So today was my first day on my own. Andy went in for a full day of work (9:00-7:00--he got off to a late start because he has a cold again) and I was on my own. We actually ran out of the right size of diapers for Annika and I went to Walmart today with the two of them to get more diapers and wipes. Caleb doesn't want Annika to use his wipes. Oh boy. I survived the day. It is now almost 11:00 pm and kids are sleeping, Dad's sleeping, dishwasher is running and the garbage is taken out. Wow. Andy can't seem to get better this winter and the lack of sleep and lots of stress haven't been helping so we decided this weekend that his sleep needed to be a family priority. So tonight after dinner and FHE, Andy held Annika while I scrubbed the tub so I could give Caleb a bath and then he went to bed. I put the kids down myself and it took a long time. Caleb finally went to bed a bit after 10:00 but then said he was hungry. If this kid goes to bed hungry he wakes up in the middle of the night crying for breakfast so it's best to feed him. However, I didn't want to deal with it so I brought him a piece of bread in his crib. I said I was making Dad's lunch and would be back. I thought maybe he'd gone to sleep since I'd left him in a dark room. However, I decided to go check and he was sitting in his crib and when I walked in he told me he had, "spit [the bread] out." Sure enough, he'd eaten most of it, but there were little pieces he'd spit out on the sheet. I cleaned them off and got him a sippy cup with water. He drank that for quite a while and I finished the dishes. When I went in the last time he handed me the sippy cup and laid down. It was after 10:30. Oh well.
(PS. I had to scrub the tub because we had a major diaper rash clean up the other night and the bathtub really needed to be disinfected and that was something I could not do unless either both kids were asleep or at least Caleb was asleep and Annika was content in either her car seat or the swing, or someone else was home--how do single parents do it????)
Oh, and I was TOTALLY right to be worried about Caleb and a baby in the house--I can't turn my back.
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You took both of them to Wal-Mart your first day on your own? I hope you felt like Wonderwoman!! That's amazing!
But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.
good luck with handling two at once. That is hard. I wouldn't know, but it sounds hard. I hope Andy feels better soon.
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It is good to feel like a super mom, but just remember that most cleaning can be done later and it is most imprtant to spend as much time as possible with the kids and to not feel guilty about it! Enjoy the day to day moments!
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