I said, "Okay, now we got up at 6:00, had our bottles, and played for a while...now we're going to go back to sleep for a while so that Mommy can get some rest. She worked very hard last night at tutoring and is a little tired."
They looked at me and seemed to understand.
We all went back to sleep.
About 45 minutes later, I hear the children making noises. I go into their rooms and wrap them back up and give them their binks. They seemed to understand again.
About 5 minutes later, they were both needing Mommy very much. I went in, they quieted down. I went back to bed...I thought we had all gone back to bed.
About 20 minutes later, Matthew is pitching a fit...I go in (after the dramatic effort of throwing the covers off of myself) and he's lying there, unwrapped, smiling away, but yawning. Hailey is passed out...she's not getting up if I lead a parade through her room! What to do...what to do...okay, let's try this one more time. I check him to make sure he doesn't need to be changed - he's smiling the whole time. I wrap him back up - he's smiling the whole time. I put the bink back into his mouth - he's smiling the whole time. I tell him that I need to change the laundry and wash out the bottles and he seems to understand.
Haven't heard from him in 15 minutes...do I actually risk getting in the shower?
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4 comments:
I promise it will get better one day. At least that is what everyone keeps telling me. LOL Hope you get some rest today during nap time.
I was ALWAYS "explaining" that we are "going to ______" (and sleep some more filled that blank frequently!)
Keep up what you're doing...and I think I might consider a shower! ;)
I usually take a shower when I put the kids down for naps. I figure that the loudness of the water would drown out eachothers crying and be like a white noise to them. It still works! Plus, it takes my mind off of them trying to not take a nap.
I think the exersaucer and jumperoo will keep them ultra occupied- good choices! Mine were 5w early and still able to use it at 15w so definitely I think that yours will be stars at the jumping circle!
There were days I put music on and then took my shower. What I can't hear, I don't know about and shouldn't feel guilt over....
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