I can't believe that it's almost 6 weeks since Mr. Fearghus was born. It's been a lot of fun being a family of four but a lot of adjusting also. The biggest adjustments are yet to come however. For the first two weeks of Fearghus's life we had help from Andrew's parents and from a dear friend from church, Rosslyn. I had two days on my own with the children and then Dad and Mum arrived from Ireland. For the first two weeks we also had a constant stream of dinners and desserts being delivered from dear friends from our church and our neighbourhood, it was wonderful. Dad stayed for 2 weeks. While he and mum were here I just rested mostly while they took care of the children (I mostly just fed Fearghus when needed and held him a lot). Then when Dad left I tried to mostly take care of Fearghus while Mum watched Beibhinn and took care of the house. I've managed to get little organisation projects done here and there and I've attended many doctor appointments for both me and Fearghus but on the whole I've found my energy levels have been pretty low. I find it takes a while for me to recover from c-sections, I'm just praying that the house won't fall apart once my mum leaves!!
So this is the biggest adjustment! Life on my own with two little ones. And they're both pretty little.
Béibhinn is just 17 months and she's still not walking! However she is climbing the stairs so I can't take Fearghus upstairs to change his nappy and leave her downstairs because she'll be up after us on her own in a flash. Fearghus is a little colicky and very spewy so he likes to be held for a while after feeds and Béibhinn likes to be held also. I'm also tandem nursing so I'll often have the two of them on the seat with me looking to be fed. It's going to be fun and any advice is much appreciated!
A couple of things I'm hoping to do:
1. Changing station on the main level
2. Baby carrier for post feeds
3. Napping while they nap!
Anyway here's a little photo update on my growing boy and sweet girl:
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| My Munster Man |
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| He loves the baby carrier! |
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| Big sister |
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| Enjoying Grandma |
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| Painting |
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| Hey! This used to be my chair!! |
