how can people have two lol

Sarah Vandehey · July 2009

So I am a student that graduates in December, that had been working at the hospital. I had found out I needed surgery on my arm and because how crappy the job market is, I wasn't garenteed a job back if I left for surgery, so I ended up quitting. Well it turned out that I was pregnant so I can't have surgery now, and since all my clinicals are this coming semester and I am having a baby, I won't really have time to work. So this summer I took a nanny position for a couple kids. I have been sooo annoyed with everything lately because of my pregnancy, especially the kids I am watching, so my question is to all those pregnant ladies that are already moms is...how do you do it? I don't know how because I find these kids soo annoying that I wonder how it would be pregnant for a second time and having a kid already.....fyi i am only half serious about this because of course I will have more kids, but man these lil squirts are really something.

ruffle&rust · July 2009

It's completely different when it's your child.

NOVAMommy5 · July 2009

I'll just say, it's completely and totally different when they are your OWN kids. I get annoyed with other people's kids if they are not well behaved, but my DD? Can't imagine life without her--she makes life so much better.

Nicole731 · July 2009

It hasn't been too hard for me so far. I do seem to get irritated a little easier when DS has a temper tantrum. But whenever he has one, I let him do his thing and walk out of the room. He comes to me when he is done and he is just fine. His screaming makes my head pound now so I wouldn't be able to stay there if I wanted to. But I haven't found that I lose my cool any easier now that I am pregnant as opposed to before.

gmizzle78 · July 2009

well this is my 4th and my last one was 14 months ago..and i love my kids so much and for me its easy.....your watching someone elses kids so to you they are prob annoying...but when its ur own its a whole dif ball game....

KellyOct15 · July 2009

NOVAMommy5:
I'll just say, it's completely and totally different when they are your OWN kids. I get annoyed with other people's kids if they are not well behaved, but my DD? Can't imagine life without her--she makes life so much better.

Ditto this. No matter what my DS does, I just can't staring at him in wonderment. I could hug him all day and be perfectly happy. Mind you he'd hate it because I'd be hindering his freedom to run and cause mayhem...lol

Michelle110 · July 2009

Other people's kids can be annoying and irritating. Your own can be frustrating, but at least you can do what you want as far as disciplining and teaching your own kids - as well as instilling in them common sense and responsibility as they grow up. That's a very tough thing to do when they're not your own kids, and I know this first hand after being a teacher for nine years.

mwalliser · July 2009

Eh... you take it day by day... and it really is different when they are your own kids. Hang in there

Sheeks88 · July 2009

I have noticed that my level of patience is not the same as before I was pg and I get frazzled and frustrated a lot faster. With that said you find a way to get through the day and like anything some days are better than other. I wouldn't change anything.

Phillywife · July 2009

LOL.

I must say my son could be playing in a group of kids and he will be the only one not annoying me. Its something about other peoples kids lately with me where I don't even want to hear them. Im gonna need lots of help at DS bday party next weekend. Big Smile

brandonsfuturewife07 · July 2009

i can't imagine taking in someone's elses kid. DS is my baby though

i love him to bits & pieces, even when i'm puking my guts out.

Laura Emerick · July 2009

Phillywife:
LOL.

I must say my son could be playing in a group of kids and he will be the only one not annoying me. Its something about other peoples kids lately with me where I don't even want to hear them. Im gonna need lots of help at DS bday party next weekend.

Wow. Lots of luck with the bday party! I can't imagine all those kids! I've never been a "baby or kid person" so to speak. I always felt like other women were just naturals with children and I didn't have that gene. That was until DD came along. I find myself more frustrated with other peoples' kids more now that I'm pregnant again. But not my own. As others have said, it's different once they're your own.

megs&hops · July 2009

Definately different when they are you own.

Sarah Vandehey · July 2009

very true...I nanny 10 hours a day either mon-thurs or mon-fri and every time I come home I tell my bf something like, I am so making sure our daughter does this or that because you won't believe what one of the kids did today...lol so your right it must just be other people's kids because if my daughter grows up as an annoying kid I only have myself to blame lol.

xnbride · July 2009

It is so different with your own child. Everything they do is cute. My man can do no wrong (well almost). My DH is definitely the disciplinarian. I definitely like to use the "wait till papa gets home" routine. It's a classic.

getnmarried910 · July 2009

It is so different when it's your own child. You know your own child better than anyone else, and with other kids, it's a guessing game. I babysit a 9 month old and sometimes he drives me nuts. I don't know his teething signs, his tired signs (I am learning those), his I just want to be held signs or anything. His mom does. It is harder once you have one or more children and being pregnant. My first pregnancy seemed so easy comparitively. I had an infant to care for during my second pregnancy and two toddlers (plus someone else's infant) to care for this time. It really is much different with your own children because you know them. YOu also know what discipline works for them.

fnkeefresh · July 2009

Brandi_Boggs:
It's completely different when it's your child.

THIS!!!!!

Max'smom · July 2009

Brandi_Boggs:
It's completely different when it's your child.

This. 100%

angie212 · July 2009

I think I have a little less patience, but I am also not normally a SAHM (teacher home for the summer.) I will be after the baby, though, so I am trying to work on my patience. However, I am also completely in love with DD and amazed by her each day and can't wait to see her in her new role as a big sister!

dionnemd10 · July 2009

i send her to daycare 2 days a week for a break. i take mommy time and make dh deal with her if the day has been really long

. i nap when she does so we both wake up a bit happier! some days are much tougher than others-when i am tired or not feeling well i have a shorter fuse than normal and can't handle the whining she does etc.

gmizzle78 · July 2009

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