Brandon appears to be very different from Joshua. Although some of his facial expressions remind you of Joshua, I do not think they look much alike. Brandon has not opened his eyes much yet but from the odd glimpse that you do get I can see they appear much darker than Joshua's. Also he has a very thick, curly head of dark hair - complete contrast to Joshua's very light hair. In fact I have been joking that Brandon will need his first hair cut before Joshua.This was Brandon's coming home outfit.
It was kind of weird loading up Brandon and Joshua into the back of the car to come home from the hospital tonight. It just seemed really odd to have two child seats, with our two little babies, at two very different stages in their lives. Oddly enough though, driving home Brandon slept all the way and it was Joshua who was crying. As you can see below Brandon even looks tiny in his car seat.
When you hold Brandon, change his bum or have any close contact with him you soon realise just how fragile the little boy is and how robust Joshua has grown. That 3lb difference in their starting weight is huge. Brandon can just about hold his head up for a quick look around, where as Joshua could support his head very well from birth. One thing for sure is that we will now stop thinking of Joshua as a baby and more of a toddler now that Brandon is on the scene.Here's a picture of my two boys in the back of the car - a cold frosty night to return back home.
Once Brandon was home I think we had about an hour of complete chaos and confusion where it dawned on us the difficulties of managing two babies in terms of meal's, bum changes, baths etc.etc - you would think 2 adults : 2 babies that it would be easy (haha). I thought logistically it was hard work with just Joshua, but with two children you really do need to think hard and plan out even the most simple tasks. So far Brandon has pretty much slept most of the evening and is right now crashed out in the moses basket which is giving Tina time for a nap. So I am on monitor duty listening out for Joshua and every now and then just checking up that Brandon is ok. If he decides to wake up later we might try and give him his first bath.
The little blue toy in the moses basket was Joshua's present to his younger sibling. In return Brandon has thoughtfully bought Joshua a rather noisy Disney Cars toy.
Well I think that's enough of an update for today as I am also knackered and might get some shut eye before the night shifts start! One thing is for sure - the hard work is only just about to start!!!!!!!!!!
Once Brandon was home I think we had about an hour of complete chaos and confusion where it dawned on us the difficulties of managing two babies in terms of meal's, bum changes, baths etc.etc - you would think 2 adults : 2 babies that it would be easy (haha). I thought logistically it was hard work with just Joshua, but with two children you really do need to think hard and plan out even the most simple tasks. So far Brandon has pretty much slept most of the evening and is right now crashed out in the moses basket which is giving Tina time for a nap. So I am on monitor duty listening out for Joshua and every now and then just checking up that Brandon is ok. If he decides to wake up later we might try and give him his first bath.
The little blue toy in the moses basket was Joshua's present to his younger sibling. In return Brandon has thoughtfully bought Joshua a rather noisy Disney Cars toy.
Well I think that's enough of an update for today as I am also knackered and might get some shut eye before the night shifts start! One thing is for sure - the hard work is only just about to start!!!!!!!!!!
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