The Real Test...

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My nephew was born six weeks ago! I, love love love babies, but I love my nephew more than anything I have ever loved (even food!). And with that, comes a greater respect for my wee sister. She's young, new, worn out and she has at least 18 years left.
So, it's almost 3 am and baby Jeyshaun has screamed the tears to my eyes and out his diaper. I have always respected potty time but it's such a joy when a child makes peepee or a baby pushes out their poo...

Thank goodness for feeding and pooping and a little cooing because he is happily snoring away on mama's chest. I can't sleep right now because A: I'm traumatized and B: I'm scared I'll miss a world cup match. But really, I am stressed lol.

I've been trying to help wee mama since I have come to visit a week ago and have over-stepped my boundaries. (Bad auntie! This is real life, not the classroom...) It's so easy for me to say: here, I'll take him, you go play outside. And it's easy for her to say: SURE! Being on bedrest for 10 mos, she'd be crazy not to want to socialize. But our priorities have been off and though I spent some good quality time with little baby, I needed to be doing more.

So, after a nice "discussion" with my wonderful role models I decided I needed to be more of a help and not a manager. And she and I sat down and wrote a schedule for papichulo. We also wrote ways to play with him (developmentally) and ways to soothe him. It was a nice bonding moment for us :) and there are now references on the wall.

Then of course baby beluga (thank you Trevis) put us to the test. He woke up so upset! He screamed! But, my wee sis did it. She didn't get wide-eyed and all crybabyish (like crazy aunt over here), she fed him, changed him and soothed him.

So, my biggest fear, I now realize, when moving to Kyushu is not the language barrier, not missing friends and an oven, not even Vivian's roaches finding me... My biggest fear is my nephew screaming and my sister giving up.

But, I have hope! Tonight was a bittersweet hope :) papichulo and wee sis have a crazy journey ahead of them, but they will be okay. At least that's what other mama's have told me. ;)

Thanks everyone for answering my frantic FB messages and emails and texts while I freak out and my little sis tries her best. Lol. Papichulo is in good hands. And he is surrounded by loving people. And he is so loving (see how he holds his mama... She is his).

So... Kyushu here I come. Sheesh balls I'm not good with goodbyes or saying sayonara...
So I'll drink my water and turn ESPN on. Beluga will be awake again to watch it with me while we try to let mama sleep longer in a few anyway.
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