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Happy Friday Everyone!!! I am so happy to announce that we have survived a full week (Well almost a full week) of Mia with her baby brother Alex (granted most of the week was spent with me in the hospital) but we have spent 3.5 days here at home.
Mia has adjusted VERY well, better than I have ever hoped she would. She has accepted the baby and has no resentment towards him.... yet. She loves to gently touch his toes and knee and sometimes touch his head. She even gave him her blanket once AND another day while she was playing with stickers and giving everyone one.. she made sure her "baby brother" got a sticker too and put one on his hand. It was so precious. She really doesn't like when he cries though, at first she would get scared and run to someone for comfort but now she is slowly getting used to it. I try to show her "What do we do when baby crying?" and she will go "shh shhh shhh" So since then she has been getting used to his crying. Plus Alex is such a great baby he doesn't cry much so that helped alot.
She constantly looks for "baby" and doesn't like when we take him out of the room. So far so good... the real test is how she will be once Alex becomes more aware and interactive and when Grandpa (who has been with us since Alex was born) goes home.
Though things seem on the up and up, one thing has been going horribly wrong. Her bed/nap time have been getting worse with her tantrums. Now she literally jumps up and down and shakes the house all while screaming bloody murder. Even if you even mention the words "night night" she will start up.
It doesn't matter who puts her to bed, her Nina and Nino even tried and got the same reaction. The same with Grandpa. We have no idea what to do to make things better other than tough love. So Adrian and I decided we will no longer stay with her during bedtime until she gets better. Tonight will be the big test too see how she will react just putting her to bed and closing the door. YIKES! I am SO not looking forward to that!
Well this week has been pretty amazing. It was a bit sad for me since I couldn't see Mia everyday while I was in the hospital and I went a couple of days without my little Mia that was hard. My Dad even said she was missing me and asking for me. The saddest thing I think that happened was the day we came home from the hospital. My Dad and Mia went to the hospital to be there with Adrian, myself and Alex when we went home. We took two cars, so Mia went with Grandpa and I went with Adrian and Alex. Once we loaded up the car and said our goodbyes to Mia we drove away she got all upset. My Dad said she kept calling me "Mama? Mama? Mama?" pointing at the car driving away and once we got out of sight, she sat on the ground and wouldn't get up all while crying "Mama". How heart breaking huh? She had missed me so much, was so happy to see me in the hospital and was so sad that left her again. But once we got home I made sure to give her some full attention Mama time and she was happy again.
She even got to see and play with her Pizano cousins earlier in the week when they came down to visit the baby. They all had fun running around and playing with her toys. Nina and Nino even bought her a cute little outfit, some butterfly wings, a butterfly want and matching tu-tu. She LOVES the tu-tu! She always puts it on herself and runs around the house.
The rest of the week has been a blur, thankfully Grandpa has been here to help out with Mia while Adrian and I take care of Alex. So she has been on cloud nine, getting the royal treatment. I think this has really helped with our transition period. I just hope it continues.
