My life after Tim

[theatregirl26]

My life after the arrival of Tim has been very busy!  Everyone who said it is harder with 2 was completely correct!  Double the wonderful but double the difficulty.  Tim is not sleeping at night still the way we would like.  He is getting better.  For the first 2 or 3 weeks he was up every 2 hours.  Was killing me completely.  Then Matt took over for a bit and I got sleep.  I was able to deal with it better than.  We are now getting to 3.5 hours or so at a time.

Last night was tough.  The poor kid had a ton of gas and I could do nothing about it for several hours.  Hard because it seems to happen when Matt isn't home.  He is still working nights but this is the last week.  He goes to days next week.  Anyway, he finally got it out with a series of massive farts and he finally fell asleep (thank goodness). 

Tim went to the doctor the other day for his month check-up.  He is 12lb 6oz and 23 inches long.  90+ percentile across the board.  This is a big kid, at least right now.

What makes this harder is that Maddie is so used to all the attention and now she has to wait.  Normally she does it really well, but there are times where it can be an attention fest.  I had another night like last night and Maddie kept trying to get my attention, asking questions and shoving things in my face.  I almost walked out of the house (just to sit for a could of seconds to get a break), but we made it through.  Again, a night without Matt.  Overall, Maddie is a GREAT big sister. She LOVES her little brother.  She thinks he is the greatest thing in the world.  She wants to be with him all the time, kiss him, hug him, pet him (her words).  She gives him the pacifier and even fed him well with the bottle yesterday. She is very protective of him as well.  But then there is the other side.  She has covered his mouth when he cried (stopped that one right away), wants the attention the moment he needs attention, and...ready for this one...pooped in the bathtub yesterday.  In all her 3 years on this earth, she has never done that!!  Now, it was one huge bowl movement, so perhaps it wasn't intentional, but I have a feeling it may have been.  She is still refusing to potty train.  That has nothing to do with Tim.  That is just her.

So, I am not asking for help.  If anyone has been through this and knows some thoughts on the jealousy thing and the potty training thing, that would be wonderful!!!  Please know we try very hard to do special things with her and we tell her all the time that we love her so it should be OK that way.

Thanks ladies!!!