I'm Learning!

You would think that parenting the second time around would be a piece of cake.  But, it appears that Carys may in fact be totally different than her big sister.  I know you all are totally shocked by that.  Children, different?  No way!  We're shifting paradigms all over the place over here.

Most of you know that it has been a bit of a struggle with Carys not sleeping through the night.  While I know we are not the only parents in the world who have ever had to deal with this, our situation is complicated by the fact that Cora spoiled us by sleeping through the night at 11 weeks.  Paradigm shifting.  It is getting better slowly and surely, but it takes tough love.  While my resolve is strong in the middle of the day, I can freely admit that I am weak in the middle of the night - especially when she is always so happy to see me.  It's kind of hard to say no to that precious smile.

The other tug-of-war has been in relation to solid food.  For the longest time, her sensitive little tummy couldn't handle it. She would be miserable when we made her eat solids.  Now, she is ready developmentally, but has absolutely no interest in baby food.   With her being eight months old, though, I felt a lot of pressure to have her quite accustomed to solid foods by her next well check.  But, I was having to shove the food into her mouth in order to get her to take some bites. It wasn't until she lunged at my muffin the other morning that I realized she might rather feed herself than eat that mushy, watery stuff.  Sure enough, she loves it. She was so happy to participate in our letter p breakfast the other morning.

Not that I blame her for her preference.  I would rather eat fresh peaches and pancakes, too!  So, I'm learning.  I think if you give me another 15 or so years, I will finally have it all together!