I had a thought provoking conversation with my sister yesterday. we were talking about transitioning from one baby to two. I knew from past conversations that she found 1 to 2 the hardest transition. harder than 0 to 1, or 2 to 3, or even 3 to 4. I mentioned that we found eamon to be such an easy baby that we wonder if he's spoiled us and we'll be unprepared for the next one. she said "none of my babies were 'bad babies', my first one was hard, not because she was a bad baby, but because I was a bad mom". explaining how little she knew and how unprepared she was the first time. it look her a lot of time to figure out useful parenting hacks.
it made me wonder if a person's preparedness is really the biggest impact-er for smoothly navigating the early baby stages. a friend of mine recently had a hard time with a colicky baby, and her midwife recommended giving him probiotics, and that really helped. I'm sure if she had a colicky baby again, she'd know to do that sooner. happy baby = happy momma.
all that said, I've tried to set us up for success with this transition, with eamon still going to daycare some days a week, and in fact going full time in September. we'll see if that helps.
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