Getting By

These past couple of days have not been so bad. I'm almost afraid to say it because I don't want to jinx myself. Honestly though, the nights are worse than the days. Julia is still getting up at night. The times have changed a bit but she's still not sleeping through the night yet.The girls have been pretty easy to manage during the days so far (knocking on wood). We even got out of the house a couple of times yesterday.

Julia has been napping twice a day and Maya napping once a day. They both nap at the same time in the afternoons so I get a little break. It's been pretty nice. For Julia's naps, I have been putting Maya in her crib but then getting her out when Julia goes down. For the 2nd nap, I put Maya in her crib and leave her with the door open. She eventually falls asleep.

Maya is still waking up crying every time, naps and in the morning as well. I think it's a mix between getting disoriented and getting emotional. She's pretty easy to calm but it's just the initial crying, whimpering that gets me. I feel bad for her. Julia still doesn't seem phased by her new sister. We're lucky in that Julia is a very easy going baby. There doesn't seem to be any jealousy at all with Julia. Now there's plenty the other way around. Maya sometimes does not like to share me. She's getting a little better in this department. I think she's finally realized that this is the way it's going to be.

Maya's starting to pick up on some more words. She can't say many of them clearly but at least she's trying to say them. We are continuously working with her from morning to night. Sometimes she goes on these streaks where she just loves to point, hear us say the words and try to say them herself. It's pretty cute.

After Maya's dinner, Dave has been spoon feeding her these Go Gurt things. It's yogurt in a plastic tube geared for kids. Really, it's sugar with a splash of yogurt in a tube but she LOVES them. Dave's been doing this for the past few nights and it seems to be helping her warm up to him a bit.

A friend of mine had a great idea. She suggested making Maya a small photo album that she can carry around with pictures of Dave. This would get her used to seeing Dave. We'll try it, it couldn't hurt.

I hope everyone had a nice Easter. Sadly, we never made it to church and never got the girls dressed up. We were still so exhausted plus the girls didn't get up until late. My mom and stepdad came over with dinner and Easter baskets for the girls. Out of all of the stuff Maya got, I hate to say it but she loved the little plastic eggs the best. She plays with those things all day. She even took a couple in the bath with her.

We're still just taking everything day to day. It's hard trying to figure out what the right thing to do is. I'm still really coddling Maya. She's just so fragile. We don't really know what else to do. Is she too fragile for a bout of "tough love"? We just don't know. I do know that I am carrying her a lot less. Now, I usually only carry her when she's going to her crib or coming out. All in all, I feel that we're making some progress. We're told that these things take time. It's just so easy to get impatient and want things right now.