Baby Alex

Isn't he just the cutest little baby boy ever? 

"Ah Crap" or "Why You Don't Let Your Three-Year-Old Spend a Week at Her Grandparents' House"

We sent Soli to stay with her grandparents starting on Easter so that she would be taken care of for when I went into labor with Alex. Since he was born on the 20th and we got out of the hospital on the 24th, Soli didn't get to come home until the 25th. That is more than a whole week away from home. Although some good did come out of it, she is completely potty-trained now; some bad came out of it as well.

I knew I was going to be in trouble when my husband called to check up on her and his father informed him that she was having a fabulous time staying up until 3 a.m. dancing and playing the bongos.

I get my lovely daughter back, the one who had very little trouble sleeping at night, and boy was I indeed in trouble.

First, there were suddenly monsters in her room. Not to mention the bugs.

Second, she decided she needed to sleep with the T.V on. I realize we sort of brought that one on ourselves. Who buys their child a T.V. and DVD player (Dora the Explorer, of course) for their 3rd birthday?

That was only one of the many personal rules about child rearing that I found myself breaking. Of course, I'm not actually giving into her wish to sleep with the T.V. on. I am trying to break her of her bad habits, not foster new ones.

I can only hope that she'll be back to "normal" soon, as "normal" as she can be considering she is only 3.

Although, I have to say I'm quite pleased to how well she's taken to "her" Baby Alex. I read all about the jealousy that arises in a toddler/preschooler when a new baby arrives on the scene. I haven't seen any of that from her yet. As a matter of fact, she is quite helpful and protective of her baby brother. I don't know if that is mainly due to her personality, or if we handled the situation so well as to not cause it to happen.

I did eschew the advice to not tell Soli about the new baby until I was well into my pregnancy, showing even. We instead told her about the baby as soon as we found out ourselves.

Since he was due around her birthday, we always told her that she was getting a baby for her birthday. Perhaps that had something to do with it.

Or, maybe she's just a fantastic little girl.

Welcome home Alex!

Alejandro Martin was born at 8:40 p.m. on April 20th. He weighed 8 lbs 2.8 oz and was 21 in long.

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