Day 1: So you want to know about raising your kids naturally.

Every morning is a process, we go through a long wake up. Julien or Ju Ju or Ju Ju Bee as he is called, is my 2 1/2 year old who half the time thinks he is 5 and half the time thinks he is 6 months. Every morning it is the routine of my 2 1/2 month old waking up with his coos and gurgles and grunts between 6 am and 7 am. He is in bed between my husband and me. My husband just came back to bed not too long ago as he was sleeping in bed with Ju Ju to ensure he would sleep through the night. Being a product of co-sleeping until he was 2 it takes a substantial amount of time to transition your child to his "big boy" bed. So the baby wakes me up and usually within no time after that or sometimes before that I hear crying as the big boy walks into the room requesting his favorite pacifier or security blanket, the breast. He comes in and says "mom...I want my booby." I am still breast feeding my 2 1/2 year old and I am happy about it. I take a lot of flack from the grandparents but it does not bother me. I will maintain this relationship as long as he needs it. After we get out of bed we have to slowly establish a morning wake up with the right amount of compassion. The baby, wakes up every morning with smiles and laughing. They already are establishing how they will be opposites.