Makenna loves the baby in a cute but slightly smothering way. She is definitely having some adjustment issues which when combined with her "strong will" make for a frustrating experience. It has been a lesson in parenting for me and the only thing that works with her is extreme patience and of course picking my battles. So, yes, she has lollipops at breakfast time, wears her favorite clothes out of the dirty laundry basket, and church shoes to play outside... but for now we are just trying to get by- survival mode, I call it. The hardest part for me is the new phrases she has acquired. They are"I dont love you"
"I dont want you"
"You're not my friend anymore" & my personal favorite
"You're a bad mommy"
Of course her cuteness counters those "less pleasant" behaviors. Ever so often she does tell me that in fact she does love me, and I do sympathize with her. It's hard to lose your spot as the baby in the family.
And then on to Brayden. He is a great helper. He loves Brielle and is actually quite useful. He helps with Makenna a lot and he tries to help with Brielle too. We have our moments of frustration but for the most part, he is just a great kid.
Brielle is a very sweet baby. My issue with her is SLEEP, or the lack thereof. Lately, at night sleep periods have become shorter and wakeful periods have become longer. It does make me quite crazy. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people who handles sleep deprivation very well. Otherwise I cant complain. Her fussiness is quite manageable and she is quite adorable- dont you think?
As for Kevin- He is the reason I am surviving. He helps me get sleep, he calms my fussy baby, he changes diapers and he tempers Makenna's tantrums. I am truly blessed!
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With the first two I gave my self a 3 month time frame to get back on "schedule" with the third it was more like 6 months! But the good news is with the forth it was more like 2 months! I'm sure you doing great. They are all SO cute!
Melissa, this was a great post. I had to laugh when I read Makenna's new sayings and really laughed at the one, "You're a bad mommy". Oh man, parents should get an award for having children and keeping them alive, let alone sane. I completely and totally feel your pain with not sleeping. It is by far the thing I dread the most with new babies. SOOOOOOOOO hard.
Good job with all that you do Melissa; you are awesome!
I just have to say that Brielle is such a pretty baby. I was just saying today that newborns, no matter how cute and sweet, usually just are not that beautiful. I was wrong in her case...she is so beautiful. So, I guess that just makes up for everything else! Hang in there, in another couple of months it will be just like you've been doing this for ages. Mckenna sounds just like my little Grace. It's hard being a girl and harder being the mommy of a little girl!
Melissa, you are a hero! Hang in there, you good mommy. Kids are so funny. I had to laugh at Samuel a few weeks ago when we were driving home from preschool and he wanted to eat his leftover snack-time yogurt. He was so mad that I hadn't packed a spoon (I never do, because there is a store of them in the classroom). He took one of those shuddering deep breaths and said "H-o-w D-A-R-E y-o-u!" in the most injured voice. I couldn't help but laugh. BTW, Brielle is gorgeous
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