Today was Mother's Day and I had a lie-in until the dizzy heights of 7.30am!
Scotty was drafted in to get Leila up when she woke at 6.20am but Edward stayed down until 8am which was perfect as it allowed me time just with Leila to open the presents she had wrapped with Scott.
(Edward only slept until 8am because he had been up half the night with his stuffed nose that meant he was struggling to feed and needing to be given the saline nasal spray and rocked to sleep!)
We had a lovely play in the morning, doing lots of puzzles with Leila and some books with Edward (who is now sitting up pretty well by himself). Edward sat in his new walker play chair and Leila was good at playing with him in it (yesterday she mainly wanted to get in it herself!). Edward's nap was a little later than usual and he did a decent length (1.25hr) so we decided not to go to Baneasa mall for shopping/lunch but just to walk down to the Don instead. It was a real treat to have burgers and both Leila and Edward were good there!
Afternoon naps were a little less successful (trying to get Edward to nap meant he was crying and woke Leila up - but a big cuddle finally got her back to sleep), but in the end we made it to bathtime (in a steamy bathroom full of olbas oil!).
Being a mum of two now has really opened my eyes to what our mums went through when they had us to look after. It's much more than twice the work having two of them - and having them so close in age too. The way that Leila is so talkataive, clever, mischevious, amusing, cheeky and challenging makes me imagine that this is what we were like for our mums and gives me a whole new respect for what they had to do for us at this age. And then dealing with having Edward too and trying to keep them both happy (or at least content - well, just not crying....or just not crying all the time) - our mums were amazing as they did all this and got us to be the people we are today! And this has made me realise that being a mum doesn't end, as our mums are still being 'mums' to us as we have asked more of them again this year, with our move and the arrival of Edward. There have been tough times, and there will be more, but we'll get there I know.
Scotty was drafted in to get Leila up when she woke at 6.20am but Edward stayed down until 8am which was perfect as it allowed me time just with Leila to open the presents she had wrapped with Scott.
(Edward only slept until 8am because he had been up half the night with his stuffed nose that meant he was struggling to feed and needing to be given the saline nasal spray and rocked to sleep!)
We had a lovely play in the morning, doing lots of puzzles with Leila and some books with Edward (who is now sitting up pretty well by himself). Edward sat in his new walker play chair and Leila was good at playing with him in it (yesterday she mainly wanted to get in it herself!). Edward's nap was a little later than usual and he did a decent length (1.25hr) so we decided not to go to Baneasa mall for shopping/lunch but just to walk down to the Don instead. It was a real treat to have burgers and both Leila and Edward were good there!
Afternoon naps were a little less successful (trying to get Edward to nap meant he was crying and woke Leila up - but a big cuddle finally got her back to sleep), but in the end we made it to bathtime (in a steamy bathroom full of olbas oil!).
Being a mum of two now has really opened my eyes to what our mums went through when they had us to look after. It's much more than twice the work having two of them - and having them so close in age too. The way that Leila is so talkataive, clever, mischevious, amusing, cheeky and challenging makes me imagine that this is what we were like for our mums and gives me a whole new respect for what they had to do for us at this age. And then dealing with having Edward too and trying to keep them both happy (or at least content - well, just not crying....or just not crying all the time) - our mums were amazing as they did all this and got us to be the people we are today! And this has made me realise that being a mum doesn't end, as our mums are still being 'mums' to us as we have asked more of them again this year, with our move and the arrival of Edward. There have been tough times, and there will be more, but we'll get there I know.
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