His arrival fell between our summer and fall activities, meaning Noah and Aaron are not only adjusting to a new brother and busier mommy but have also lost their usual routines associated with school/church/pool/etc. I'm glad we've been able to hunker down at home, but I'm sorry the boys haven't had the consistency of a classroom to return to.
They've handled it remarkably well, loving on their new brother by talking to him, giving him toys, fetching supplies, and gently stroking his uber-soft hair. Aaron loves to remind me, "Baby Isaac - MY baby!" The other day, Noah told me he and Isaac were "playing father and son." And then yesterday...
Me: You get to go to a playdate today!
N: Yea! But while I'm gone, can you do everything for baby Isaac that I would do? Like rock him and play with him and help him go to sleep?
Still, it has rattled them both a bit, so I am really grateful Mom was here to help take care of them while I recovered from labor (a process that takes longer than I remembered!). It was also a way for both of us to enjoy that she is officially done with her cancer treatment!! Praise God. Praise God.
Meanwhile, Isaac has pretty much slept through all of it, also making the first and most extreme part of this transition easier. Between my experiences with my previous two newborns, a newborn care CD from some very wise grandmothers, and my current read (Bringing Up Bebe by Druckerman), I've been eager to see if we can help him sleep well early on. It's been going great, but then again, he probably would've been sleeping anyway. The real test comes now that we're entering the third week, as he starts to spend more hours awake and form opinions about his own schedule...
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