I try to stay pretty positive on my blog. but boy... I don't know if the January blues have hit (already??!) or if I'm just in a funk. I know I'm not the only person who has a hard time with the every-day mom things that happen. I just need a few of you to tell me that I'm not the only one who cries/screams/curses when one of these things happen:
--I'm feeding the baby (who is acting like I've forgotten to feed him for two days) with my back to my two year old... only to turn around 2 minutes later and see that she has taken her entire lunch of mashed potatoes and sprinkled it all over the floor.
--I've already changed 5 poopy diapers by noon
--When I realize that I've had to pee for 2 1/2 hours but haven't had the minute and thirty seconds to myself to do it
--my house is a disaster, even though I spend the majority of my day cleaning my house
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funny you should write this post while i'm sitting here, bawling. we're basically getting kicked out of our apartment cause our neighbors won't stop complaining about how loud we are. infact, while isaac didn't want to take a nap and was stomping on the floor below him, they came up saying their kids couldn't sleep because of the pounding. now i have to find another place to live, pay a huge deposit on a house. i hate living in this place. my kids won't get dressed when we go places. cameron freaks out and won't wear socks because they feel funny. he won't wear anything but sweat pants. and he pees his pants daily, so he runs out of sweatpants in about 3 days... i'm at the brink of having a serious breakdown. and to top it all off, i'm being forced to pack up my things after just finishing unpacking them 2 months ago and move. and now my kids have to get used to nursery and primary all over again in another ward most likely, even though they just got settled and don't scream when we go to church. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Oh Am!! You're making me NOT want to do this!!! :)
BUT... I'm sure you are not alone, cause I feel like that somedays, just taking care of normal household things with 0 babies! I can't imagine how hard it would be to have 2 kids @ home! You're my hero!!! Your kids are lucky to have such a great Mom!!!
Hang in there! Spring is just around the corner and then you can put the kids in the backyard for a few hours and have 2 whole minutes to pee :) ...AND maybe even take a hot bubble bath :)
Although I don't have two, I feel you about the bathroom and cleaning thing. You'd think between me and Sam, we'd be able to keep the house clean. And the poopy diaper thing. And Audrey has had to take medicine for the last 10 days and she is really really good at clamping her little mouth shut right when you start squirting the medicine. I feel you.
You are not alone. Since you had your kids close together like me remember it like having twins. It does get a little easier but then other things will be hard. I can say that it is worth it. Hang in there. When you have toddlers you are in the trenches, do what it takes to survive.
You are NOT alone Amber! I have those days too when I think how do people do this??? I have changed about 10 diapers and my house is a mess too!!! Hang in there and if you want to vent, call me :-)
okay so I have to admit that I laughed a little when i read your post. Not because I am laughing at your pain...but because it is so easy to identify with it. Sometimes I feel like that is all motherhood is...poop, puke, food smeared on high chairs, floors or walls, water splashed all over the bathroom, etc. Yesterday Macey dumped a little bag of goldfish that I had given her to keep her quiet (oops) and then she and Ryan proceeded to riverdance all over it on the carpet until it was nicely rubbed in. My immediate response was frustration because I had company coming in about 5 minutes but they were laughing so hard at eachother that I couldn't help but start laughing too. We laughed the whole time we (yes I made them help) cleaned up. And when my company arrived we were still cleaning goldfish and it didn't matter a bit. So we all have those days... I literally ask myself daily what the heck i am going to do in 5 months when i have 3 kids ages 3 and under. whoa. I panicked a little just typing that. Anyway...bottom line, you are not alone :) tomorrow will be better :)
Random question for you....have you taken any hair education classes post school? Or have you looked into it? Where would you suggest? I just want to take a class or two, color cutting. Just to freshen up....let me know if you have any ideas...
Get a babysitter/visiting teacher to come help.
Amanda gets e-mails from the relief society server and people are always willing to help out.
Amber- you are definitely not alone. I'm just not doing those things anymore. But I had four kids. I am now brain dead and can't even remember those days. I may have some faint memories of Dad coming home from work to hear both Mike and I crying. Then when Julie came along 15 months later.... OK , it's all a blur. I remember using cloth diapers and having to rinse them out and being in a too small basement apartment with no car and no money. But it's funny, i now remember only the wonderful things that we took pictures of. I love you. I'm proud of you and your wonderful little family. Hang in there. Don't worry, someday you'll be as senile as me and won't remember how bad it was.
I was having one of those break down days Wednesday. It seems no matter how hard I try, nothing ever gets done. I clean one area, go to the next to turn around and see my progress ripped apart. On top of that, I have 2 energetic boys fighting for attention and have discovered each other's buttons and think it's sooo funny to set each other off... grrr.. and then next I notice that it is time for dinner. Let's just say that we have had a lot of frozen pizza and chicken nuggets for dinner lately!! I seriously wonder how I am going to handle 3...Preston has all but set his apt to become a eunuch! Hang in there!
My entire Christmas break was clouded over by my son crying and screaming the whole time...my family all thinks we need to have him tested for autism, or OCD, no seriously, they have called me about it crying. UGHHH, nothing we ever do seems to be enough. Am, you are like the best mom I know. And please, call me. We need an emergency moms night!!LOVE you girl.
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