Transition, transition, transition...

 

Kian will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and we are still getting used to having a newborn in the house. Kian is a very mellow baby so the transition has not been too difficult for Troy and me, but Kerala does have her moments. If I am holding Kian she will ask for someone else to hold him or if it's just the three of us she will say "Mommy hold Kerala" or "Mommy hold you." We are working through it though and she is generally pretty psyched about Kian. She loves to help change his diapers. It's pretty cute because she will act as my assistant handing me the wipies or diaper. I don't know if her love for changing diapers is the reason she always goes up to Kian and smells him and says "poopie diaper." We are also still working on Kerala being gentle with Kian, but for the most part she has been doing pretty well.

Not only are we transitioning Kerala with a new baby in the house, but we also had to move her out of her crib. About a month or so ago she had climbed out of her crib by piling her stuffed animals together and using them as leverage. We took out all but two stuffed animals in hopes that that would delay the bed transition for a bit. Unfortunately, she climbed out again last week and actually hurt herself in the process by falling. Nothing serious, just a bruise so we were lucky. This past weekend we moved her into a big girl bed and she has been doing really well overnight and it's kind of hit or miss for naps. Yesterday during her nap she turned her room into a disaster - she took out all of her books, all of her cloth diapers, took off hte changing table pad and a lot more. Ellen and I kept going in and tell her that if she wasn't tired she still needed to do quiet time. Today has been better - she has been asleep for about two hours.

As far as Kian, he is doing really well. He is nursing well and had surpassed his birth weight at his 4 day visit, so the doctor was very pleased with that. He is quite the sleeper - it seems like he is typically up for about an hour in the morning and then an hour or so in the late evening. Other than those times and when we change diapers and nurse, he is asleep. I keep worrying about him because Kerala was not the biggest sleeper at the beginning. We have his two week appointment on Tuesday, so hopefully he is continuing to gain weight.

Check out the March photos - there are shots of the first of four b-day celebrations for Kerala. By the way, if you ask Kerala how old she will be on Monday she will respond by saying either 4 months or 2 (I am not quite sure where she got 4 months from).