Adjusting...

The question we are getting a lot these days is "How is Alex adjusting to his new baby sister?" Well to answer that question--he has good days and bad days, but he is generally doing better than we expected. He's only 20 months old, and still pretty non-verbal, so we weren't sure how his lack of communication skills would affect this adjustment period, seeing that he can;t express himself very well yet. But he is doing pretty well. He does notice the baby, and recognizes that "baby" is what she is. He will pint to her and say "baby" over and over. He also has an interest in touching her hands and patting her head, though sometimes he gets a little rough when showing her love and we have to remind him to be gentle. At bedtime, he looks for her several times before going to sleep by looking over the bedside to peek into her bassinet. It's really cute to watch him want to interact with her. That being said, we have had some more tantrums lately, and I am thinking it's probably due to the changes he is going through with his new sister. He is doing things like not wanting to take his hat and jacket off when he gets home, and then throwing a major screaming tantrum when we make him. He also has been playing around mre before bed and not wanting to go to sleep. He usually goes to sleep around 8, but tonight it was around 9 before he finally settled down enough to drift off. He mainly sings to himself or talks to himself instead of laying down and sleeping. We've also seen more issues with him not wanting Abe to leave him at daycare. This doesn't happen every morning, but has happened a few times more recently. All in all I would say he's "adjusting" fine--as good as could be expected for a 20 month old. Amaya's "adjusting" to us as well. She's growing some finally and can now wear newborn diapers instead of preemie ones. She's defintelystill in preemie clothes and we keep washing the same 5 outfits because we don't want to go out and buy a bunch of stuff she may not wear for long. Her eating has really picked up and I feel like she'll hit a growth spurt before long. She also lost her umbilical cord stump this morning, so I was able to give her first bath, which she absolutely hated. The girl does NOT like to be cold. She's a pretty easy going little baby. She doesn't even cry at night when she's hungry. She kind of whimpers and I'm a very light sleeper, so I always wake up. I ahve to wake up and pump every two hours anyway, so I always check to see if she's awake and hungry. I'll be excited to take her to her 2 week well visit on Nov. 23rd to see if she is up to 6 lbs. by then or not.