boys vs. girls
I don't know if this is a second kid thing or a boy thing, but this kid is TROUBLE! He gets into EVERYTHING! I have had to secure every thing in this house. I've had to hide every plug, because he'll unplug it. I don't know how he reaches it! We are lowering his crib mattress tonight because he stands himself up now. (he'll be 9 months on Monday)
With Evie, she just sat there and let me carry her from place to place. This kid is very mobile, very active, very curious about everything.
So I'm in the kitchen with Evie making her a snack and he was in the play room being very quiet so I checked on him. He got my laptop onto the floor, which had my menu book and pencil on top of it. He was penciling the screen and pulled off the E and H letters. I thought it was broken because he managed to turn the screen brightness all the way down. I've had enough heart failure for one day.
And for the love of all things holy, can he stop yanking on that thing!
Re: boys vs. girls
lmao at Josie's response! See, we had to do a ton more child-proofing when Riley came along. Things that Finn never touched, Riley was all over. Finn was/is a very calm kid though and Riley is hell on wheels.
I think for us it's going to be a second kid thing. Derek is our mellow child that we never really had to child proof anything for and was content to just play with his toys and never put anything in his mouth. Parker seems like he's going to get into everything already and much more alert than Derek was.
Ditto.
2nd kid thing at this household. Allison is a busy body 24/7 and a talker. She does not stop talking.
Ditto slw, I remember the "no baby gates needed with Evie" thing, and thinking no WAY could we survive without a completely child-proof house. My boys are complete monkeys and into everything. Hoping Lauren is my mellow child!!
Totally the second child thing. Alec was so easy, never got into anything. Aerin is into everything plus has the attitude. She puts everything in her mouth and gets just as dirty as the boys
Ditto this exactly!
Our boy which was first was and still is a handful. My daughter thus far is so much calmer even as a baby than he ever was. They are truly night and day. Going from a busy body boy to a mellow girl makes life so much easier for me because I was always used to the wildness.
It's boys. Try having two. Moms with just girls have no idea.
But with boys you pay your dues early and then in high school the Moms of girls have another thing coming.
bwahahahahaha, so.true.
And this is why having one of each sucks
You get it bad as a toddler/young child with the boy and then bad in the teen years with the girl!
I respectfully disagree. My sister and I were A+, multi-honor students who never missed a curfew. We saved our parents the heartache until we were in college and they weren't responsible for us anymore.
However, my little brother is the one that dated the batshit crazy juvenile that lit fires in our backyard and threatened to have my brother charged with rape. He nearly sent both my parents to an early grave and fired me and the sister up enough that that little girl almost got us both on her doorstep with baseball bats.
I know there is an exception to every rule and Emma is mine. She's been hell on wheels since conception.
To quote my totally un-PC friend when girls are older...
with boys you have to worry about one penis but with girls you have to worry about them all....
this scares me more than anything.