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The week of kid wrangling - the end.
Sep. 7th, 2010 03:41 pmSome thoughts at the end of the week of parenting three...
Two is easier than three.
One of the reasons you don't give them take out is the cost.
Hang back and let them sort out as much as possible amongst themselves - only intercede when asked to.
Kids appear to be the best diet plan ever. I cooked 7 eggs this morning and made toast soldiers to go with them all, and never managed to eat one myself. And then it was time for me to leave. So I had a nut bar.
The amount of washing, food production, running around etc is staggering.
The answer to 'do I HAAAAVE to' is always YES.
They have eaten more take out and watched more movies than they normally would with parents. However, they have also got everything done, and it is only a week. Not a good plan long term, but this isn't long term, so I am less worried. Not ideal, but could be much worse. Everyone is alive, healthy, happy, and with everything that has to be done, done.
That having been said, I am not sure how good I would be at this for longer than a week. The 24/7 thing is really HARD. And I struggle a bit with the 'have to do it now' thing. As in, you can't get into your work or reading or whatever and look up and see that it is a half hour past dinner and it be ok. You HAVE to sort out dinner in a timely fashion. And you can't do the washing in one day, and you can't just leave it and wear odd clothes - school uniforms, dance outfits etc HAVE to be done and ready to go.
And a side note, I am considering contacting the school and asking which idiot thought WHITE tops would be a good idea for primary school children.
So that is a bit hard - no Sundays where you just stay in bed all day cause you aren't in mood for doing things. With kids, you have to get up and do things (actually, I got to lie around a bit on Sunday, smalls made their own breakfast and played on the puter til lunch. Then we did chores.
But the required to organise my life round others all the time was difficult. I think I would struggle with that if it was ongoing. Mind you, the wookie and the smallest were very very cute together this week.
But I got much less work done this week than I thought I would, not all due to the kids. Wookie came and dealt with them lots so I could go off and study. But being able to focus and having enough grey matter left to think was hard.
More impressed than ever by working mothers. Off to sort out wookie birthday present and dinner.
Two is easier than three.
One of the reasons you don't give them take out is the cost.
Hang back and let them sort out as much as possible amongst themselves - only intercede when asked to.
Kids appear to be the best diet plan ever. I cooked 7 eggs this morning and made toast soldiers to go with them all, and never managed to eat one myself. And then it was time for me to leave. So I had a nut bar.
The amount of washing, food production, running around etc is staggering.
The answer to 'do I HAAAAVE to' is always YES.
They have eaten more take out and watched more movies than they normally would with parents. However, they have also got everything done, and it is only a week. Not a good plan long term, but this isn't long term, so I am less worried. Not ideal, but could be much worse. Everyone is alive, healthy, happy, and with everything that has to be done, done.
That having been said, I am not sure how good I would be at this for longer than a week. The 24/7 thing is really HARD. And I struggle a bit with the 'have to do it now' thing. As in, you can't get into your work or reading or whatever and look up and see that it is a half hour past dinner and it be ok. You HAVE to sort out dinner in a timely fashion. And you can't do the washing in one day, and you can't just leave it and wear odd clothes - school uniforms, dance outfits etc HAVE to be done and ready to go.
And a side note, I am considering contacting the school and asking which idiot thought WHITE tops would be a good idea for primary school children.
So that is a bit hard - no Sundays where you just stay in bed all day cause you aren't in mood for doing things. With kids, you have to get up and do things (actually, I got to lie around a bit on Sunday, smalls made their own breakfast and played on the puter til lunch. Then we did chores.
But the required to organise my life round others all the time was difficult. I think I would struggle with that if it was ongoing. Mind you, the wookie and the smallest were very very cute together this week.
But I got much less work done this week than I thought I would, not all due to the kids. Wookie came and dealt with them lots so I could go off and study. But being able to focus and having enough grey matter left to think was hard.
More impressed than ever by working mothers. Off to sort out wookie birthday present and dinner.