What up y’all! Happy holidays! I figured I was long overdue for a life update so consider this my holiday newsletter.
1.) Babypal #1 (M) is 3 YEARS old! And he’s in daycare/preschool! And he’s potty trained! And he’s adapting well to Babypal #2 (N).
2.) N is 5 MONTHS old! Which means we’re in the baby dinosaur stage of voice exploration. He was born small and remains small so we’ve switched to giving him formula during the day to try and bulk him up. Which is lowkey sad that I can’t breastfed him the same way I did with M, but is highkey a relief cuz breastfeeding/pumping is fuckin exhausting.
3.) I’m exhausted because in addition to parenting 2 young children, I GOT A GROWN UP JOB!!!! I’m a TEACHER TEACHER GUYS!!!! I teach 9th graders (14-15 year olds). They’re… interesting. The other teachers on campus are awesome though. Overall pretty happy with the situation.
4.) Hubs remain crushing it as supportive partner/parent. He’s been doing a lot of early morning 3 year old duty so I can sleep in and be on baby duty. I think we’ve both handled the addition of N easier than when we had M because we have a better understanding of things that happened the first time around. Which I suppose is good news for prospective parents of multiple children. Transitioning from 1-2 was way easier than going from 0-1.
5.) That being said, I still do have mild postpartum anxiety. Which is a step up from the moderate postpartum anxiety I was diagnosed with immediately after M.
6.) I’m still writing. Just at a much slower pace. And my current focus is writing a novella in the hopes of publishing.
7.) Overall life is chaotic, messy, and amazing.