Baby Brother's entrance into our family has and hasn't been seamless. Of course the changes to routine and quality & quantity of sleep are evident and expected. But there is also this feeling that he's always been here. Meant to be a part of this family.
PB has done quite well with the change. Well, overall. I honestly expected there to be some jealousy but we haven't seen that. Yet.
What we have seen is a big jump in those oh-so-fun attention seeking behaviors. You know the ones. Throwing toys. Hitting everyone. Thinking "no" is the only word in his vocabulary. All that was around before. We are just seeing a lot more of it now. And even more when we have visitors. Yay.
I can already tell I am less....me...with this one. I am not rinsing the paci in scalding hot water every time it grazes the floor. I am using (unscented) dryer sheets on the baby's clothes. He is wearing hand-me-downs. People have held him without sanitizing their hands (although I still wish they would). Being the mother of a 2-year old and a newborn is hard. Why make it harder on myself?
All in all, I am overjoyed. I do feel blessed and lucky to have these 2 precious boys. Now if I could just get some sleep.....
No comments:
Post a Comment