We have officially welcomed our third baby, Chael Waljee LeClair! Although the transition hasn’t been completely seamless, we really are loving every moment of having a baby brother! The first two weeks were very tough for the entire family. Our children were navigating becoming older siblings, having family in town that were excited to meet their baby brother and maybe not giving them all the time they wanted. We struggled a lot with Inaara becoming more argumentative, wanting to do things with baby brother like lift him, walk with him, etc that she just wasn’t allowed too. It was hard to keep track of both toddlers at all times and make sure that they weren’t harassing Chael.
Once we navigated the first two weeks with the toddlers, then came Chael learning to be awake more, being more aware of his surroundings, starting to fight the evening sleep. The witching hour from week 2-6 was really hard. The days were smooth but the evenings were hard. I found it particularly tough because I really wanted to spend my time with Inaara & Halden but I had to give so much of me to nourish and bond with Chael that I found it very distracting and tough. I found that I just really missed my kids. I tried to do so many different things with their schedules to be able to carve out time for me and the kids, but nothing helped the evening blues.
We are officially on week 10 and things are MUCH smoother. Chael still has some evenings where he is upset, but for the most part he has been tolerating the other kiddos harassing him, he has become very efficient at breast feeding, he enjoys time with his nanny and this week in particular he has officially started care and I will begin working 2.5 days a week!
We just bought a dental practice in Carlsbad, CA but more to come with that! We are so thrilled to have introduced Chael to the family, we have had some really fun events: pool parties, lots of family visiting, a long weekend wedding trip and much more in short 10 weeks of life! He has been amazing and the kiddos are just obsessed with him, and sometimes I wonder how I even went through life without him!
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