It is really quiet around here tonight. Now that my kids are asleep it's just me, this computer and a pile of chocolate chips. My husband is off jumping out of an airplane. Does your husband ever do that? Mine does. It kind of makes me nervous. It really makes him nervous. I'm always glad when it's the day after my husband has jumped out of an airplane and he's reliving the glory with the kids for their bedtime story.
I'll tell you though, I'm enjoying this quiet right now because today I experienced twins. I don't think I'd make the Mom-of-Twins Dean's List if I had a pair of my very own. It was all the tough choices that tripped me up. I was stressed to the hilt. Do I get the one a bottle first or nurse the other? Do I let that one cry while I comfort this one or vice versa? Who was the last one that had to cry for a long time? Should I watch the one crawling on the floor and putting things in its mouth in this room, or the one in the swing with her two year old brother on the prowl in the other room? Sheesh. At one point I had one baby in my Baby Bjorn carrier and the other on my right hip and both of 'em crying. My five year old came up to me and asked me if I'd cut the tag out of his pajama shirt.
"Do you think I can do that?" I asked him with some definite worn-out-mom edge.
"I don't know," he shrugged.
"Why do you think I can't do that?" I peevishly persisted.
And then a grin slapped his face and he laughed like I made a good joke, "Because you've got two babies in your arms."
And I thought, "You know, this should really be pretty funny. It really should. Tomorrow morning it really even might be kinda funny."
So my hat tonight is tipped to Mom's of multiples. You Are Awesome. You should totally join me in some chocolate chips right now.
3 comments:
So funny! As I was first reading, I was thinking how overwhelming I would feel to have twins... and then as I kept reading I realized you could have been describing actual scenes from my life in the last year and a half. Haha! Even though my boys aren't technically twins, it sure does feel like it at times! And, I can't help but wonder if raising twins in the millennium will be any easier?! Something to ponder while I'm trying to laugh my way through the high-stress moments of now. :)
I do have to say, though, that I don't know how you have FOUR kids! That seems harder to me than twins... that's coming from the girl who feels like adding one more would feel like adding at least another dozen. You're quite the star mother in my book!
I am glad Mr. 5-year-old can laugh at a peevish mom. I hope you kids laughed at your peevish mom in the moments she felt stressed.
Oh Megan - When I say I had twins, I mean I had my 3 month old and somebody else's 7 month old, which is pretty much exactly what you had! I already thought you were amazing - now my mind cannot conceive of your amazingness.
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