Transitions

As to be expected, going from a family of 4 (we can't forget about our furbaby Lexi) to a family of 5 has had a few bumps already. Owen gave us a run for our money our first full day home which had both him and I in tears at least twice. This also came after a sleepless night as Adelyn adjusts her sleep cycle which didn't help matters. Luckily Owen hasn't taken any of his frustration out on his sister, just his parents which is lucky for us. He has been testing both Eric and I to see how much he can get away with and to see if his behavior will get him more attention. It's been rocky but everyday he seems to get a little better.

We encourage him to help and when he asks to help out with his sister we always make sure he gets praised and tell him what a good job he did. His biggest struggles are why she can't do anything. He wants her to play with him, he wants to share his snacks with her, he wants her to just be bigger. He doesn't like to hear her cry and always asks me to make her stop crying. He will tell me to give Sunshine her paci or he will sing twinkle twinkle little star to help sooth her -- it is super sweet. He likes to help carry her and always tells me "mom she's so heavy."

One thing that helped was his special trips up to Endicott with Daddy during volleyball practice. Eric was able to get a few of the girl volleyball players to come up to the gym and watch Owen while he coached. So for two weeks, Owen got to go up to Endicott and scooter and play with the girls and usually always came home happy.

Now that Daddy has gone back to work, learning to share attention with Mommy has seemed to be the root of the problem and we are working on that. He has his good days and his bad days. And just like Owen, I am also adjusting to life with a newborn and a toddler. Most days I just feel like I'm always behind. There is always laundry to do, cleaning to be done, people to catch up with, grocery shopping to buy, but right now I use the little energy I have on keeping Owen and Addie as happy as I can. So life is a little crazy and its a transition, but we will find our groove, and hopefully Addie will give me a couple more hours of sleep sooner rather than later ;).