I have been having a twinge of guilt that seems to be a normal phenomenan with the second child. I haven't been as good at taking pictures, documenting milestones, or communicating with friends and family, so I am reviving my efforts and will try my best to do this again for Anna and all of you.
All during my pregnancy I was wondering how I was going to handle a BABY with a TODDLER. What I really should have been worrying about was how I was going to handle a TODDLER with a BABY! The adjustment period has been rough and Carson was not happy at first. He seemed to like Anna enough, but he was very aggressive towards his poor parents. He decided that his new place in the family was with his father and began to soak up all his daddy's time and attention, never letting him out of his sight. When his father went back to work, he seemed to stablize some, but would sneak up on me when I wasn't looking or was busy and hit me, bite me or throw something. It seems as the poor guy was just trying to figure out his place in his new world. Now, 6 weeks later, he seems to be mellowing out, he doesn't cry out for dad in his sleep every night, he looks forward to him coming home. We still get out the lawn chairs and wait for him on the sidewalk at 5:00 everynight, but he seems to be finding some normalcy again.
Now he says he loves "baby Anna," he pats her on the head and kisses her (except for when he tries to hit her with his toys) and he likes to hold her every morning in his dad's lay and he lays down with her on her playmat everynight before bedtime. I'm pretty sure he's gonna be ok!
Here is my effort at cathcing up at milestones:
First Smile - 5 weeks old - she has done it about 5 times since
First Bottle - 3 weeks old
11 lbs at 6 weeks old (not sure on lenghth)
outgrown newborn clothes at 4 weeks and now solidly in 0-3month clothes
We all leave the house pretty much every day (except when I send Carson with a babysitter :)
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