Long Time No Blog
Wow! It has been a REALLY long time since I have posted anything to this blog. Part of me wants to go back and try to fill in the holes of the last 7 months, but I realize that this would pretty much be impossible. Eli has just changed so much since March, and so much has happened. Plus, we have a new addition to the family, and since I (obviously) have trouble keeping one blog up to date, I am forsaking the notion of giving Brayden his own blog site. So I am taking all of the posts from the old Brayden site and publishing them here. We truly do have a Monkey House now.
Let me start by introducing Brayden. He was born October 18th, 2007 at 7:45 am, weighed 8lbs 2 oz, and was 20 inches long. Since Eli was born via c-section, Brayden's birth day was scheduled months in advance, which was strange but at the same time comforting. On those days when I was tired of being pregnant (which was pretty much every day of the third trimester), I at least knew when the end would be. No guessing.
Let me also say how much easier motherhood is the second time around. I am much more calm. If the baby screams, I (generally) don't panic because I know that babies do that and it won't hurt him to cry for a little bit. Plus, the child knows how to sleep. A very good thing, because I like my sleep. Granted, I still am lucky to get 6 hours a night, but one of my biggest fears was being up all night with a baby (which I was with Eli when he was an infant... and a toddler) and then being up all day with Eli. I am very relieved that Brayden is usually asleep by 11:00 and only gets up once or twice a night, eats, and goes right back to sleep. He is a pretty good-natured baby, too. Sure he has his quirks, but we have figured them out and can usually avoid endless hours of crying.
At the time of this post, Brayden is 6 weeks old. He is smiling at us, tries to reach for his toys, coos when he is happy or when we talk to him, and is a very healthy eater. I am guessing that he weighs at least 11 pounds, and is wearing 3-6 month clothes, depending on the brand of clothing. He rolled over for the first time tonight (front to back), but I was not able to get it on video. He started to do it when I had the camera rolling, but then realized that he was laying with his mouth on his arm and it was much more fun to suck on that. He LOVES to watch Eli, though Eli is no really interested in entertaining him. We can occasionally get him to sing Brayden a song, but that is it.
As for Eli's adjustment, it has gone pretty well. He does miss having our undivided attention, and is purposefully mischievous as an attention-seeking mechanism. I know he feels neglected when he gets destructive. Honestly, the hardest part of having 2 kids is trying to figure out who needs my attention more. That, and trying to leave the house. I can't imagine trying to do it when they are both mobile.
Here are some things that Eli is doing right now. He is still very active. We need to leave the house pretty much every day so that he can go burn off some energy. He loves going to the play area in the mall, to Lend and Learn, and to Little Gymmers at the ARC, and he almost always finds another child there to be his friend for the day. Such a little socialite. He still loves music. His favorites right now are the Doodlebops, Garth Brooks, and Carrie Underwood. He has several musical instruments that he will play as accompaniment, but the cutest is his guitar. Or as Eli says, Gui-tah... darn the Wiggles and their Australian accents.
I think that covers most of it for now. Now that I have some updates, I can start posting regularly again. The hardest part is getting started.
Let me start by introducing Brayden. He was born October 18th, 2007 at 7:45 am, weighed 8lbs 2 oz, and was 20 inches long. Since Eli was born via c-section, Brayden's birth day was scheduled months in advance, which was strange but at the same time comforting. On those days when I was tired of being pregnant (which was pretty much every day of the third trimester), I at least knew when the end would be. No guessing.
Let me also say how much easier motherhood is the second time around. I am much more calm. If the baby screams, I (generally) don't panic because I know that babies do that and it won't hurt him to cry for a little bit. Plus, the child knows how to sleep. A very good thing, because I like my sleep. Granted, I still am lucky to get 6 hours a night, but one of my biggest fears was being up all night with a baby (which I was with Eli when he was an infant... and a toddler) and then being up all day with Eli. I am very relieved that Brayden is usually asleep by 11:00 and only gets up once or twice a night, eats, and goes right back to sleep. He is a pretty good-natured baby, too. Sure he has his quirks, but we have figured them out and can usually avoid endless hours of crying.
At the time of this post, Brayden is 6 weeks old. He is smiling at us, tries to reach for his toys, coos when he is happy or when we talk to him, and is a very healthy eater. I am guessing that he weighs at least 11 pounds, and is wearing 3-6 month clothes, depending on the brand of clothing. He rolled over for the first time tonight (front to back), but I was not able to get it on video. He started to do it when I had the camera rolling, but then realized that he was laying with his mouth on his arm and it was much more fun to suck on that. He LOVES to watch Eli, though Eli is no really interested in entertaining him. We can occasionally get him to sing Brayden a song, but that is it.
As for Eli's adjustment, it has gone pretty well. He does miss having our undivided attention, and is purposefully mischievous as an attention-seeking mechanism. I know he feels neglected when he gets destructive. Honestly, the hardest part of having 2 kids is trying to figure out who needs my attention more. That, and trying to leave the house. I can't imagine trying to do it when they are both mobile.
Here are some things that Eli is doing right now. He is still very active. We need to leave the house pretty much every day so that he can go burn off some energy. He loves going to the play area in the mall, to Lend and Learn, and to Little Gymmers at the ARC, and he almost always finds another child there to be his friend for the day. Such a little socialite. He still loves music. His favorites right now are the Doodlebops, Garth Brooks, and Carrie Underwood. He has several musical instruments that he will play as accompaniment, but the cutest is his guitar. Or as Eli says, Gui-tah... darn the Wiggles and their Australian accents.
I think that covers most of it for now. Now that I have some updates, I can start posting regularly again. The hardest part is getting started.
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