Life With the Norman's: Judah is 2 Months

Yesterday, Judah turned 2 months old. He is smiling, holding his little head up like a champ, finally nursing well and learning to be content away from me, on his little play mat, in his swing, or just on the floor with me jingling a toy above him. He loves bath time so much more than Curtis did at this age. He doesn't always hate tummy time, although we don't do it often. He loves it when I wear him to do yoga and pretty much always falls asleep. He loves it in general when I wear him and actually calms down when he sees me putting on my Moby, it's his favorite place to be. He is a fun little dude, pretty content most of the time. He is sleeping well, again, much better than Curtis ever did. Most nights, he lets me sleep till 2 or 3, which is so incredibly needed since we're up by 6 usually and go non stop all day with Curtis.

Curtis is learning to love Judah. Sometimes when he cries, Curtis wants to cuddle with him or pick him up to comfort him. He always kisses him goodnight and good morning. When I'm wearing him and holding Curtis, he likes to hug Judah or pat his back like I do to calm him down. He tries to share his toys, which sometimes results in little red marks on Judah's head, from Curtis putting the toy on him too hard. We're trying to teach Curtis gentleness and he's slowly learning. He likes to pet Judah's head, very gently, like he's petting a dog. He's going to be a great big brother when Judah begins to interact more. Curtis really does seem to enjoy him.

For me, it's getting a little easier being a mom of 2 boys under 2. The days are still long when I'm mostly by myself and I still get very overwhelmed sometimes. I still have some days where post partum depression is a very real thing (a blog post on that in a few days), but those days are fewer and farther between now. I start back slowly at the CPC this coming week and am really looking forward to being back in the fight for life with my sisters there. For a while it's just gonna be a few hours and hopefully Judah will do well with taking his bottle and hopefully Curtis will go easy on the sitter. As much as I love staying at home, it is going to be good to have a few hours to myself without the boys. I've learned that if I'm going to be a good mom, I'm going to have to have a few hours away to be myself and use a different part of my brain. So as much as I will miss my boys, I really am looking forward to getting back to the clinic.

The only good picture I got, the others were his poop face and crying face.