Thursday, October 21, 2010

What blog?

Adjusting to two kids has been a bit challenging. Rewarding.... but challenging. So, sorry... not much time to blog. Things are going really well though... Will is starting to get on a bit of a schedule in terms of his sleeping (although, sleeping during the day usually requires me to hold him.) I really cannot complain about his night-time sleeping though. Being a breastfed baby, he is wonderful. He'll fall asleep between 8pm-9pm and he'll sleep for about 4 hours. Then he's up every 2-3 hours after that until about 8am. And he's such a snuggler too - I love it!
Matthew is a GREAT big brother... He adores Will, and it's so neat to see the two of them together. He's a great help to me too - when I ask him to get me a burp rag, or his Nuk - he does it without even being asked twice. The hardest part is dividing my time - THAT is the adjustment! For everyone! I'm trying to learn to not feel so guilty every time Matthew asks me to play with him, but I need to attend to his crying (or in most cases, his eating) brother. I make it a point to give each one of my boys (Drew included!) my undivided attention each day. That's the best I can do... however, I think I'm going to need to start carving out some "me" time very soon. For now, I have coffee "dates" with my girlfriends once per week (love you, Shan and Brit!) while all the "big" kids are at school - and I LOVE that time with them. We get a chance to talk to each other without having to constantly intervene with our 3 and 4 year olds. And starting next week, my friend Sarah and I are mall walking with our babies since she has a little girl a month older than Will... it'll be a good start to shedding that baby weight.... I have about 15 pounds to go and I haven't even started any regular exercise routine yet - I CAN DO IT! So hopefully I can start getting back on a regular blogging schedule. Bare with me as I continue to figure out this Mommy-of-more-than-one-kid thing. :-)