Parenting Two

Today has felt pretty "normal." Joshua's sleeping is back on schedule. He slept through the night and woke up at 7:00. Daniel is still somewhere between China time and Georgia time. He went to bed well and woke up at 4:00. He made it until 11:30 going down for a nap and Joshua successfully woke him up at 2:00. ;) While that wasn't fun, I'm hoping it will help him sleep later tomorrow. Then, he and Joshua can go down for a nap at the same time, which is what I want to happen. 

Sound like I'm obsessed with sleep? I am. I really am. I love that break in the afternoon and evening. I love sleeping through the night myself. 

The great thing is we are sleeping and our challenges moment have not been with making Daniel feel at home but with just learning how to parent two. These two really have been great. We're working on respecting personal space. They aren't allowed to touch each other without me or Nathan. They can't pull toys out of each other's hands. Normal parenting two challenges.

We're working on taking turns with my lap and a story. Well really, I'm working on this with Joshua. He'd sit in my lap for hours and read stories, which I love! But my concern is that Daniel will be wondering around the room with no attention and I'll sit with Joshua and read like I always have. It's good that Daniel can entertain himself, but it's important that I pursue that interaction. Joshua did much better today with me reading a story to him and then going over to Daniel (sometimes he'd sit in my lap and sometimes not) and read him a story. Daniel likes books with textures. He tries to find the fuzz or ridges in board books that have no special texture. 

When I was playing with him before daybreak this morning he walked using a baby walker. I helped him a little bit. then he let go and came to me. It was about six inches. He took one step without the walker and then fell into my arms. I'll take it! Him giving me a hug. Him standing without help. I love seeing it. He hasn't done it since so I guess there are perks to being up way too early with your little one. ;)