"Do they play together?"That's a question we've been getting for seven or nine months now.
At first, the answer was clearly: "no". Then it was "sort of", and now, it is "yes, sometimes".
"No"
When N was crawling and E was not, the main interaction between the two of them was described in Sharing is Fun.
"Sort of"
Once they were both crawling, I started to notice that, with few exceptions, wherever in the house one of them was, the other was as well. If one of them was in our bedroom, pulling objects off of nightstands, the other was there too. If N was in their room, pulling books off the bookshelf, E would be there pawing at the books. I started to think of this is not-at-all coincidental. That said, it didn't look exactly like a game, or like they were necessarily interacting with each other in a playful way.
"Yes"
Within the past several months, they started to play clear games with each other. Sometimes, they follow each other around a piece of furniture, laughing the whole way. Other times, they play peek-a-boo with each other (sans the words). And after we've left them in their cribs for bedtime, several nights a week we'll here them "talking" to each other and laughing laughing laughing.
It's really beautiful.
