Many people who have more than one child experience this phenomenon. The younger sibling usually is longing to be as "cool" and "grown up" as the older sibling, so they model after all of their actions.
This happens with twins, only neither is actually any more grown up. Imagine walking out of the gym exhausted, and one girl takes off running down the sidewalk. Calmly I say " 'I', let's go, come on back". And she keeps on running. While I'm trying to decide how to gather up "I", "A" decides it's so funny to make mommy upset, she takes off running with her. There I am with a diaper bag and a gym bag, chasing my two two-year olds down the sidewalk.
This is where things take a turn. "I" trips and falls on the ground gently, and says "oohh". "A", the follower, likes what she sees, and decides to throw herself on the ground saying "oohh, oohh". "A" then gets up and throws herself down again. I can't help but laugh as my daughters are now purposely tumbling down the sidewalk. I can imagine the thoughts going through the heads of the employees in the stores we passed. "A" threw herself on the front mat of one of the businesses.
At this point it was an easy catch, but then I had to figure out how to discuss with them what just happened, and how they shouldn't run in the first place.
Just another day!!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Things Forgotten
The good news is that we have never forgotten one daughter all together.
Most parents do forget something from time to time. I have gone to change a "poopy" diaper and not had wipes and I've had messy wet girls with no alternative outfits. To be completely truthful, there has been a couple of times that I've arrived home and I have one daughter fully hooked in her seat, and the other halfway done. This usually happens when daughter #2 tries to make a mad dash while I'm putting daugher #1 in the car.
But the highlight of things forgotten was a Saturday morning when the girls were about 7 months. I had worked the day before, meaning that Todd had the daunting task of putting the girls to bed. (It really is quite daunting). We walked into their room together, he approaches I in her crib, and I approach A. I grab A, and she was wet! I figured she wet through her diaper, as they both were doing that from time to time.
But as I felt around her bottom, it was sopping wet, as was the bed. My first thought was that she was sick or something was wrong with her kidneys. (I'm a nurse, what can I say).
I pop her up on the changing table, take her sleeper off to find a bare bottom with no diaper! I'm not sure I had laughed that hard since the girls had been born. This story hit all of my message boards immediately, and the hubby knew he would never live it down.
Perhaps the best part of the story is that a couple of months later ... it happened again! It goes to show that even "dads of the year" can have a slip up from time to time.
Ciao!
Most parents do forget something from time to time. I have gone to change a "poopy" diaper and not had wipes and I've had messy wet girls with no alternative outfits. To be completely truthful, there has been a couple of times that I've arrived home and I have one daughter fully hooked in her seat, and the other halfway done. This usually happens when daughter #2 tries to make a mad dash while I'm putting daugher #1 in the car.
But the highlight of things forgotten was a Saturday morning when the girls were about 7 months. I had worked the day before, meaning that Todd had the daunting task of putting the girls to bed. (It really is quite daunting). We walked into their room together, he approaches I in her crib, and I approach A. I grab A, and she was wet! I figured she wet through her diaper, as they both were doing that from time to time.
But as I felt around her bottom, it was sopping wet, as was the bed. My first thought was that she was sick or something was wrong with her kidneys. (I'm a nurse, what can I say).
I pop her up on the changing table, take her sleeper off to find a bare bottom with no diaper! I'm not sure I had laughed that hard since the girls had been born. This story hit all of my message boards immediately, and the hubby knew he would never live it down.
Perhaps the best part of the story is that a couple of months later ... it happened again! It goes to show that even "dads of the year" can have a slip up from time to time.
Ciao!
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Strategy for a Shower?
When I didn't have kids I didn't realize that showering at any time was such a luxury. I could wake up (at any time, of course), leisurely shower, or maybe I would have a little breakfast and THEN shower. Or maybe I'd wait until after the gym. The possibilities were endless.
When I was pregnant, I had read so many stories about this that I could imagine Todd coming home from work and me being covered in food, in ripped sweats sitting on the floor exhausted. In my head I would look up at him, and he would take over so I could take a much needed shower.
With that thought in mind, I decided I would be a mom that would find time for two major tasks eating, and showering.
Apparently eating wasn't an issue because any time a baby would cry, another piece of chocolate would enter my mouth. It was like clockwork.
Showering, on the other hand, had to be (and still is) planned the night before.
1. The newborn. Did you know that newborns sleep at least 18 hours a day? Once we got them on the Moms On Call (who saved our lives) schedule, I knew when I would shower every day. It was so easy!
2. The infant. Two naps. Easy. They would go down for the first nap, time for my shower. I was fresh as a daisy by the time they woke up.
3. The toddler. This is where it has gotten hard. I always figured it would be hardest with the babies. But now if I left my girls unattended I would have something or someONE broken by the end. And they don't nap until the afternoon! This is where strategy comes into play. I could wake up EARLY and shower before they wake up. But seriously? Who is going to wake up that early on a day off?
The miracle solution, THE GYM. We are allowed to have the kids in their "kid's club" for 1.5 hours. So it shortens my work out a bit, but it lengthens my sleep at night.
I am sure all people that interact with me are as thankful as I am that I am able to shower daily. We must keep up that membership for sure!!
Can you imagine that showering could take that much thought? Not I!
Ciao!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Where do we start?
Three years ago when we found out we were having twins? That long pregnancy process seems so dated.
Two years ago when they were born?
Perhaps we would call it when our heads got filled with some sort of smoke that didn't raise until about two months ago...
But we can say one thing ... THEY SURVIVED ... WE SURVIVED
Most people that have one baby get to think about things such as taking their little one out in St. Patrick's Day or Valentine's Day outfits. Or throwing the car seat on their arm as they peruse the local boutique.
When you have twins you are just hoping the kids survive one more day. Did I start the dishwasher? If I pumped at 2 do I pump at 5, how much do I have, did I feed Allie? How do I feed one while occupying the other if I only have two hands?
We are Stacey and Todd, a nurse and an entrepreneur, who are parents of one hysterical set of twin girls. We look forward to sharing the humor and experiences that we face while raising A & I, our little nuggets of love.
Thanks for joining us on this journey!
Three years ago when we found out we were having twins? That long pregnancy process seems so dated.
Two years ago when they were born?
Perhaps we would call it when our heads got filled with some sort of smoke that didn't raise until about two months ago...
But we can say one thing ... THEY SURVIVED ... WE SURVIVED
Most people that have one baby get to think about things such as taking their little one out in St. Patrick's Day or Valentine's Day outfits. Or throwing the car seat on their arm as they peruse the local boutique.
When you have twins you are just hoping the kids survive one more day. Did I start the dishwasher? If I pumped at 2 do I pump at 5, how much do I have, did I feed Allie? How do I feed one while occupying the other if I only have two hands?
We are Stacey and Todd, a nurse and an entrepreneur, who are parents of one hysterical set of twin girls. We look forward to sharing the humor and experiences that we face while raising A & I, our little nuggets of love.
Thanks for joining us on this journey!
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