Things Change

I have only been a mom for almost 26 months.
That is not very long at all.
Clothing styles change slower than that.

Recently I have become very aware at how little I know and how much I have to learn.
Especially when it comes to being a mom.


If something worked well with Adalyn I felt like I had all the answers.
But oh how wrong I was.

I do a lot of things differently with Jensen then I did with Adalyn.

He is a different child, we are different parents, life is different with 2 children vs. 1 child.

For example...
he does not sleep well.  At. All.
With Adalyn we let her cry it out.  Honestly it was what she needed.
Girlfriend wanted her space.

But we can't do it with Jensen.
He wants us there.  We almost think that he is afraid of the dark sometimes.
So it often takes 2+ hours to put him to sleep at night.  Then he wakes up 2 times a night.  It is like a newborn... almost.

He is teething, big time.

He is tired.
He sleeps a lot during the day to make up for it.
We are working on getting him on a schedule.
I believe in schedules.  We have just been lazy with bedtime routines this summer.
Kids need to know what to expect.
They need the security to be able to know that they are going to get fed and know that they are going to get a nap.
Moms need to know that their kids are going to get these things too.
This is day two of our newish schedule.
I hope it is working.


After having Jensen I looked into all sort of new parenting technics that I thought I would never use.
Cosleeping, babywearing, teething necklaces, and homeschooling just to name a few...
No I am not saying that we are doing any of them (besides the necklace part).
I just wanted to be more informed.
This researching has taught me that there are more ways than one to do something.
Each child is different and each situation is different.

I am reminded once again to stop judging.
We are all trying.

What is right for one child is not always right for another.
I realized that just because I have raised one child to toddlerhood (I know... not very old AT ALL, heaven help us for the next 20+ years) does not mean that the next baby will be a no brainer.
This realization makes me both tired and excited.
I can't wait to see each one of my children's personalities and spirits grow and develop... and face each new challenge that comes with it.

It really is an exciting and exhausting experience.

Sometimes I listen to the world as it tells me that being a mom is a brainless  job.

But when I look back at the past 26 months and see how much I have learned.

I know better.