotions and becoming little human beings – I found this at about 5-6 months.

But when they finally became aware of each other it was a whole new ball game, now it was about territory and space! Everything is ‘mine’! but for a few moments in a day they will play and share then the magical bonds between them shine through.