Adjustments

This is my second pregnancy and as anyone who has had a child or had a friend or family member with a child should know, there are lots of adjustments. This time around there are certain things I am a little more prepared for, such as talking with JR ahead of time about what is expected of him and what he expects of me. This is extremely important in order to keep us from killing each other after the baby arrives. After all this time (nearly 2 1/2 years) it is still very hard for me to not hand over Logan and say "he's all yours now!" the minute JR walks through the door..this is hardest when I am extremely tired and worn out. I have to remember that JR has been working all day too and that he needs a little bit of down time. I sometimes feel that JR thinks that just because I dont bring in an income, that I am not working - which is SO not the case. Yes, I have a little more time to do things like blog or upload pictures, but I also chase around Logan. I am in charge of making sure he eats well, doesn't get hurt, obeys, gets disciplined when he doesn't obey, etc. My job is stressful too! okay...so anyway, the point is, with only 6 weeks to go, JR and I have been discussing what is expected from each of us, and we are trying to implement some of these tasks now, so that they are a habit when the baby comes. These are just little things but I am hoping it will help...especially in the early days of bringing Landry home. This is the part that I am most stressed about! If you have had a c-section, then you can understand the recovery period isn't what I would call fun! Trying to recover after having Logan was hard enough, but I am EXTREMELY stressed and scared of the idea of having to recover while chasing Logan and handling a newborn. I know it can be done, people do it all the time, but this is probably my biggest concern! The c-section is scheduled for Oct. 15 So JR is taking that Thursday and Friday off and the following Monday and Tuesday, so that will help a little and I am hoping that my mom will come and stay a couple of days - maybe a week and then take Logan back with her for another couple of days. Hopefully this will all work out!
Another adjustment is Logan...right now the poor guy is adjusting to a new home...which seems to be going better today, but he will have to adjust to a new baby in the house. In the last few weeks we have been around several newborns and he doesn't seem to pay any attention to them. He doesn't seem to mind me holding another baby at all, however; he did have a little issue with JR holding another baby! So that will be interesting to see. Another major adjustment is a schedule. We have never put Logan on a schedule. After he was born, we didn't force feed him, he ate whenever he was hungry...whether it was every two hours one day and three hours the next. We have always just let him go to bed when he was tired...unless it got ridiculous! His naptime has always been when he felt like taking a nap and as he had gotten older sometimes he goes without. Here lately though JR and I have decided that he might need some structure and it might be very useful to me with the new baby. So we have been trying to get him to go to bed at the same time every night..that isn't really working! But he has gotten better. I think the biggest problem there is training ourselves. Logan likes for one of us to lay with him for a while, and a lot of times JR and I aren't ready for that until 10. So we are trying to lay with him starting around 9:30...He keeps getting up and coming to our bed around 2 am, which is frustrating...but we are working on it. No matter what though we get up no later than 9 in the morning and I am insisting on a nap time...although the last two days he hasn't actually gone to sleep, I am willing to deal with that as long as he is laying still and is quiet. Anyway, the next 6 weeks will be full of more adjustments...it will definitely be interesting!