Life with 2

Well, it's been a while since I've posted, but there's a good a reason for that.  I had a baby!  He is wonderful and the delivery was so easy.  I am already feeling back to normal.  The tiredness is catching up to me, but otherwise normal.  Jared's paternity leave is over and he goes back to work on Monday, so that will be the true test - can I handle two kids by myself?  I know I can, but it will be tricky if the baby wants to eat and Makena is craving attention.

She's already had a few episodes of needing me.  I can't blame her, she's had a lot of daddy time which has been SO good for both of them, but her routine is totally out the window.  Don't get me wrong, the whole routine isn't shot, but what I had built with her is.  That's probably a good thing since things will have to change with a baby around anyway.  I just wish she wouldn't act out in a negative way to get our attention.  She's so weird about it too.  She will be acting so nice, playing with us, asking to do things, then all of a sudden WHAM - tantrum and attitude.  It usually can be pinned down to hungry or tired, but sometimes not.  I'll figure it out.  I think I'm going to implement a "Time Out" rug or something.  I have a corner that I put her in, but there aren't really boundaries with it.  I think if I had a stool or rug or something, it would be a bit more clear for her.

Oh - I used newborn prefolds and a cover on Matthew one day and it went great!  I had to stop since he had his "procedure", but the healing time for that is half over.  Then I'll be able to cloth diaper him full time.  It can't be any MORE leaky than the sposies are.  Seriously, he leaks through the diapers ALL the time.  One night he went through 2 sets of sheets, 4 pjs, 4 sleep sacks, and who knows how many diapers.  He was literally leaking every hour.  That made for a frustrating night.  At least I know he isn't dehydrated, haha.

We're going on night 2 of no crying in a colicky way as well.  Hopefully we've broken that cycle.  I've made my diet "bland" with no dairy and I'm drinking a ton of water to try to get things moving through my system.  Putting all of this together seems to be working.  Of course I will be slowly attempting to add foods into my diet to see how he tolerates them, but that will be SLOWLY so I know what triggers the crankiness.

I will hopefully be able to keep this updated in the evenings!