I can't believe it's been 6 weeks already.
The T-Rex is probably around 15 pounds, though our home scale is not very precise.
*UPDATE* We've been to see our doctor, and he is actually about 13.5 lbs and 'thriving' in the doctor's words. Yay!
He's been quite content, and he loves loves loves to coo and 'talk' to us.
Face-time is his absolute favorite thing, he loves it when we make eye contact and play with him, and so do we!
He's really a sweetheart.
Night-time sleep is pretty good, generally a long 5-7 hour stretch, and then a 3-4 hour stretch. During the day he cat-naps a bit and does one long 3 hour nap around the middle of the day. He's done this since his first week, so I'm sure it will change soon.
The kids are absolutely loving him, sometimes getting a little too close for my comfort! Unfortunately, Matalena is exhibiting some 'terrible twos' type behavior that we apparently missed during her 'twos'...this is stressful to me, and I need a lot of wisdom and patience in order not to be snapping at her all day long. She said out of the blue to me the other day, "I wanted a girl," so maybe part of her problem is that she didn't get the sibling she expected!!
The sleep I've been getting at night is helping me to feel pretty close to human, and I really notice it when the sleep isn't as good, like last night. We've had some really good days, where I have felt 'on top of things' and able to do what I need to. And we've had some not-so-good days where my brain is blurry, my fuse is short and the house is a perpetual disaster zone. Actually today feels a bit like that, but I have a plan to change it around right now! By ignoring the dishes, making my pumpkin torte for small group tonight, then going to the park with my increasingly cheeky 3-year-old. And pleading for a positive outlook!!!
On days when the kids are incapable of getting along for 5 minutes, the messes are piling up faster than I can tidy them, the baby isn't sleeping and isn't happy, and I feel like the tasks I need to accomplish are staring me down without any hope of completing them...well, it's good to remember that there are good days too.
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Amazing the difference a few weeks can make. Tomasi looks so much bigger and more alert then he did in your last post.
Good for you, for having the wisdom to remember the good moments during the not-so-good ones! It's not always easy to do that, but it really does help. :)
Haha, the word verification came up as coper. I guess that's pretty fitting for a post about how you're coping! :)
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