In the last five weeks, since Jack's arrival, I have somewhat neglected myself to take care of my family. I do it by choice, and I do it happily. And, I will continue to do it as long as I need to to make sure my family is well taken care of. But, for now, for these next few moments while both kids are asleep, I am doing something I want to do for me... write!
I have loved every moment of the last five weeks. I love having two babies. I love taking care of them and Chuck. But, I have missed blogging. I have sat down to blog on several occasions, but couldn't get the words to flow. I felt guilty for taking a few minutes away for myself and doing something I love. Not that that is anything new for any given Mom out there, just a reality. But anyway...
Things have been great around our house since Jack's arrival. He is such a precious baby! And, Emma is an excellent big sister. She loves him so, so much. I haven't had a chance to share some of the cute things she has said or done relating to him. Such as, when he first was born, Emma kept calling him a HER. She would say, "I wanna pet her." No matter how much we tried at first, we could not get her to say HIM.
She finally has gotten her pronouns straight, but now refers to Jack as her 'Brother Sister.' Not really sure why or how he is both, but it's cute to hear her refer to him that way. She also loves to 'get Jack kisses.' Poor little guy gets kissed a million times a day! And, usually, I find him with a variety of lip print colors and debris. Usually, it is the powder from white donuts, chocolate or strawberries.
Emma has been really good with Jack and knowing her boundaries with him. Although she says she wants to pick him up, she hasn't tried to... YET. She asks him all the time if he wants a bite of whatever she is eating or a drink of her milk. Only once have I caught her trying to feed him something. She was trying to shove cereal in his mouth the other morning! I explained that he didn't have any teeth so he couldn't eat her food and that seemed to make sense to her. Hopefully, she won't try that again! Wishful thinking, huh?
When we are driving and he cries, she alternates between the sweet, 'It's okay, buddy' and the not so sweet, 'HUSH!' Most of the time she does responds sweetly to him crying.
I guess the hardest thing for her was me breastfeeding. At first, Jack was jaundice and pretty lethargic. It would take him forever to nurse. And, my milk supply seemed low, so I felt like he wasn't getting enough to eat. He would nurse often and that took a lot of time and attention away from Emma. She would cry and become demanding when I would sit down to nurse. However, that has gotten better. Jack feeds much more efficiently and she is much more tolerant of not having my undivided attention.
Overall, life has been good here and just keeps getting better. Not to say there haven't been hard days, because there have. Luckily, they have been few and far between. We are settling into a routine and getting the hang of being a family of four.
I look forward to getting back to blogging more often and sharing pictures of the kids... I don't think I have uploaded a single one to share with anyone since Jack was born! I've got to do better!
Happy Tuesday!
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