Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Ready or Not?

Last night we ALMOST got Luke to sleep in his big boy bed. He feel asleep for about 10 minutes but woke back up again. He cried a little bit in between playing. I don't think he gets it just yet. This brings me to my dilemma. Am I pushing him to much? Is he ready? I feel like b/c Luke is the older brother and seems so big compared to Ryan that we end up expecting more from him. I have to remind myself (and others too) that he isn't even 2 years old yet. He still is a baby. People see that we have two kids and don't really realize how close in age both guys are(they are used to the typical 3 year spacing b/w siblings). I started feeling so guilty last night. It brought me back to when I was expecting Ryan and so worried about how Luke would handle the change. It was so strange, on 2/26 Luke was still my baby but on 2/27 when Ryan was born it was like Luke turned into this man child. He looked so big to me and no longer my baby. I get sort of chocked up thinking about it. This fall he starts pre-school. He will be by far the youngest child there. I, once again, am worried I am pushing him. If Ryan were not here I wonder if I would have waited a year? Ugh, I guess this feeling of guilt comes with being a mom. I can't help it. All I want for them is to be as happy as possible and always know that I love them unconditionally. I guess that is all we can really do for our children. I can not protect them from everything but I can sure as heck try to!

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