Update
Posted in parenting and tagged with babyZ, Lovebug and Ironflower on 11/10/2008 07:32 pm by Jerseygirl89I am so proud of Lovebug and Ironflower. While we’ve had some behavior issues, they have been nothing but sweet with their baby brother. They talk to him, give hugs and kisses and try to soothe him when he’s upset. Ironflower sings him a lullaby and Lovebug finds him a “babytoy” whenever he cries. I think their misbehavior has more to do with last week’s schedule upheaval and the fact that mommy has been pretty useless for the last few weeks than any jealousy. Fills me with motherly pride and motherly guilt at the same time.
Especially because I have become even more useless. I overdid it as soon as I arrived home on Saturday so now Hot Guy has forbidden me to get off the couch except to pee or get the baby from the cradle swing (how I LOVE the cradle swing). Though with all the eating Baby Z does, it’s not like I’d be getting up much anyway. This is the only one of my children who actually started gaining weight back in the hospital. He loves to eat – I swear I’ve already caught him smiling at the boob.
Much as I love this newborn phase and watching Ironflower and Lovebug embrace their roles as big siblings, I am truly looking forward to feeling normal again and to being back to a real routine. I don’t know when exactly that will be, but I’m already daydreaming about it.
November 10th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
so cute that they clearly love the new addition so much already!
November 10th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
awww one of my favorite stages is the newborn baby stage. I love babaies, but you are right when I had my second daughter it was so cute watching her be the big sister! It still is!
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November 10th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
SO glad that your other two are handling it all well. I’m so scared for the way I know Alex is going to react to someone else being near HIS mommy. Ben is a trooper, so I know I don’t have much to worry about there.
Give them all a smootchie for me.
November 11th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hell, I’m a grown woman and I get all crabby and have behavior issues when my schedule is off.
Glad they’re being sweet to him and hope you feel back to yourself soon!
November 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Glad to hear you’re doing well and the kids are enjoying their new roles!
Don’t worry about sibling rivalry or any of that, you’ll hit some rough spots with the adjustments, but just take them one at a time and you’ll be fine. Before you know it, they won’t even remember what life was like before having a baby brother…
I remember that with my third – looking back it just seemed like we weren’t a complete family until he came along…
November 11th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I really thought my daughter would be jealous of her little brother but it never happened. She was more upset with the fact that I was feeding him instead of her feeding him. Kids can be so cool at times.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Enjoy it now, Mama.
You just had him, for goodness sakes! There is no award for getting back on track, promise. You aren’t useless, you are feeding a newborn! So glad the kids are doing well with new baby and hope my kids do the same. I think the third really is just the icing on the cake. 
November 12th, 2008 at 5:49 am
i know what you mean…..and so you know, the routine and normalcy part returns at about 5 months…well it did for me, anyway.
well done, you! and yes, those swings are great, arent they?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I’m glad the adjustment isn’t harsher than you anticipated. And, congrats on having done such a great job with the two older tykes that they welcome the new addition.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
congrats! glad to hear it’s all going well for you family and its newest addition!