Today, I have a well potty trained 2.5 year old boy and a 6 month old baby girl who is on the verge of starting solid food, sitting up un-assisted, and rolling over to her stomach. She can roll from tummy to back since 3 months old but has no motivation for anything tummy related. That's the only main similarity between her and her brother. He crawled briefly(for a few weeks) then walked at 9 months old. I guess maybe they don't see adults crawling around on the floor so they don't feel the need to! ;)
Auggie is quickly developing his empathy and compassion. He is finally using these skills with his sister. He affectionately refers to her as Pheety now, although I have got him to say Phoenix a few times. At least she's not just "Baby" anymore. He still wants to take his toys from her but will replace them with a toy of his choice when asked. The past few days the replacement toy of choice is one of his large play construction nails.
He tells me when he sees her in need of my attention "OH NO Mommy, YUCKY, Pheety pook!" - She spit up. "Pheety fall down!" - She fell over wherever I had her propped up. He also likes to join in games with her like blowing raspberries on her tummy and cheeks, kisses all over, peek-a-boo, or funny faces/noises.
We only have one room for the kids to share and as she quickly out grows the bassinet by our bed, I'm faced with a few conundrums.
#1 Auggie needs to transition to a big boy bed and out of a night time diaper soon. My plan for that is putting a potty in his room and let him go a he pleases at night. His aim is great and he's gotten the hang of navigating his pants down and up since we've been working on that lately.
#2 If Auggie has free reign of his room at night, he would have access to the babies crib. I've heard of cage like tops for cribs but in case of fire or emergency, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this.
#3 Phoenix will be teething on and off and I'm worried of that bothering her brother in the middle of the night.
#4 I'm thinking of waiting until she is 1 to put her in his room, but that means getting another small crib for upstairs until then. I want to avoid more baby paraphernalia if at all possible.
#5 Who goes to bed first? And since Phoenix will likely be getting up earlier to nurse in bed with me and sleep a little more, will this wake Auggie up for the day and "ruin" my morning baby snuggles?
I guess I'll just take it one day at a time for now. I'll get Auggie transitioned into a big bed, then night trained, and we'll see where Phoenix is as far as her schedule at that point.
This household is an ever evolving organism. I spend a LOT of time trouble shooting for solutions to make us all happier. But we are indeed already very happy. What works from one day to the next isn't st in stone. Flexibility is my new trait to master while keeping a tight schedule for my son so he feels secure and knows what to expect.
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