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December 2010 Moms
kat81again2
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gotta love FTMs...
kat81again2
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This is just a lame story today in which I make fun of another mom…probably not fair but I felt like doing it:
I was at the library playroom today with DS and DD (2 mo) and this other mom popped over to look at DD and engage with me in conversation. She introduced me to her DS who was 10 mo old. It was nice, but then she started talking to me in a sort of condescending tone about baby stuff, like she knew more than I did because she had a 10 mo old and I had a 2 mo old. It was clearly based on experience regarding her kid…e.g. what happens to the kid's hair over time (she said my DD's hair would not fall out, even though my DS's did…because her DS's did not) or eye color and how it changes. Even though I mentioned my son and it was obvious I was monitoring the almost-3-yr-old in the room she kept on like this! What was hilarious was that later on her kid was whining/whimpering and she kept saying things like, "what's wrong? what's going on with you?" and I was thinking, "hmm…this seems like the time of day a kid would need an afternoon nap" (DS doesn't take them anymore on the weekends, hence us being out at that same time). Then the grandfather piped in and was like, "I think he's tired." Then the mom was trying to get him to sleep for the longest time and kept talking about how he's just like she was as a baby--impossible to put to sleep. Well..your kid is 10 months old and you expect him to just fall asleep in the middle of a loud, stimulating, public place in his stroller or in your arms?! That works with a newborn (mine was fast asleep this whole time) but not an almost-1-yr-old! I felt bad for her…except not given how condescending she had been to me!
It did remind me of the fact that we have a not-so-awesome year ahead of us of having to schedule our lives around a baby with two (or three) naps. It will be a lot harder to go out. I know we'll force DD to just suck it up and sleep in her stroller or whatever, but I also know that that won't be possible after a certain age…which is probably approaching much faster than I'm willing to deal with! We're definitely still figuring out this whole having-two-kids thing. DS is SO sweet with DD (except when he provides TOO much love and is a little smothering…literally…) but there are also challenges to having two kids! I'll be popping in here and there for help/advice for sure in the coming months! Sorry I have been MIA recently.
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Re: gotta love FTMs...
The juggling of two kids naps schedules wasn't actually too bad once we got used to it. Once DS2 got on a solid 2-nap a day schedule I actually didn't mind it too much. It gave DS1 and I some good one-on-one time at home to do a craft project or just read and snuggle without having to juggle two kids needs. I also got everything ready to leave the house during morning nap time, so that when he woke up I would just change diapers/potty and give a snack/bottle if needed and head out the door for a couple hours. Then come back home and do a quick lunch/afternoon nap.