Goodnight Mom

It’s been three and a half months since we welcomed Nico into the family. Not a long time, really. We’re still all adjusting. Things ebb and flow between easy and difficult.  Easy: Nico eats well.  Difficult: Nationwide formula shortage is scary right now. Easy: Max loves being a big brother and has been nothing but sweet to Nico.  Difficult: Two babies sometimes demanding attention at the same time.  Easy: Nico sleeps through the night. Difficult: Except for when he doesn’t and he wakes up crying multiple times. Easy: Steve and I are enjoying time in the house together on parental leave.  Difficult: Somehow we still feel like we don’t get much time together, not alone time anyway.  Before Nico was born, I was especially worried about going from parenting one baby to two. So many people said two is much harder. The work doubles, they’re at different stages developmentally and so they have different needs and interests.  Steve and I would sometimes lie awake in bed after a difficult eve