Since it is still Friday I thought I would post something. I hate to go more than a day without blogging but I haven't taken ANY pictures this week and haven't really had anything to blog about. Other than what I have already posted.
This week has been crazy busy, even though I have been going to work earlier and staying later it literally seems like I am only there a couple of hours before it is time to go home.
I was watching a bunch of things on ebay that I really wanted but they all ended before I could get them. I haven't taken OR downloaded any pictures this week since I haven't had the time to think about what would be cute to post. I went to the doctor this week ( I think it was this week, I don't even know) and everything seemed to be ok. I have gained 5 pounds in the past two weeks but, only like 10-15 overall so I am still fine. As a testimate to how distracted I have been: EVERY time I go for an appointment I have to pee in the cup, this is not something different or new it is like habit now, except this week I went in got weighed like normal and then went to pee. Well I am in the bathroom and as I went to wash my hands I realized I FORGOT to go in the cup. I didn't even remember going pee since I was thinking about everything else that is going on in life. The nurse chuckled when I told her I had forgot to go in the cup and she said it happens all the time, so I downed some water and ran the sink and thanks to my squeezed bladder I was able to go again after my appointment.
I plan to take a WHOLE day off next week. I have a nail appointment on Tuesday so maybe that day, hopefully I will really be able to do it.
Now that we are moving and I am doing the loan for us that is a whole other distraction because not only am I excited to move and plan for the new BIG house, I have the worry about the loan and getting it all done and trying not to get too excited since NOTHING is for sure until it actually closes. Along with the needs and thoughts of my "roommates" since they are excited and THINKING too.
Ean must be feeling the stress around him, because at only a year and a half I feel like he needs to be sent to boarding school. I feel like I am a very consistent parent. It is NEVER OK to dump out the cat food, climb in the dishwasher, turn on/off the TV, suck out the toothpaste from the tube, or bang on the computer keyboard, but yet EVERYDAY he tries and tries again. He doesn't respond to my NO's then my counts 1-2-3 then acts SURPRISED and extremely shocked when I get to him and escort him to his room with a more firm, NO! I try to give him one-on-one attention and even after that he doesn't act better. I feel like we are constantly fighting until he goes to bed, then I feel guilty and miss him an hour after he is down. I hope this doesn't last much longer and welcome any advice that anybody has because in another 6 weeks I am going to be a tired emotional reck and will have even less patience than I have now.
Anyway, I hate to be a downer but that is what is going on and even those who are around me everyday don't get to hear/see me stress or complain so I guess this is my vent.
Thanks!
PS- hopefully we will snap some "packing" pics. this weekend. (hint, hint, Jim)
3 comments:
i totally did the forget to pee in the cup thing. I just said I couldn't go then... drank a ton of water and went before I left. I thought I was the only one who did it!
Hint Hint we woule like to see some packing pictures. And about Ean, I go through that everyday. Colby now likes to do a dance when you say no. Its like one of those temper tantrums you see on tv. Sometime we just stick him in his bed for a few minutes then go back and get him. (I've heard that using the bed as a time out is bad) We do it because his screaming is behind a door. We have started the time out thing in the time out corner. (It usually only works for Ted)
EAN is extremely 'smart' and with that 'bonus' comes the immaturity of a baby along with a mind that is testing...
...testing...testing and beyond that..'willful'. He's getting to the 'terrible twos' a little 'faster' than his age I fear...and that is the 'NO' stage as he enters the 'separation stage' and realizes he is NOT A PART OF YOU...but is his own person AND WANTS TO TRY OUT HIS OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS.
So whatever you ask will be met with NO...do you want A? answer - NO...sometimes followed with screaming if he 'receives' a NO from Mom or Dad about something he wants. Best to not give 'choices' at this age...easier anyway.
He's just trying our his new found 'independence'...and unfortunately for you...it is right at the wrong time.
That is the downside of having children 18 months apart...the new baby needs what he needs when he needs it so that is very demanding, but the 18 month old is entering the stage when you wonder what you did wrong cause they seem to be bratty much of the time...
...that is why a Mom who has had children 18 months apart will smile at you and nod her head in sympathy for you...it is a pretty big challenge for a couple of years.
....if you make it with your sanity in tact (which I know you will) after EAN is about two and a half...he enters the socialization stage and becomes Mom and Dad's little HELPER...and will be as sweet as he can be...then you'll feel like you're the perfect parent for the next several years.
Of course, you will 'suck big time' as a parent when he hits the teens...and the bonus with that is that stage is that they know how to 'verbalize' every mistake you've ever made in your life.
GIRLS are a lot worse than BOYS...so that is on your side. Boys just tend to become silent and give you one or two word answers to everything...which can drive you mad as well.
In the meantime...it's all about "GRIN AND BEAR IT"...
...BECAUSE in the 'blink of an eye'...you'll be getting all excited because your youngest is coming home for a visit from college. It will seem like just yesterday they were stepping on your feet...and then, they'll be stepping on your heart.
When they finally give you GRANDCHILDREN, that is when life is REALLY SWEET!
Take it from a veteran of FOUR WARS raising children...each with extremely unique personalities. What worked in discipline for one, did not work for the next one.
A lot of this parenting thing is 'experimentation', and by the time you 'got it'...they move out.
God has a great sense of humor doesn't He?
PS - I REALLY WANT YOU to take a LINDSAY DAY....it is very important that you do...no matter what URGENT matter comes up.
Just pretend you are going to a CONVENTION...and you won't be there. Then, JUST DO IT!
That's my final answer.
PPS - You are doing GREAT!
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