Adjusting as a Family of Four

Levi is now 3 and a half weeks old, and we have officially been living together as a family of 4 for a little over one week now. The days have been long, but the moments have been so precious. Levi has abandoned his amazing sleep schedule and traded it in for an up-at-least-3-hours-during-the-night one. Our sweet boy who used to just lie silently in his moses basket even if he wasn't asleep has now taken to screaming his head off...usually after his 3 a.m. feeding. Since he loves motion, we got a swing in hopes that he would sleep better in that, but no luck. I just try to remind myself that Micah was a MUCH worse sleeper, and he started sleeping through the night at 5 weeks.

Updates on the Kids:

-Levi had a great 2 week check up. He weighed 8lbs 4oz which was a 1lb 4oz weight gain in just over a week.

-Micah has been such a great big brother! At first, when Levi would cry, he would say, "no, no, NO baby!" Now he says, "It's ok baby brudder!"

Keeping Levi company

-We attempted to start potty training Micah the other, but after 3 puddles on the floor and nothing in the toilet, I decided that I'm going to wait as I will need much more dedication and patience than I have to give right now...but he sure did look cute! :)

Quality bathroom entertainment

- Micah has become well acquainted with his new friend Mr. Puppy (aka his harness backpack). It helps that he loves wearing it.

His "smile" still kind of freaks me out sometimes. lol.

- I took both of the boys to Dr. Seuss' Read Across America at Target a few days ago for story time and snacks. Levi slept like a champ, while Micah was only slightly impressed. He didn't understand why I wouldn't let him hold the books (b/c I didn't want to have to buy 5 of them after he bent all the pages), and he was less than willing to just sit on the carpet and listen to someone else read. I then told him we could get 1 book, so he chose "Go, Dog, Go." He sat quietly on the carpet "reading" his own book and eating fruit snacks. As soon as the fruit snacks were gone, he was ready to go. I think we've read "Go, Dog, Go" at least 20 times in the past 3 days.


- The weather was amazing today, so we decided to take them to a park by our house...

- Micah has become quite the picky eater in recent days. He has recently eaten 3 things though that he originally wouldn't touch b/c he thought/I told him it was something else. 1) Beef and Sweet Potato Stirfry- he ate all the green beans out of it, but wouldn't touch the sweet potatoes (he's started not eating "potatoes"), but when I told them they were carrots, he inhaled them. 2) Meatballs- Wouldn't eat them, so we cut them up and he said, "chicken nuggets good!" 3) Lentil and Veggie Soup- He wouldn't touch the "beans", but when they magically became "corn", he ate seconds. Ay yi yi.


We are falling into a pretty sustainable routine, although I'm hoping it will soon once again include sleeping through the night. I am still wondering how an 8lb person manages to double my laundry load though. To my surprise, the house has managed to stay semi-clean with much help from my wonderful husband. Life has been pretty amazing the past couple of weeks; I'm trying to cherish every minute of it.