It has been over a month and the older boys are still quite smitten with their new brother. While in many ways having the large age gap is not ideal, there are some perks. Not chasing a toddler around while having a newborn is a luxury I haven't known since Josh was a baby. Which is nice. I do enjoy extra arms to hold Isaac while I make dinner in the evenings or extra hands to help keep the plug pacifier in his mouth while I get lunches ready in the morning.
Ben doesn't really offer to hold Isaac much. Probably because that ends up being a two-person operation - one for Isaac's body and one for his head. But he does like to curl up close to him on the play mat and wait for one of Isaac's flailing arms to punch him (Ben) in the face.
Michael does like to hold Isaac and was very excited to help give Isaac his first bottle this week. Michael likes to call Isaac "baby" and has lots of questions about just about everything Isaac does and likes and doesn't like.
Josh is the baby whisperer. But not in the traditional sense. He begs to hold Isaac, but 9 times out of 10, Isaac poops when being held by Josh. Which will be a great trait if Isaac is ever constipated, but in the meantime contributes to how quickly we are going through diapers. Now if we could just convince Josh that he should change poopy diapers...
It has been a very, very, VERY long month, but we've been blessed to have such wonderful big brothers.
1 comment:
Okay, so getting really boring at this point. Another blog please.
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