Our Kids

I am really, really glad that we decided to have another baby after the twins. Having twins has been such a wonderful experience I would not trade a second of it, even the precious seconds spent at the side of their isolettes in the NICU. Now that the girls are almost three and spending more time playing one on one with each other, I have been given a tremendous gift of time to spend with Landis. I have also realized a lot of things about the girls and how they have interacted with each other from day one. People were always amazed that we could just put them down in their cribs when they were very little and they would drift off to sleep. I now believe they could do that because they had each other. The girls are attached to each other, they draw comfort from each other and need to be near each other (even when the other needs some space). They are very lucky to have that bond and to have a built in best friend always at their side.

Landis on the other hand is attached to me. I did not really understand that attachment because the girls came already attached to each other. Landis needs me to sleep, to eat, to wake to do about everything. She is most contented in my arms or bundled up in my Moby wrap snuggled on my chest. I am her attachment. I am happy to be her attachment, it has opened up a whole new door to this parenting thing. I read somewhere that the gestational period of a baby is actually 18 months, 9 months inside and 9 months outside. I think Landis will hold true to that theory. She still prefers to be swaddled and in the fetal position.

It is amazing to me that Landis has spent so much time in my Moby sleeping for two months. I have hardly noticed it, it is just so natural. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the future. I am not concerned about her being so attached, I actually think it is a very natural thing for babies and kids to be attached to their parents and not a blanket or a doll. I guess my whole point is how new this parenting experience is compared to the one with the girls, both have been wonderful, exciting and mind expanding and for that I am truly grateful.