Today I realized that we are making progress in the parenting scheme of things. For the 3rd day in a row S went to Gan very nicely. Hurray! I can now quit feeling guilty.....at least about this one thing for now. I think he even likes it there, today he talked about all the friends he played with and that makes me feel really good.
The twins are also making progress. I realized that on Friday they will be 4mo. old and that they are on their way to bigger and better things. They are actually grabbing things, no thanks to mommy's help. I actually had friends both yesterday and today hand them something and they took it! At least for a few minutes. Y is much more into grabbing things, but what he really likes to grab are his hands. M is still more interested in watching than doing. However, she is more active in trying to sit up then Y is. Also if M is on her back and wants up she will push up, like when a person lays on the floor and then pushes up into a back bend. In that area Y is much more passive and is content to hang out. But they both wiggle a lot and I have to watch out as they have both launched themselves out of places I thought they were safe! I am also buckling them into the stroller these days or they will squirm right out! At this point I think M will be more active and Y more passive, but it is hard to say as both can be very active. But I have noticed that at least at this point Y is a morning person and M is a night person. It takes much longer to get M down at night and Y will wake up in the morning and just be content to hang out. He does not really want to nurse a lot, he just wants to hang out.
In some ways, I feel I have made progress too. I feel I am more tuned into my kids needs now. I don't feel I was always as tuned into what S wanted and needed. That was hard. I knew the basics, but I feel now I am more aware. It doesn't always mean I am good at acting on it, but it helps out. With the twins I feel I am really tuned in. I don't know if it because I have to be or I have more time to be or if it is just because after having 3 kids I have learned a few things! Of course it also helps that twins are getting older and even at 4 mo. it makes a difference from when they were newborns.
In other progressing news, my hebrew is coming along. We had another session Tuesday and we not only covered banking but basic words like, shirt, shoes, potty chair, etc. I am excited to be studying and I hope some of it sticks. But I am also excited to just get out and have somewhere to go a couple of days a week. I like having adult conversation and being out of my house and because my study partner is sometimes house bound because of health issues, she likes the company too. It is a good time for both of us. Her kids are home schooled so we get lots of extra help with babies too. But I really like having somewhere to go and some one to meet with. Although we have a lot of friends here, I have few people I can call on just to go over and hang out. Usually we see people at functions or just for shabbat meals. So it is nice having that kind of relationship with someone here. I do have a couple of other friends like that, but they are usually busy during the day since all their kids are in Gan or grade school so that is hard. It is one of the things I need to work on here. But those thoughts will have to wait another day. But I am making progress!
Shana Tova (Happy New Year!)
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