It seems just a few weeks ago that I revealed baby number three was on its way and now we are counting down weeks until he or she makes their arrival
in mid March.
A new baby on the house whether it is number one or number twelve is always going to make changes, some will be wonderful others will be really tough. In the recent weeks I have been thinking about the impact this baby will have on our lives. Being the third baby in as many years will bring with it many challenges and I imagine it will take time for us all to adjust to our new family member. The funny thing is that in my mind this little person is just going to fit in and life will go on as normal. Crazy I know but I think I am trying to keep up a positive attitude.
I think this positivity comes from our past experiences. While our previous two children have changed our lives, neither of them have impacted on our lives in a negative way. When we first brought Emily home we found it hard mainly because everything was new and we were learning and trying new things, but on the whole we found the adjustment pretty easy. Claire arrived into absolute chaos with us being at hospital (for my husband) until 1am the night before she was born, then having him be admitted into hospital for a week two days after she arrived (along with Emily and I getting conjunctivitis and other family members getting sick too!) So Claire just had to fit in with all the craziness and thankfully she was a super easy baby.
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| Most Daddys visit their babies in hospital. This baby visited her Daddy in hospital |
Don't get me wrong the girls are very challenging at times (as you would know if you are a regular reader of my blog) but on the whole they are relatively easy to manage children. They generally sleep well, eat well, play together well and respond fairly well to discipline. Despite them still being very young (3 years old and 19 months old) I feel that we are in a good place with them and a new baby would be an adjustment for our family but won't turn our lives upside down.
Of course there are lots of times I wonder if I am deluding myself, especially when you hear people say that having three kids tipped them over the edge. However I guess I feel like there is not any point in worrying about something that has not yet happened and may never happen. When I was pregnant with Claire I did worry a lot more about whether I would love her as much as I do Emily or how I would cope managing two children and I found these worries disappeared almost as soon as she was born.
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| Instead of one, I will have two little helpers this time around |
So here I am 5 weeks out from meeting our new little person and feeling pretty good about it all. I am positive for lots of reasons and I know that this little person was in God’s wonderful plan for our family. He (God) has blessed us in so many ways and I know that He will care for us as we adjust to being a family of five. We know that no matter how hard it gets He will provide people whether they be blood family or church family to support us in whatever we need.
So watch this space and follow me on my way to being a mother of three very small children.
What were your fears when approaching the birth of your children?
