Brooke is now six weeks, it has gone by pretty fast, and not really looking forward to going back to work in a couple of weeks. It is like constant work keeping up with two little ones and giving love and attention to both, you change one diaper, then another, feed one while feeding the other, put one down then have to try and put the other one to bed afterwards, its constantly doing something, it lets you appreciate sitting down and doing nothing, that along with taking care of the home, cleaning cooking and other family/household things is a job in itself, so what scares me the most is that once back at work it will be a full plate, but the worst will be not spending my days with my girls, it has been work, but really more fun than anything.
Brooke is smiling a lot now, real smiles, not the ones in her sleep or when she is falling asleep, but actual I am awake and smiling at you smiles, she laughs a lot in her sleep so funny and so heartwarming to hear such a small laugh like that, her cooing has also started, not too much yet but it is getting there. She is getting bigger, she is very alert and has been for some time now, she has pretty good neck control when on her belly or when you carry her. She never really cries unless I take to long to get to her to feed her, she is a great baby. Only thing is she is a grunter, she grunts A LOT especially through the night, which keeps us up quite often, I have tried to learn to ignore it so that I can sleep, I'll look over at rusty to see if he is bothered by it, and there he is asleep with a pillow over his head! Quite comical. It's like magic though when I take her from the bassinet and place her in the bed or lay her on me to burp her she will fall asleep just fine with no grunting at all, hmmm...she is very sweet and although getting bigger she is just so small and petite. I hate that she has a small problem keeping down her food, she spits up a lot, which I know babies spit up a lot, and it took her only a little longer to gain birth weight, but she seems to spit up all she ate, then she will be hungry only 15 minutes later, which makes breastfeeding exhausting, we have the two month appt in two weeks so we will see what they say, I think that all that matters is that she continues to gain weight and I can tell by looking at her she seems to be gaining fine.
Days at home are nice, usually starts at 5:30 or 6:00 with Brooke, then Sophia will wake at 7:00, get Sophia her milk (it is like her coffee) don't mess with her until she has had her milk. =) We all three will say bye to daddy and sit in bed and watch some morning cartoons, my favorite part of the day. I try to get Sophia out of the house to play as much as I can. You can find us at the park on almost every nice day, she burns off some energy and has the opportunity to socialize with other kids. Which I am happy my little girl can go up to other kids and say hi and try to play, but what is up with other kids! She will say hi and kids will just stare at her like they don't know what to say, kind of sad to see my little one not get to play with other kids. But look forward to Brooke getting older so they both will always have someone to play with at the park!
I remember before Brooke came I was worried about Sophia and our relationship and being able to give her all the attention I did before, but now that Brooke is here and time has passed, I feel much better. Brooke still sleeps a lot and that allows be to give my time to Sophia, and when baby is awake Sophia will spend time with mommy and "baby sissy" (Sophia calls her) But to make it easier Sophia is at that age where she likes to be in her own world and play in her room and around the house, she will re arrange the chairs in dining room, play with her stuffed animals, and kitchenette set. She does a lot of playing. So it is all working out quite well. Sophia is a great big sister to Brooke, she loves saying "Oh, baby", when she does fuss she will go to Brooke and say "Baby, okay, okay baby." She is a great big sister. When Sophia was a baby I loved her feet, they were so cute I would kiss them a lot, so when Sophia comes to Brooke she will try to uncover her feet and say "Aww foot, toes and she will kiss them" its sweet to see.
Although Sophia is a great sister, she is still a kid, my concern with Sophia then turned to Brooke, poor girl, does not have the same quiet relaxing home to be raised in, it is a loud house with a loud toddler, and on occasion may get bumped by big sister running onto the couch or throwing a ball (soft ball) and they lose a lot of the attention by trying to make sure Sophia is not getting into trouble, or cleaning up a mess she may have made, I now know and feel kind of sorry for the second kid, they never get to know what it is like to be the only child, and have that kind of exclusive attention. But while Sophia is a sleep for a nap I will take Brooke into her room and we will listen to some music and spend one on one time relaxing, until she sleeps.
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