It's been interesting to watch how Chase reacts to the babies. He doesn't seem to show a lot of jealousy, but he has shown some tendency to revert back to baby-like behavior. For example, he wants to sleep in his crib instead of the regular bed. He occasionally sneaks the pacifier into his mouth when he thinks no one is paying attention. The bigger challenge has been keeping him from mauling the babies. He isn't malicious toward them at all, but he can be over-affectionate. He constantly wants to hug, hold, kiss and touch the babies. His favorite things are squeezing their hands and rubbing his face against their hair. He becomes so aggressively affectionate that we often have to push him away from the babies to protect them, which really makes him mad. I guess this is a much better problem than him trying to hurt them out of jealousy.

Jaxon and Mason are basically down to one feeding per night, which has made things considerably easier (but not easy). Mason has also mellowed-out substantially. The funny thing is that Jaxon has become more fussy, which is okay since he was pretty mellow before. Their temperaments are a little more alike now, although Mason still definitely has the temper. Lately they've become much more responsive to interaction. It's fairly easy to make them smile, which is always fun to watch. Mason is particularly smiley. Jaxon's cheeks are so fat that when he smiles his eyes close. I haven't captured a full smile from him yet, but you can still see what I mean in the picture below: