So the day finally came, my family grew by one more, making us a family of 4 and now let the chaos begin. It has been a little over a month that our new son has joined the family and let me tell you it is quite a whirlwind. Let’s start from the beginning.
Arriving from the hospital my toddler was initially happy to see me but then totally ignored me for a whole 2 days. He was mad at me for leaving him. Not only are your emotions everywhere, but that was something that really bothered me. After about 3 days he started to lighten up and finally came back to himself. Within those 2-3 days I really tried to incorporate him with everything we did and spent a lot more time with him.
Once that settled, I then realized that my second baby is SUPER COLICKY not knowing because my first born never had colic I had to tweak and find little tricks to help. He is now doing much better.
The first 5 weeks, although you’ve already done it once and you know what to expect there are still a lot of stuff you need to get readjusted to. Night feedings, lack of sleep and just having another small human to attend to during the day. The first few weeks my husband was home to help with all the changes and gave our first born most of the attention to help him with his new routine. About 3 weeks in I started to practice bringing both kids to daycare since my husband won’t be home for long. I needed to practice my routine. I can say that my mornings will be hectic.
Since the newborn arrived my eldest son has started to now wake up at night. I have read and spoken to doctors, they said it is completely normal due to the changes of a new sibling. Some children need time to adjust and that is how they let out their emotions, we are hoping it is just a phase.
With so many sicknesses going around in children my eldest son brought home the flu from daycare and well, my newborn caught it. Since he didn’t have his shots it was something we had to monitor carefully so that he didn’t catch a fever, and thankfully it was just a stuffy nose and minor cough that lasted 4-5 days.
Although my mornings and days can sometimes be hectic, it is so much fun to see both of them together. So I will take the sleepless nights and some restless days for the joy that they both bring to my life.
