Hoorah

I was just re-reading my post a few weeks ago about Seb and I realised how much can change in such a short amount of time. 

I mentioned him having a bottle to go to bed and how I never saw us being able to kick that habbit but guess what? We have! I don't even know how it happened, one day he was told he'd have a cup of milk on the couch before bed, no more bottles and we've never looked back! 

I also said that it was going to be really challenging to get him to do his number twos in the potty...now he's pooping in the potty like its a walk in the park! I'm pretty proud to say that Seb is 100% toilet trained. 

This kid has had so many changes in the last 4 months. He started day care, he got a sister, he's no longer having bottles and is toilet trained. He's dealt so so well with all these hurdles and for that I am immensely proud of him. He's leaving his baby days behind and is turning into a real little boy. But he'll always be my baby.

Welp.

I've been quiet on the blog front again, only because two kids man, woah.

It's awesome and hard and storms and rainbows. It's totally up and down and I feel like I'm on speed everyday trying to get stuff done. But the stuff can waitbecause  there's books to be read and cuddles to be had. Good times. 

The thing I'm finding the hardest is getting ready to leave the house. There's getting Seb to go to the toilet and then dressing him while Daisy either cries or waits patiently. Then there's the dressing of the baby while Seb chills, and then promptly pisses all over his fresh clothes. So there's another outfit change. Then the baby shits and the cycle continues. 

I get the baby asleep and the toddler occupied enough that I can get ready, while stuffing my face with a semi healthy breakfast *whatever is fastest* then the baby starts crying because the brother has taken her dummy while she was sleeping. Then there's some yelling about leaving the baby alone, then there's me throwing in the towel, piling us all in the car while I'm half ready and giving the finger to mornings like this.

A few hours pass and I'm laughing at the horrendous morning, my life now. I love it.

It's not so hard this parenting business. I remember it being harder with only one child. The days J is home are pretty cruisy but it's generally always 'mum,' I'm the fixer, the one they both want to hug, the feeder. I'm fine with this, dads are meant to be the cruisy fun ones but I want them to realise I'm the fun one too, they'll see.

 

The adjustment

James has been gone for 3 days now and we are surviving you guys! 

I feel like I worried so hard about being alone with two children that when it actually happened it wasn't as bad as I thought. 

Seb's been great, I'm still up with him once a night which is just annoying but not hard. He's been napping and going to bed relatively easy, he helps with Daisy and loves to hug her but it seems that in his mind his life hasn't changed much. He'll happily play outside or watch peppa pig while I feed his sister. Daisy sleeps so much right now that I still have time to do everything I always did when it comes to Seb and I have sooo much more energy now that I'm not pregnant so my house is pretty much spotless too. I'm not bragging but I feel pretty damn good about my situation right now, I know things will change when Daisy is awake for longer periods but for right now I got this.

Daisy is pretty much my dream baby, she is the best feeder and I've had no problems breastfeeding this time. I'm up with her 2-3 times a night but she's so efficient that I'm back asleep half an hour later. She's still super tiny and only fitting in a couple of four zero outfits but mostly five zero, she gets weighed Tuesday so I'm interested to see how good these boobs are at plumping up my tiny girl.

We ventured out of the house without Daddy today, I'm surprised how well we did. It was only the markets but we had no toddler melt downs and Daisy just slept, she even went over her feed time by an hour. My kids are champs. So far so good!

Seb

I thought id do an update on the bigger of my babies since most things are about baby Daisy right now.

He's adjusted prettyyyy well to being a big brother he's had his days when he wanted to be the baby and be carried. He's cried and told me I'm only Sebbys mummy not Daisys but I couldn't expect him to be 100% fine bringing a baby into his house. 

Day care or "school" is going awesome, he loves it and I love sneakily watching him play when he doesn't think I'm there. It's the cutest. He just seems so big and independent but as soon as he sees me I get a big 'mummmmyyyy' and an even bigger cuddle followed by an 'I missed you'.

For the later half of this year sleeping hasn't been great with Seb, he was waking up multiple times wanting to get in our bed, I think it's safe to say that we've pretty much broken this habbit now we just have to try and get him to stop having a bottle in bed, that's going to be tough. He's also back to have a three hour nap in the day which couldn't be more helpful to me, hello afternoon naps for everyone!

Crazy old me decided to toilet train Seb two weeks before Daisy arrived, we're still going and it's a long long road. I didn't realize just how tough it could be. Seb is the most stubborn of children and it drives me crazy, if he doesn't want to do something that you want him to do and he's in a mood, be prepared for a fit. We've pretty much got pees down pat (at home) but we are no where near getting him to poop in the potty. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! I just keep reminding myself that it will happen it's not like he'll be going to high school in Nappies it's just going to take time.