ch-ch-ch-changes

This past week, our two kiddos have been struggling a bit. They've both been up at least once a night, every night... which is very unusual. I mean, I know everything's a phase... and sadly we are just coming out of a wonderful phase in which everyone was sleeping until past 7 every morning. Oh well. Talk about changes! It'll be MONTHS before that will happen again...

Two theories as to why this is happening:

1 - It's the full moon. Two other women at Yoga this week were talking about how their kids have been up all week, too. Hmmm. I have had other coincidences like that one where friends at work would lament THEIR kids sleeping habits at the same time I was... and it was always, uncannily, around the full moon. So who knows?! I'm not one to disregard the power of the mysterious, but it's not like this has been happening monthly. It's been a weird week.

2 - The other theory is that unconsciously, these poor kiddos know that their lives are about to change - and they're not sure how exactly, which can make them a bit... harried, clingy, temperamental, and generally out of sorts (a perfect description of them this week). This, of course, makes total sense, AND breaks my heart a bit. I'm not sure how to soothe them, since their lives WILL change.

I randomly told them the other day (with all of this in mind) that mommy and daddy love them both so much and that when the new baby comes there's just more love to give and that nothing can ever change how much we love them. They sort of looked at me, heads cocked to one side, and ran off to tackle something or other.

So, we're talking a lot about how to support them in the change... Sticking to some kind of routine, even tough there's another person in the house. Daddy's gonna take some time from work and focus on playing with them, our "nanny" (aka, Andy's sister) is still going to help some during the week to either give me a chance to give them attention or for her to hang with them... and the rest is just about digging in, and playing and goofing and dancing and coloring and listening and laughing... even when all I want to do is sleep.