Mommy of 2

Adriano will soon be one month old and Lilli is nearly 34 months old. At times its hard for me to believe that I am a mommy of 2. I truly enjoy it, even though at times their are challenges. So this post is part of a response to a friend of mine who asked "what is it like to be a mommy of 2." To fully understand the experience thus far I must go back to before little man was born. Before he was born I had a few reservations including:
1. How Lily would interact with the baby and if she would be jealous. (liliy was our first born and very spoiled especially by me).
2. How Lily would react with not being able to be picked up.
3. What it would be like that first week after delivery. I remember that with Lily the hardest part was getting in and out of bed.
4. How we would manage the daily life with 2.

I am happy to report that Lily loves her little brother and is always willing to help. She loves to tell you when the baby is crying, she grabs a diaper when he cries, tells him to shh and if that doesn't work then she says "Mommy ninho up".

I am also happy to report that she no longer asks to be picked up. She use her step stool to get in the tub and other hard to reach places like her bed.

The first week was hard on my physically still being in a lot of pain and having my staples in longer than I had with Lily, but Marco was home and was amazing. He cooked cleaned and ded laundry. He was my night and shinning armour. The difficult part was when he had to return to work. As I am still a little soar from the surgery and need to take time to fully recover.

Life with two takes some getting adjusted to but we wouldn't have it any other way.

The bad:
Sleepless nights, both wanting attention, Marco's work schedule (because every week we experience a change in what is normal in our household. When Marco works days he helps with the nightly chores, when Marco works evenings he helps in the morning and when he works nights mom is basically on her own.) We have had time to experience one round of his every changing schedule and its also another adjustment.

The good: Watching Liliana and Adriano interact ( I have to get this on camera). The ability to give each child individual attention, watching daddy interact with the kids, watching myself grow as a parent.

Advice to other future parents of two: Don't let the unknown overwhelm you, more than likely it will go better than planned, and its OK to let one of them cry if u have to (more than likely it will be the oldest one, but she can handle it.