We’ve got a routine established, but I’m hoping to change it.
Between the hours of 6am and 10pm, at least one person – usually a child, but not always – is crying.
And between the hours of 10pm and 6am, at least one person – usually two, but not always – is awake.
Also between the hours of 6am and 10pm, Tacy is talking incessantly. About something. I’m not sure what. But boy, does that girl have a lot to say.
Oh, and between the hours of 6am and 10pm, the TV is on. Too loud for my taste. It feels like we live in a trailer. A really cluttered trailer with blankets and stuffed animals and Polly Pocket paraphernalia strewn everywhere.
Finally, between the hours of 6am and 10pm, I function as the human pacifier. I have completed a surprising number of tasks while nursing, including emptying the dishwasher, heating up a cup of instant oatmeal, and compiling the Cool Mom Picks newsletter. And I’ve done laundry. Load after load after LOAD of laundry.
It gets better…it gets better…it gets better…it gets better…it gets better…
…right?
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
oh you are so making me not wish for a third…does that even make sense? maybe I should have stopped at one!
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March 3rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Yes.
I started my kids doing their own laundry when they were about 12. That helped. Sounds like you could use a vacation, sans kids. That would help too.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
holy crap – I’m sending you a pair ear plugs.
motherbumper’s last blog post..Let them drink NyQuil
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
It sounds like the girls need to go on a camping trip with Kyle. (Or maybe just lunch and a matinee…hey, Horton Hears a Who is coming out in two weeks.)
Soon it will be spring there and you can let the girls dig up the entire backyard and burn off tons of energy. My girls wear me out so I can’t imagine adding another baby to the mix!
Hang in there! It does get easier.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Hang in there, Julie-just when you think you can’t take the routine anymore, it will change. Make the girls your “helpers” as much as possible!
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March 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Oh gosh, now I’m getting scared. I hope it gets better. I’ll stayed tuned to find out if it gets better. But if it doesn’t, maybe I don’t want to know before my #3 arrives.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I just left where you are now. And, thank GOD, it does get better. I had a wonderful friend who, while I was going through all that, reminded me many times every day that it would get better. She said 9-10 weeks was the sweet spot (you think I would have remembered this from the first child but nope!). Our son will be 10 weeks on Thursday and we are definitely on the other side of bad. You’ll be there with me very soon.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hah!
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March 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Can’t guarantee it gets better, but I thought you could appreciate that I was nursing my 15 month old today while stir frying sesame chicken. For a moment, is this really happening?
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March 4th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Aye!
Soon, I will be a mother of two and I hear that is a hard transition. Reading your post just drives that point home… can’t imagine two little ones plus a baby!
March 4th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I don’t consider myself an expert but I know that those first six weeks were dreadful and I realize now that it does get better, infinitely better!
claire’s last blog post..I’m not a farmer
March 4th, 2008 at 7:07 am
I’m filled with sympathy and terror. Sympa-ror? Terropathy?
Hannah’s last blog post..here comes the sun
March 4th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Its amazing the new level that nursing brings to multi-tasking. It will get better, remember? Love the new banner–sounds just like my house!
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March 4th, 2008 at 7:17 am
You’re freaking me out lady.
In my mind I am sending you a nice big glass of wine and some ear plugs. It sounds like you need them.
Chicky Chicky Baby’s last blog post..I should have just sat on them
March 4th, 2008 at 7:34 am
YES! Yes it gets better.
Oh hell, what do I know? I only have two.
But three if you count the huz.
(Sadly, on most days, you can).
Deep Fried Yankee’s last blog post..This Would Be Why I’ve Wanted to Remove My Sinuses With a Pair of Chopsticks for the Last Three Days
March 4th, 2008 at 8:05 am
sure, it gets better! Soon the sleeping hours might start at like 9:30 instead of 10!
mayberry’s last blog post..How not to spend a Saturday morning
March 4th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Is Tacy on a school break right now? When she’s back in kindergarten, or full day 1st grade, just having two at home will be nice.
March 4th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Right. It does. It absolutely does.
Miss Britt’s last blog post..You’re Laughing With Me
March 4th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Crying, I can take, because theoretically you can do something about it. It’s the constant jabber that gets me.
March 4th, 2008 at 10:28 am
It really does get better. I promise.
I just wish I could find the mute button on the constant talker. I don’t want to squash her spirit, but my ears are bleeding.
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March 4th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
hoo boy.
I’m sure it will. I’m sure, she said, while still recovering from the Post-
Traumatic Stress brought on by #1.
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March 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Yes, it gets better. The crying is replaced by something else, but it gets better.
AB’s last blog post..Stormy Weather
March 4th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Sure, look how much fun Lynn Spears is having with her three kids these days…
Gonna stub my toe for that one.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
It will get better. They will turn into teenagers. Surely that is better right? At least then the talking will stop.
beth’s last blog post..all out of good mommy
March 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I hope it gets better sooner rather than later.
I like the new logo. – One more to add to it: Finger out of your nose, hand out of your pants. This one works for little boys AND husbands.
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March 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
It gets better…then worse…then better…then worse but with more sleeping.
Katy’s last blog post..Or Maybe I Really am Crazy
March 5th, 2008 at 9:07 am
PRAISE GOD! (or y’know, I will) THE RATS ARE OFF THE HEADER.
Back to my regularly scheduled comment.
It gets better on SOME days.
Other days stink.
What can I tell ya … it’s all a trip.
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March 5th, 2008 at 10:20 am
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March 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
It gets better. It has to. Our mothers survived, right?
God.
Remind me to stock up on extra condoms.
Big hugs, my sleepy friend.
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March 10th, 2008 at 9:50 am
It does get better. I am currently pregnant with my fourth. My ten-month-old reliably sleeps ten hours a night in the same room with her older sisters. My four-year-old and my two-year-old whine, but not constantly. Three kids is a strain, but you will get your independence back eventually. So will I.