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by shaz on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at 03:22 PM
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The Nursing Bra Effect.
- What once came in fun colors, is now black, white or beige and is about being practical and comfortable.
- What once was spontaneous, frequent, and needed no justification, is now well planned out, few and far between, and usually ‘event-induced’.
- What once was an exciting risk, now seems like needless danger.
- What once was full of flavor, enjoyable, and satisfying, is now bland, nutritious, and often traumatic.
- What once was relaxing and adventurous, is now exhausting but still adventurous.
- What once had room for me, now has room for a family, toys, a theatre, a laundry, and has no space for me.
- What once was full of cuddling, blankets, and sleep is now full of rude awakenings, feedings, and fighting for a piece of the blanket.
- What once was quiet, peaceful and an escape from the world, is now loud, constantly in motion, and now requires an escape into the world.
What once was… 1. Obvious, 2. Going out (works for other things too), 3. Rollercoaster rides, 4. Dinner time, 5. Weekends, 6. My bedroom, 7. Night time, 8. Home.
Does everything go back to normal once the nursing bra gets thrown out? No, it seems that abnormal is the new normal, but it works, we’ll learn to grow with the kids, and eventually (I am told) they don’t wear diapers anymore, they don’t need bottles anymore, and they will actually not want to spend every waking (and sleeping) moment with us! Eventually. In the meantime, I’ll try to enjoy the new way of life.
Heck, Darn, and others.
One day I was talking to my husband and I said “what the…”, and stopped short realizing that the ‘almost 4’ year old was in the room, but my innocent son finished my sentence for me, “heck!”, he said proudly.
I am not one for swearing, I don’t swear as a part of everyday conversation and I never have, but the occasional (at least once a day) heck, damn, or ass does make it into my vocabulary. Seriously, any bad word that my kid learns is from me!
Today I was having a hard day… the baby seems to be teething (at least I hope that is why he is chewing on his hand!), and I am trying to clean up my living room (by moving all the furniture around by myself)... so when the ‘almost 4’ year old starts running around the couch (and over all the stuff on the floor), screaming and laughing, and waving a toy car in his hand, the only natural response is… “what the heck!!” Right?
Ok, so what I really said… to my husband… who was still in the middle of his dinner… “Can you finish eating and take that child outside so he can burn off some of that damn energy!!!” I mean, I already had a headache, and the toddler was not eating, and the baby was attached to me…
So then… both the toddler and the ‘almost 4’ year old start shouting “damn energy, damn energy, damn energy!”
When hubby looks at me with the ‘ha ha, you did something wrong’ look, I just ignored him and pretended I didn’t hear them! (I think it worked!)
The ‘almost 4’ year old is starting school in a month… I cringe thinking about having the parent-teacher meetings.
At least the baby can’t talk yet… you know what’s worse than 2 kids running around shouting “damn energy”... yeah… 3 kids running around shouting “damn energy”!!
There was an old woman…
Who lived in a townhouse.
She had so many children,
she didn’t know what to do!
Ok, so maybe I’m not old, and 3 is not really “so many” children, but sometimes it does feel like it!
And its not so much that I don’t know what to do, its more like I just don’t want to do it!
The kids are getting weirder, and I am just tired. The ‘almost 4’ year old is such a bully to the 2 year old, but such a wonderful big brother to the baby…
The 2 year old totally adores the ‘almost 4’ year old, and wants to pull the baby apart limb by limb…
The baby does not want to miss out any of the ‘good times’ that we’re having… When nursing he always pops up his head to look at his brothers and laugh, when putting him to sleep he stretches out his body so he can see if anyone else is around!
My husband is working from home today (and yesterday) and its nice that I am not totally alone, but here is the thing about having him home…
He spends the day in his office and we really don’t see him, but the kids know he’s there so the behave differently… if I say something that the ‘almost 4’ year old does not like, he responds with “I am going to daddy!” And it would be nice to get rid of him except that daddy is busy and the door is closed so he ends up walking around upstairs without supervision… and I am just to tired to go get him.
I am typing with the baby, he loves to play with the keyboard, so its type – move baby hand away – type – move baby hand away – erase – type – type – move baby mouth away – erase – type – pick up baby, give him kiss – type – wisper sweet nothings in baby ear – type – move baby hand away…
Here is the oddest thing… I feel like I can have more kids! Obviously not any time soon, but I can do it again… the vomiting, the nausea, the heartburn, the swollen limbs, the screaming newborn, the sleepless nights… You know its all worth it to get those free samples and ‘free’ portraits that they send to new moms! 
The ‘almost 4’ year old is a challenge to keep up with for the past few days. Although he needs the least attention, he does seem to get into the most trouble… He is starting school in a month, so I think that he may be a little nervous about that. Yesterday I was measuring something and he said to me that it was “2 and a half inches”... that was cute… “how do you know about inches?” I asked… “I know” he confidently told me.
My 2 year old seems perfect… perfectly cute, with his new word everyday, with his little sentences, with his little happy dances, with is cute “mommy, yaa, mommy”... I would say he is my favourite these days! Take that middle child syndrome!!
You know you're a mom when…
Hearing your baby say “mama” for the first time just bring tears to your eyes, but hearing your ‘baby’ say mommy for the 100th time makes you just want to put a sock in his mouth!
Suddenly you use the phrase “just 5 minutes” a lot!
You think that your husband is the world’s greatest dad, a moron, and the worse father all at the same time!
‘Bath’ means the time you spend giving your kid a bath, and usually it makes you more wet than when you eventually get a chance to have a shower!
The day is measured in breakfast-time, play-time, lunch-time, nap-time, dinner-time, story-time, bath-time, and sleepy-time.
Once simple tasks like climbing the stairs now seem like death-defying stunts as your kids try to master the staircase!
Everyone you meet is now an expert on child-rearing and has brilliant advice that they need to share with you!
Your mom’s most important role in life is now being ‘grandma’ to your kids!
You wish that you can eat chocolate all the time and still lose weight… ok, maybe that’s just me
Words like ‘potty, pee pee, poo poo’ are now a vital part of your vocabulary and ‘no’ is your most frequently used word!
“Mommy” is the most frequently used word in your household!
