Life with three kiddos has been a little crazy, but we love having our family completed. Kiera's doing great - eating like a champ and putting on the pounds! She sleeps in her own bed and wakes only for her night feedings (usually). If we could just convince her to go to bed at a normal time rather than fight sleep until 11pm. We caved in Friday night and just let her stay up without trying to put her to bed until around 11 and the next day she was much more alert and active. Amazingly, she went to bed around 8pm with no problem the next night! We are really hoping to repeat that again tonight. Once we can recapture our kid-free portion of the evening, I think things will feel calmer. As it stands now, Matt gets home around 6 so by the time we have dinner and play with the boys some, it's time for baths, books, and bed. After getting the boys into bed, we continue to attempt putting Kiera to bed for 3+ hours which means we're lucky if dinner gets cleaned up much less any boxes unpacked or even television shows watched (I know priorities right). By the time she's down for the evening, we collapse into bed exhausted and hopeful that she'll decide to sleep a long stretch that night. We do make some progress on the house on the weekends, but even that is challenging because the boys just want us to play and I try to sneak in extra naps to prepare for the upcoming week of night feedings. I'm trying not to let the unpacked boxes and toys all over the floor drive me crazy because I know that in a few months things will calm down a little and we'll have more sleep once again. Right now Luke is shooting Nerf darts, Gabe is screaming for a cookie, Matt's washing something in the sink, and I'm sitting here typing as Kiera enjoys her meal. One benefit in breastfeeding is that I have an excuse to sit down every few hours :). Now my break is over...
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