Things are going really well now. When Abby first came home it was definitely a challenge. I could not leave Katherine and Abby alone for even a second. Kate didn’t quite understand soft touches and loved to use her elbows to get in Abby’s face. Abby would cry/yell when Kate got near her because Kate was always in her face or hurting her. There was a short stage where Kate actually tried to hit Abby to get a reaction. She learned real quick with some long time outs that that was so not okay. The other problem was that for some reason when my babies are newborns they like to cry a lot during the day. When Abby was going through this cry stage I would have to hold her and walk around which resulted in Kate holding onto my leg crying. There’s nothing like two crying babies to stress you out!
Kate has really taken on the role of big sister now. She loves to talk to Abby and make her smile. She is like another little mommy. My favorite is when Kate shares her favorite blanket and covers Abby and even gives Abby her baby doll to hold. Abby is a really laid back baby who smiles ALL the time. She isn’t nursing as often anymore and eats super fast so that’s no longer an issue with Kate either. We’re even pros at going to the store. Abby is happy as long as she’s in the Bjorn facing out and Katherine has always been good in the store. I’ve even been letting Kate just walk sometimes when I don’t have a lot to buy.
Abby is still waking up to eat during the night after a mean joke of sleeping all night for a couple of weeks. The other hard thing is putting both kids to bed on nights when Jason is gone. So besides those couple of things I’m really liking this stage.
Occasionally Abby will wake up from her nap happy
Kate loves to come with me to get Abby up from her nap
Sisters!
Kate gave Abby her baby to hold
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