My friend has two kids. One is three and the other is a month older than DD. I love her and her kids, but they are so.freaking.loud and all over the place. Whenever she comes here, I'm stressing out until she leaves. DH and I are very much the type of people that really enjoy quiet, and DD, albeit being a very busy toddler is not a very loud one. Or maybe she is, and it just doesn't bother me because she's my own kid... who knows...
Anyway, DH and I always thought we'd like to have two kids, but whenever they come over, I find myself thinking, holy crap.. if we had two kids and they were that loud, I might lose my flippin' mind.
I'm assuming that this isn't the case for everyone who has multiple kids, or is it?
Ugh... I guess I'm just being a big ol' B... but I was not in the right mental state to have her over today with the kids. Note to self: Stay away from other people's kids when you have PMS.
Re: It's easier when they're you're own, right?
It's probably just personality related, must be genetic. Lol.
Or maybe they were just really excited to be around another small child. I dunno.
Two kids right now sounds like too much to handle lol.
Confuses me
I should add that my kids are way behind in speech and rarely say anything besides all done, dog, and on (when DS wants me to turn a light on.) Maybe once they talk I'll change my mind.
It is different when they are your own, but I will say that you are nowhere near the loud stage. On a daily basis I think, "Man, is Carly quiet...," and then I realize it is because she is not fully verbal yet. LOL
Once when Lily was little (probably right around the age of our kids), I heard this little girl talking to her Mom in the grocery store and told her Mom that she had the cutest voice...and the Mom said, "Yeah, it is cute when you don't hear it 24/7." LOL I was totally offended and judged her...until Lily started talking 24/7 around 2...and has not looked back (yes, she is going to be 5 next week). Honestly at LEAST once a day, I think to myself, "Please...PLEASE...STFU." I never say it, but I do think it. :b