Tummy time tends to be a group activity in this house.
Sleeping: Lark continues to amaze me with her nights. She generally nurses around 7:45pm and goes down by 9pm for the night. She generally wakes up once to feed around 4 or 5am and then goes back down until she’s (inevitably) woken up by Prim prancing into our room between 7 and 8am.
How we’re adjusting: We’re feeling comfortable being a family of four these days. We’ve got a trip to Barcelona booked and are looking at a few other trips this year as well. Traveling with two kids isn’t always easy, but we’re determined to take advantage of our proximity to so many amazing European countries and are going to explore with our little ones while we’re here.
Lifesavers: One of the few things we purchased before Lark’s birth was the BabyBjorn bouncer with the toy bar. It’s been so helpful to have place to set down Lark while I’m cooking dinner or emptying the dishwasher, and she’s recently discovered that she can touch the toys on the toy bar, which is pretty fascinating (and pretty cute, too!) The best part about this bouncer is that it can fold flat super easily. I can lug it upstairs on the nights KC works late so that Lark can hang out while I bathe Prim and get her ready for bed.
New sibling: Prim has adjusted so incredibly well to being an older sister — I’m honestly so thrilled. It’s not that I didn’t expect her to love Lark, but I really thought that adapting to having a new baby around would be a bit more of an adjustment. Prim, however, has had nothing but love for little Lark since the moment we brought her home. All throughout the day she will walk up to Lark and give her a “kiss!” and “snuggle!” or even read her a story (either in her nonsense language, or with the words she remembers from the books we read all the time). She has also recently started coming up to Lark when she’s upset and saying “Ok, ok, sorry!” and patting her “just like mama does” — it’s so ridiculous and sweet!
Sweetest things: Lark has started cooing a lot, which is adorable in and of itself, but when Prim starts talking to her and she looks right at her and starts cooing back I can hardly take it. The only thing that can cure my baby fever at this point is more cowbell.
Favorite thing about this age: Lark is really starting to discover her voice, which is one of my most favorite parts of the newborn phase. Just like Prim around this age, Lark does these sweet high-pitched calls and loves having “conversations” with a big grin on her face. I have a feeling that Lark may end up being just as chatty as Prim in another year or so!