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| From Nathan 2 months |
On April 22 Nathan turned 2 months. I can’t believe how fast the time is going! Seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. He seems to be adjusting very well to his new life outside mommy’s tummy. Everything checked out great at his 2 month doctor’s check up. Apparently he is in the 96th percentile for height and 80th percentile for weight for his age group. No wonder he wants to eat all the time! This is completely opposite from my daughter. She always checks out in the 25th percentile.
Though he’s not sleeping through the night yet, he usually wakes up only once a night to eat. His going-into-the-night time fussiness has greatly subsided. For the first month and a half of his life, his daily crying fit would begin around dinner time and last until 10:30-11 at night. He would literally scream this whole time, unless he was being fed or held. Now he still cries, but it’s only for a few minutes at a time.
Elyana seems to be adjusting well to her baby brother. She can’t quite say his name yet, so she refers to him as baby or bother (brother that is). Even though she plays rough at times, he seems to enjoy her company for the most part. He loves the attention and lets off crooked teethless smiles as she touches or kisses or talks to him.
The three of us started to get more social after Nathan turned 6 weeks. We now routinely visit the library for Elyana’s toddler story time and the playground. We go for morning stroller walks two to three times a week. It’s a great exercise for me and an outing for the kiddies. I am now braving grocery shopping by myself with the two of them. Nathan is usually sound asleep and Elyana, well, she’s being Elyana, the typical toddler in her terrible twos. She does fine though, unless the check out line is too long. Then she tries to sneak a candy bar or two past me, though puts it back when I ask her to. She is definitely learning ‘the rights’ and ‘the wrongs’. When she does something wrong, she feels bad and tries to fix it. We’re taking her out of daycare that she attended part time for the past 3 months. I now got the routine going with the little one, and I feel confident that I can keep Ely busy without having her in daycare.
Today Elyana had her first shower. We went for a stroller walk right before dinner. I knew that I wasn’t going to fit her bath and my shower in separately before dinner, so I combined the two. We took a shower together and made it well before dinner time. She seemed to enjoy it!
I just joined your blog. I was reading something that your husband wrote, and your blob popped up.
Congratulations on your new baby. Welcome to the world of two, and two so close together in age!
I was curious as to why you pulled your daughter out of day care? Isn’t it nice to have a little time with your newborn alone? Or even to have a break from two?
I hope you are enjoying your day!
I’m glad to hear things are going well and you’re adjusting to having two. It’s a huge change! We’re finally starting to settle in as well.
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for reading my blog!
I decided to pull Elyana out of daycare for couple of reasons. I am now settled into the routine with the newborn so I am able to do more things with my daughter and second, daycare is expensive, two days a week are costing us $90/week. Plus I am not working and I feel confident that I can provide enough social interaction for her. We know people with kids in the area and see them quite often. Yea, it is nice to have a little break from a toddler, but 2nd one is getting more demanding day by day. Soon it won’t matter whether Elyana is in the daycare, he won’t give me much rest.
I think that is a great answer! Mine are five years apart, so I can’t even imagine what it is like to have kids so close in age. My advice is never be afraid to ask for help! : ))