Remember as you are reading this that this is only a small part of my day!!
Changing a diaper with one baby is a huge feat much less with two. This was one diaper change with Natalie today. Fight to keep the baby still while trying to change a poopy diaper, sing songs, distract with different objects, and still have to clean poop from the baby’s hand because she somehow managed to get her hand in it!! In the meantime, I have laid the dirty diaper aside but not far enough out of reach of her twin sister!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH……….
Not once but three times today, they both manage to crawl behind the recliner that is sitting in the corner of the room with an upside down laundry basket and an end table on one side and a TV table turned just right so that not even the cat can manage to get thru!! Somehow these two do! A bookshelf sits back there with nothing on the bottom 3 shelves. Should be pretty safe right?? Are you kidding me?? They totally destroy a new People magazine that I haven’t even opened up yet! The new box of Kleenex is now empty but all of those soft tissues make a wonderful soft place for two little girls to lay down!! The TV is so screwed up it took me an hour to get it to work because God only knows what they did to the remote control. Someone calls my cell phone to say that they have been trying to call my house but it goes straight to voicemail. Yes they have found the cordless phones and turned them on too. How could they manage to destroy so much in a just a few minutes of my absence??
They also got the wipes off the changing table somehow. Maybe Maggie lifted Nattie up???? And they emptied the box for probably about the 3rd time in 2 days!! It seems nothing is safe. No place is too high! Nothing is out of sight!!
I am starting to really hate mealtimes. Can you imagine how much of a mess 2 toddlers can make 3 times a day?? At the end of the day I have washed 6 faces, 60 fingers, 6 high chair trays, and cleaned approximately 300 sq. feet of floor!! Not to mention trying to shovel food into their screaming mouths as fast as I can while trying to get in a few bites for myself. Most of the time they end up eating my food too!! Why oh why am I not the petite size 8 I used to be then you say????
Well, I’ll tell you. Because at the end of the day when my little angels are tucked into their cribs dreaming of the next days destruction, I have put on my nightgown and washed my face and settled myself into my recliner in front of my favorite TV show with a pint of Ben and Jerry’s or a plate full of brownies or cookies and a big tall glass of milk!! And then I pop a couple of Ibuprofen for good measure before I tuck myself into bed to rest up for the next day of life with twins!!!
Not once but three times today, they both manage to crawl behind the recliner that is sitting in the corner of the room with an upside down laundry basket and an end table on one side and a TV table turned just right so that not even the cat can manage to get thru!! Somehow these two do! A bookshelf sits back there with nothing on the bottom 3 shelves. Should be pretty safe right?? Are you kidding me?? They totally destroy a new People magazine that I haven’t even opened up yet! The new box of Kleenex is now empty but all of those soft tissues make a wonderful soft place for two little girls to lay down!! The TV is so screwed up it took me an hour to get it to work because God only knows what they did to the remote control. Someone calls my cell phone to say that they have been trying to call my house but it goes straight to voicemail. Yes they have found the cordless phones and turned them on too. How could they manage to destroy so much in a just a few minutes of my absence??
They also got the wipes off the changing table somehow. Maybe Maggie lifted Nattie up???? And they emptied the box for probably about the 3rd time in 2 days!! It seems nothing is safe. No place is too high! Nothing is out of sight!!
I am starting to really hate mealtimes. Can you imagine how much of a mess 2 toddlers can make 3 times a day?? At the end of the day I have washed 6 faces, 60 fingers, 6 high chair trays, and cleaned approximately 300 sq. feet of floor!! Not to mention trying to shovel food into their screaming mouths as fast as I can while trying to get in a few bites for myself. Most of the time they end up eating my food too!! Why oh why am I not the petite size 8 I used to be then you say????
Well, I’ll tell you. Because at the end of the day when my little angels are tucked into their cribs dreaming of the next days destruction, I have put on my nightgown and washed my face and settled myself into my recliner in front of my favorite TV show with a pint of Ben and Jerry’s or a plate full of brownies or cookies and a big tall glass of milk!! And then I pop a couple of Ibuprofen for good measure before I tuck myself into bed to rest up for the next day of life with twins!!!
2 comments:
I HEAR you sister! It never ends. And, I DETESTED cleaning the highchairs and messes around them 3 times a day too. Now my boys sit at the table (on a good day), or should I say squirm, stand, and climb to eat, but it is easier to clean up since the surface is flat and I don't have to clean inside the high chair and the tray. Wish I could say it gets better, but it hasn't for us yet.
Oh girl!!! I hear ya!! These days have been long and tiring. Some days I just want to pull the covers back over my head because I know what is in store!
Last night I walked into the living to find Nicholas sitting on the end table about to push my lamp off. This was on top of the week they had of ripping 2 gates out of the wall (secured with screws and anchors!!) Nick biting Thomas, etc....
We go throw SOOO many wipes because they always get into them. I finally gave them the containers empty to play with and keep the wipes in the platstic refill bags and just keep closing that up. Only way we do not waste too many anymore.
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