What blessings have abound!
David's birth was different than Joshua's, both home births, unassisted, in the water. Joshua's was calm and david's was powerful, just like their personalities. J's was uncomfortable during contractions but the actual labor happened without me pushing, my body just did it on its own and I hung out in the birth tub experiencing it. D's contractions I was just hanging out during the pushing I was an active participant. J came out sleeping, we had to wake him up and when he did he made a very low noise looked up at his daddy and went right back to sleep, the first time i heard him cry he was 3 months old. D came out screaming, and has been very vocal since. J had his cord come off at 3 days, D 9 days. J didn't care if he had a wet diaper, D doesn't like even a small amount of wetness. J breastfed easily from the first moment, D it took me over a week to get a proper latch. My placenta came out after 20-30 min w J, Ds took about 2x that. J had a long cord, making it easy to lotus birth, Ds was very short and we wound up cutting it about 24 hrs after his birth.
Although I didn't know if either of them was a boy or girl, I got (was told Internally) Joshua's name just before he was born, when I saw him for the first time I knew he was Joshua, it too us a while to name David. Joshua named him Israel about 2 months before he was born, insisting he was a boy. But the name just didn't fit, he needed a strong name to fit his personality. The moment Chris said David I knew it was His name. Funny because I always thought we would name our children names like Ocean, willow, etc... But they had different ideas. I'm happy to honor them that way.
Js birth was 4 hrs from contractions to actual birth, D -3 hrs.
David is brining so much balance to our family. Joshua is changing because he has to, and it's all for the best.
They look so much alike, sometimes I almost call D, J because they look alike. Yet so different. I can see now that D is almost 4 weeks the difference. D has a darker complexion, I think he actually looks more like my dad. J is lighter like Chris. Personalities are diff too. J slept on one of us for the first few months, he literally didn't sleep on the bed for months. D demands his space, and has been sleeping either on the bed next to me or on his bed (our mattresses are next to each other on the floor) still next to me, but in his own space. J like to be nude, D likes to be bundled up.
In many ways they are like Chris and I. How fun to experience.
Some changes in our house:
We moved J into his own room a few months ago, and starting to get him to fall asleep on his own.
J is now on commission, thank you Dave Ramsey, he earns a quarter when he does certain things (brush his teeth, clean his room, etc.) today he was able to buy himself the cars2 spy train he's been wanting.
We are on the road to financial freedom, thanks to the financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey. We have been doing it for months and on the day D was born C won the home study kit! What a great symbol. This child is surely bringing balance.
And that is life in our home these days.
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