Mommy's are worth at least 6 figures if you ask me. Especially those with more than one child. My goodness!! As most of you know I took 6 months of maternity leave to be home with my precious little ones.
All day every day Ava is saying "mommy I want to play with you" and so of course I do. I'm nursing Brynn and we all know she is a little butterball so she likes to eat! We wake up and Brynn will play long enough for me to fix Ava breakfast. While Ava eats, I feed Brynn and soon after it's about time for Brynn's morning nap. While Brynn has her morning nap I must do puzzles, play-doh, or color with Ava and get her morning snack. If I'm really lucky she'll watch sesame street or mickey mouse long enough for me to do the dishes or take out the trash. Then it's time for me to make her lunch and put her down for a nap. Just about that time Brynn is awake and I spend the next couple of hours entertaining, changing and feeding her. As soon as I get Brynn down for her next nap, Ava is up and ready to play and so on...
I have absolutely zero free time to myself during the day unless all of the stars align and they happen to nap at the same time. After they are both down for the night I stay up late just to enjoy the only quiet "me" time I get for the day. So with that being said, friends and family will have to forgive me if I forget something, wear the same clothes 3 days in a row, smell like sour spit up, mail something late or to the wrong address, or take 5 days to return a text, phone call or e-mail. I'm being run ragged by my two sweet girls! In fact Brynn is almost 4 months old and I am JUST now about to get her birth announcements out. That is assuming that I get a full hour to myself to address and stamp them all. You may get them sometime between now and when she starts college.
It was quite entertaining after Ava's birthday party to see that my cousin Christine suffers from the same problem. She left my house and had to return to get her baby water, then once again 15 minutes later to get her diaper bag. Then that night called me to ask if she'd left her formula, sure enough it was sitting on my counter. haha!!! The good news is she did not forget Cody the baby at my house or on the roof of her car. Glad I'm not the only one!
It is a damn miracle each night that I actually am able to prepare a meal. Brynn will sit long enough to allow me to cook on most nights, and Ava likes to help me. As soon as I sit down to eat though, Brynn has tired of sitting and so it is that mommy is the last to eat and the last to sleep.
It's not a paying job but here is my reward:
Ava: Mommy I miss you
me: Why do you miss me?
Ava: Because I love you soo much
Grandmother and Grandad have been coming over on Mondays to spend time with the girls and give me a little break to get out of the house. They've also offered and watched the girls a few time to let Steve and I go on some much needed dates. It has been soooo nice!!! Thank you Grandmother and Grandad!
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Yes, that is what it's like! NOW do you see what I mean about me losing weight b/c I literally NEVER sit down?? Haha! It will get better, hon! But, of course when they get older, you'll be so used to being busy that you won't be able to just sit down and relax. :)
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