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My Due Date: February 2, 2016I have given birth!
Age: 37 years old
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The start of the monthly photos!
By josamarie » Posted Feb. 2, 2016 2:09am - 367 views - 3 comments
I loved doing monthly photos with Max, and was so excited to get started with Nina's! It is so much fun to watch these tiny little babies grow into chubby, adventurous 1 year olds...
Nina is settling into life at home pretty well, and everyone else is falling not into step around her. Max is having some difficulty sharing momma, and has been really prone to tantrums the last few days. He swings between being very clingy and terrified that anytime I leave a room I might be leaving for more than a moment (I was only in the hospital for 2 nights, but for a not-quite-2-year-old in sure that felt like forever), and being horribly angry, even violent, towards me. It's been a struggle but I feel like we're making strides in understanding his emotions and giving him appropriate ways to express them without the words he just doesn't seem to have yet. He mostly ignored Nina the first few days, but the last 2 days has been very interested in her, petting her head while she nurses and asking to give her lots of gentle kisses. Today he asked if he could lick her hair (odd, but such is the mind of a toddler), and started saying 'crying' whenever she fusses in a very concerned tone. The sweetest possible thing is when he pats his heart, then mine, then Nina's very gently and says 'Love you.'
Charlie is on my nerves, just really oblivious to how little he's helping. He yawns and bemoans how tired he is all the time, but he goes to bed with our toddler and wakes up with him...Max generally sleeps straight through from 10-8, so he's getting more than enough sleep, but has the gaul to tell me he's tired. I don't know why I expected him to be different this time than he was on his last paternity leave, but at least this time he can and does help with Max, so that's something. His family dropped a pretty big bombshell on us yesterday that is the final straw for me (way too complicated to get into right now), but I'm done with them, I'm just so over the disrespect they show us over and over, and fed up with his total inability to stand up for us and the family he created. It's bumpy right now, and while I know we'll get through it, it's pretty bad timing to be having this kind of stress :/
Nina is perfect. She's such a calm baby, nursing well and sleeping now as well as can be expected at just 5 days old. After l the waiting I'm still in shock that she's here, and I'm so in love!
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The start of the monthly photos!
By josamarie » Posted Feb. 2, 2016 2:09am - 367 views - 3 comments
I loved doing monthly photos with Max, and was so excited to get started with Nina's! It is so much fun to watch these tiny little babies grow into chubby, adventurous 1 year olds...
Nina is settling into life at home pretty well, and everyone else is falling not into step around her. Max is having some difficulty sharing momma, and has been really prone to tantrums the last few days. He swings between being very clingy and terrified that anytime I leave a room I might be leaving for more than a moment (I was only in the hospital for 2 nights, but for a not-quite-2-year-old in sure that felt like forever), and being horribly angry, even violent, towards me. It's been a struggle but I feel like we're making strides in understanding his emotions and giving him appropriate ways to express them without the words he just doesn't seem to have yet. He mostly ignored Nina the first few days, but the last 2 days has been very interested in her, petting her head while she nurses and asking to give her lots of gentle kisses. Today he asked if he could lick her hair (odd, but such is the mind of a toddler), and started saying 'crying' whenever she fusses in a very concerned tone. The sweetest possible thing is when he pats his heart, then mine, then Nina's very gently and says 'Love you.'
Charlie is on my nerves, just really oblivious to how little he's helping. He yawns and bemoans how tired he is all the time, but he goes to bed with our toddler and wakes up with him...Max generally sleeps straight through from 10-8, so he's getting more than enough sleep, but has the gaul to tell me he's tired. I don't know why I expected him to be different this time than he was on his last paternity leave, but at least this time he can and does help with Max, so that's something. His family dropped a pretty big bombshell on us yesterday that is the final straw for me (way too complicated to get into right now), but I'm done with them, I'm just so over the disrespect they show us over and over, and fed up with his total inability to stand up for us and the family he created. It's bumpy right now, and while I know we'll get through it, it's pretty bad timing to be having this kind of stress :/
Nina is perfect. She's such a calm baby, nursing well and sleeping now as well as can be expected at just 5 days old. After l the waiting I'm still in shock that she's here, and I'm so in love!
Comments for this Journal Entry
 | Comment from CrystalB88 » Posted Feb. 3, 2016 5:55am Aww, love the monthly photos of Max and can't wait to watch Nina grow, too! I'm really nervous about how Tim will be with his new brother and me. He still doesn't sleep through the night by himself. He still wakes up after the first few hours to get into bed with us, so we will have to figure something out so that Wyatt doesn't wake Tim up, too, throughout the night. So sorry you're going through so much during a big life change and adjustment. I hope things work out for the better soon for you! |
 | Comment from dakotagurrl » Posted Feb. 2, 2016 12:41pm Awww, I loved seeing little Max grow. The monthly changes are amazing, aren't they?!! Sorry things aren't working out so well right now, it will get better, maybe not with the inlaws/family tho...they (in general) seem to be a thorn in quite a few of our sides. Keep ur foot down and ur chin up! =)) |
 | Comment from Summer0120 » Posted Feb. 2, 2016 11:31am She's so sweet and tiny! Sorry to hear your other little one isn't handling it well. I hope that gets better for you! |
