Parklife
| "All of the people, So many people, Go manus inwards hand Through their parklife." -Blur  |
| What snuggling the boys looks like |
I posted several blogs the offset twelvemonth regarding our menage unit of measurement schedule. I have got found, equally stated inwards 12 Hours inwards 12 Weeks, that often times people say their children slumber through the night, when truly they wake upward a pair times inwards the nighttime or at some betoken come upward crawling inwards their bed (we are planning on transitioning them to toddler beds when nosotros have got to or peradventure when nosotros motion to South Carolina). We even therefore have got our 23-month sometime toddlers inwards their cribs together with they slumber 12-13 hours a night. They nap betwixt 3-4.5 hours a day. During those times of slumber I don't ever travel inwards the nursery. I acquire 12 hours of uninteruppted slumber every night. Of course of education in that place are times when a babe is sick together with I demand to acquire up. Our four-year sometime is prone to bloody noses. When O is having a flair upward (read my spider web log postal service "Follow upward on reactive airways"), I tend to non slumber well; when I hear him coughing inwards the nighttime I sometimes travel to the hallway exterior his door together with hear to brand certain he is okay. On the average night, nosotros set the boys to bed past times 8-- all of them have got an 8 o'clock bedtime-- together with I do non exit of bed until 7:45 am on weekdays (preschool days) or 8:15-8:30 am (weekends). I similar to acquire upward a picayune earlier the boys to brand my loving cup of java together with acquire myself together. D wakes upward the earliest. We have got taught him how to acquire himself a snack (he tin opened upward a banana, brand himself a bowl of cereal, together with acquire himself something to drinkable by himself) together with entertain himself inwards the mornings. Most mornings I honour him inwards a "nest" inwards the hallway exterior our sleeping room doors alongside a painting volume inwards his lap. O wakes upward next. We have got a pair toys inwards the toddlers cribs together with he volition play alongside his toys quietly until it is fourth dimension to exit of bed or until C wakes up. C wakes upward last. He loves his sleep. He takes 10-15 minutes to wake up; he needs to curlicue unopen to inwards his crib a fleck earlier getting up. If you lot interuppt his morning time routine, he volition live i grouchy bear. He has slept until ix am-- non sick-- together with often naps for 4 together with a one-half hours, sometimes even therefore needing a morning time nap. This kid loves his sleep.
In the mornings, I allow the domestic dog out, brush my teeth, primp a bit, brand my offset loving cup of coffee, consume a snack, brand the boys the offset course of education of breakfast (cut a piece of breakfast bread, opened upward a banana, or launder some berries-- something to tide them over until their eggs are ready), together with and then travel acquire the boys up. D is commonly alongside me i time I open my sleeping room door. We similar our fourth dimension together earlier the toddlers acquire up. He tells me nearly his dreams concluding nighttime ("I had the noddle dream!") together with I tell him nearly mine ("I had the noodle dream too!"). If the toddlers diapers aren't full, I only set them inwards their high chairs straight off away. If their diapers are full, I alter them together with and then do breakfast. They ever consume breakfast inwards pajamas therefore they don't mess upward their clothe for the day. If it is a preschool day, I pack D's tiffin piece they consume breakfast. On preschool days, I commonly have got D to preschool alongside his brothers inwards their pajamas, slippers, together with coats, together with then I come upward domicile together with do O's medication. On weekends, nosotros hang out inwards pajamas until Daddy wakes up, together with then Daddy does O's medication. The toddlers similar to play alongside the prepare tabular array correct later on breakfast. D likes his morning time cartoons.
On preschool days, I similar to run errands piece D is inwards school. That way I tin set both toddlers inwards the cart alongside the assistance of my Buggy Bench or using a double cart together with I'm non dragging all 3 boys through the store. I honour taking i historic catamenia grouping is commonly the easiest, only the toddlers or only the preschooler. If I have got no errands, nosotros hang out at domicile together with acquire domicile things done: laundry, dishes, reading, together with lots of prepare tabular array time. The toddlers commonly consume a belatedly lunch, which industrial plant out since they consume a pretty late-- together with large-- breakfast. If they are hungry earlier lunchtime, later on nosotros acquire D from preschool, I give them a picayune snack inwards the machine piece nosotros are picking D up. We consume tiffin at domicile later on getting D from preschool. They consume at the tabular array piece D finishes upward his tiffin or eats a picayune snack. After lunch, they all similar to play inwards the sunroom a fleck earlier nap together with repose time. The toddlers travel downwards to nap anywhere betwixt 1 pm together with 2 pm, if nosotros aren't out. If nosotros are out, I tin force them to nearly 3 pm. If they travel downwards later on 2 pm, though, they sometimes don't nap real well, specially O. I similar to acquire them downwards betwixt 1-1:30 pm. The flexible nap schedule is nice. I similar non having to rush domicile together with having liberty to say, "Yeah, let's run to the grocery existent quick together with pick upward milk." (As if in that place is truly a "real quick" when running to the store alongside 3 kids.) If nosotros are out together with autumn asleep inwards the car, C is truly adept nearly moving from the machine to his crib. I tin count on him to autumn dorsum asleep. O, on the other hand, is a fleck to a greater extent than unpredictable. Sometimes when I transfer him, I hear him hollering inwards his crib together with playing for 20-30 minutes earlier quieting downwards together with napping. Sometimes he never does autumn asleep together with only quietly plays inwards his crib until I come upward together with acquire him. The hard days are the ones where O doesn't desire to nap together with screams until I come upward together with acquire him. Those days are when he wakes C upward together with and then C won't nap; together with then I have got 2 angry toddlers. I seek to give them a belatedly eve nap on those days. I play alongside them inwards the sunroom, give them a snack unopen to 3 pm, together with and then travail to lay them downwards for a belatedly eve nap unopen to 3:30-4 pm. It doesn't ever work, but if they do nap, it makes the eve better. I allow them slumber until nearly half-dozen or 6:30 pm. C tin slumber all the way to vii pm together with even therefore travel downwards to bed at 8 pm. O has a hard fourth dimension falling asleep at 8 pm if I allow him slumber too far past times half-dozen pm. Funny how they have got dissimilar nap needs, existence identical twins.
D rarely, if ever naps. Some days a friend volition pick him upward from preschool. She's a cool mom together with volition have got the boys to bounce houses or the park. D looooooves going domicile alongside her. Those days he volition sometimes nap. I set inwards a moving painting for him when he gets home, brand a "nest" on the couch alongside blankets together with pillows. Next affair you lot know, he's audio asleep watching "Sword inwards the Stone." If I experience bold, I plough off the moving painting together with plough on The Beatles radio on Pandora; it is fun listening to my ain music piece all the kids nap. Most of the fourth dimension I allow the DVD carte repeat itself over together with over i time to a greater extent than until he wakes up, non wanting to opportunity waking him. Most days he comes domicile alongside me from preschool. I insist on repose fourth dimension piece his brothers are napping, giving me a pair hours to do my ain thing. We trace out his playsets-- Imaginex or Playmobile-- together with he volition play quietly inwards the menage unit of measurement room piece watching a movie. We also have got books on tape, puzzles, together with crayons. After he has played quietly for an hr or two, nosotros volition often do something together. Lately we've been doing crafts. Most of the fourth dimension he helps me alongside a household chore, similar unloading the dishwasher or folding laundry. I'm impressed that his four-year sometime hands tin truly plication toddler shirts together with pants.
After nap together with repose fourth dimension nosotros have got snack. C often sleeps through this together with it is only O together with D having a snack. I start preparing dinner during snack time. If I'm cutting upward a bunch of veggies for dinner, snack is cutting upward veggies alongside milk. If not, snack is anything from cheese to leftover popcorn from Target or whatever I have got on manus (healthy snacks or not-so-healthy cookies). I seek to brand snacks healthy. If dinner is fourth dimension consuming to prepare, snack is commonly something fun therefore they rest happy together with busy. Fun tin hateful putting cheese on apples or eating yogurt out of a cup. Fun commonly agency messy, which the domestic dog likes.
Dinner is non ever fancy. Dinner is commonly non fancy. I bought a few novel cookbooks late that I l-o-v-e. They are all past times Southern Living: Real Simple, which I have monthly. I also dearest The Pioneer Woman Cooks past times Ree Drummond together with Homemade past times Clodagh McKenna. I dearest recipes that are fresh together with elementary alongside character ingredients. To salve coin on whole foods, I store online alongside Harris Teeter. We consume meat dishes nearly 3-4 times a calendar week because buying free-range, organic meat is only pricey. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of our meat is only free-range since organic sometimes only doesn't gibe inwards our budget. We also store at Costco. They sell a 3 pack of organic soil beef for less than I pay at Harris Teeter, though I similar getting freshly soil beef from Harris Teeter more. When I honour character meat at a adept price, I purchase inwards mass together with freeze what I don't use. I do the best that I tin buying foods alongside adept ingredients. Sometimes nosotros brand the "better" choice, similar the Veggie Straws the toddlers dearest therefore much (they autumn inwards the fun nutrient category) instead of the Doritos my married adult man prefers. Right at nowadays nosotros tin afford to purchase D his Squeezers yogurts for his tiffin together with the toddlers their YoBaby cups; nosotros volition in all likelihood have got to brand changes when all 3 boys want Squeezers. Often times I only purchase tubs of manifestly organic yogurt together with mix inwards berries or purees, which is healthier anyways. But nosotros have got a budget. The other 24-hour interval I chose regular eggs for nearly $6 for 2 cartons over organic free-range eggs at $14 for 2 cartons. We purchase local milk for nether $4 a gallon instead of organic milk which is $6 a gallon. I purchase organic or local gain when possible (usually can't afford both organic and local), but nosotros often have got to purchase conventionally grown fresh gain together with organic frozen produce. We do avoid high fructose corn syrup, products alongside over 10 ingredients (like to rest nether 5 when possible), together with hydrogenated oils. Trader Joe's is corking because they do have got convenient nutrient alongside improve ingredients. We have got weaned ourselves from many processed nutrient crutches, similar how much cereal nosotros used to travel through together with instant oatmeal (really, Quaker? That's what you lot set inwards your instant oatmeal packets?) My favorite trace a fast i on for making dinner is to brand too much. I either freeze one-half to have got for some other nighttime or re-purpose the leftovers. Chicken dishes often brand corking toppings or accompaniments to salad the next night. Beef dishes tin commonly live set on a sandwich, wrapped, or set on a crunchy toast. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of dishes-- vegetarian, chicken, pork, together with beef-- are corking leftover stir-fried alongside veggies. Or, my favorite way to serve leftovers: brand rice together with cutting upward some peppers. I do what I tin unopen to here. :)
I proceed seeing these posts nearly "Facebooking." I recall Facebooking falls nether the same category our pastor talked nearly when I was growing upward where your menage unit of measurement argues all the way to church, but when you lot acquire to church building you lot smiling together with say everything is "fine" when asked. I promise I don't give the impression on my spider web log that I brand dinner every night, my kids all acquire along great, my married adult man together with I have got the perfect marriage, together with that I dearest every unmarried infinitesimal of existence a stay-at-home mom. I also don't recall that everyone needs to ever air their muddied laundry. I recall everyone knows that life is challenging, coin is tight, together with that menage unit of measurement life volition seek your patience. Marriage is hard; existence a armed services married adult woman is hard. Moving is hard. Raising kids is hard. I'm writing this spider web log piece my kids consume peanut butter together with jelly sandwiches on hot domestic dog buns served alongside veggie straws together with raisins. My four-year sometime is having a drinking glass of sweetness tea together with I'm on my 4th loving cup of java today (for my friends who have got been next my weaning of caffeine, I've fallen off the wagon). My married adult man is wearing a burnt orangish colored t-shirt alongside a pair of crimson basketball game shorts. I'm even therefore inwards pajamas. Neither of us have got eaten since breakfast; his breakfast was a bowl of cereal, mine was a leftover carrot raisin muffin. Today is daylight savings together with I'm non only certain what fourth dimension it is. The calculator says 1 pm therefore my hubby together with I are hoping naptime is soon. I recall menage unit of measurement life is only messy. Occasionally you lot striking this perfect Kodak minute that makes you lot smile. All the boys are squealing happily inwards a fort that your married adult man together with boy made. You have got a painting of it together with postal service on Facebook, "Happy boys!" Two seconds later on you lot postal service the picture, a toddler hits the other toddler inwards the caput alongside a block, your four-year sometime shoves both of them out, together with your married adult man totally ignores the kids piece focusing on the engineering side of edifice the fort. All this makes you lot start counting downwards the minutes until bedtime...
So nosotros do have got a schedule, but our schedule is a guideline. We do the best nosotros can. Many days nosotros are making sentence calls, "Okay, he needs an early on nap..." together with somedays nosotros are flight past times the topographic point of our pants, "All right, O is wheezing, C hasn't napped, D is watching his tertiary moving painting inwards a row, Daddy is getting domicile late, together with I haven't started dinner..." Our boys have got multiple modest skirmishes a day. My married adult man together with I fight, sometimes only curt sarcastic comments when nosotros experience irritated, sometimes long drawn out arguements later on the kids travel to bed. Our kids sometimes acquire on our nerves, when they won't share, they won't listen, they proceed repeating the same bad behavior, or when nosotros only can't acquire something done that nosotros desire to acquire done. We forget to pray. We forget to live understanding. We forget that toddlerhood doesn't concluding forever. We stress over our budget. We don't inquire for help. But the best role of menage unit of measurement life is that nosotros acquire these lessons together. We inquire for forgiveness. We rely on our friends to stride inwards together with say, "Hey, I know you lot wanted some fourth dimension to yourself, but I gave you lot long plenty together with I'm calling to inquire what's going on." We have got people who pray for us. We agree each other accountable. We dearest our kids; nosotros dearest each other; nosotros dearest this life that nosotros Pb together, consummate alongside its ups together with downs.
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