Life as a mother of 2 has been very challenging. The first couple of months were rough, I'm not going to lie. I was scared to be alone with both of them, how would I do it? Thankfully those days are over and I have figured it out (for the most part). Ceci reaction to her little sister has improved a lot. In the beginning when I would go to feed Maya Ceci would run straight for the outlets and start playing with the cords. Of course I had to jump up, put Maya down and pay attention to Ceci. This went on for about a month and I would try to prevent it by giving Ceci a bottle at the same time. So I am feeding Maya and have Ceci hanging on my back drinking her bottle. It is quite the sight. After this phase Ceci started sobbing and crying in the corner whenever I would feed Maya. To tell you the truth I preferred it when she was playing with the cords. The sobbing and crying in the corner just broke my heart! Now Ceci lets me feed Maya with no reaction, she just goes about her business. Ceci has also been helping out a lot. In the beginning she just ignored her, now she checks up on her and tries to change her diaper. Things got better once Ceci started going to "school." It is a daycare down the street from Leto's parents. She has been a lot happier and has been sleeping a lot better.
Oh sleep, how I miss you. This summer has been the hottest on record here in Sao Paulo, land of no AC. We have a portable AC so for the past 3 months we have all been sleeping in mine and Leto's bedroom. We moved to huge house, with 4 bedrooms and there are 4 of us sleeping in 1 bedroom! Back to the sleep, or lack of. Maya was a good sleeper at about 2 months old, but something happened and now she is back to waking up every 2ish hours. Its rough. And when Ceci has a bad night im lucky if i get any sleep at all! Leto helps out as much as he can, but with Maya, he cant do anything and Ceci usually only likes it when I put her back to bed. I look at it as, "this wont last forever" right?????? There WILL come a time when they sleep through the night and i have to forcibly wake them up at 10am, right?????? I know that is many, MANY years away but I am hopeful!
I went back to work 2 weeks ago, if you can call it that. Its part time, just a few hours a week. Just enough to get me out of the house a few times a week and cover our health insurance. I think i will start looking for more of a real teaching job next semester, or next year. To be honest I think i am done just teaching English and I am ready to get into a full day, kids classroom.
Carnaval was a few days ago. Leto had to work all but Tuesday (when normal people get Friday - Wed off!) So we couldnt go anywhere far. We ended up going to a little Carnaval party at a friends house and we made it to the beach. Ceci LOVES the beach, but Leto and I only have the energy for a couple of hours. Leaving is not easy! Lots of bribing occurs!
Well, Maya is waking up.... got to get back to that mommy thing... It is amazing and I wouldnt trade it for all the sleep in the world!
