tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post7168574838985569739..comments2023-09-26T09:48:49.979-04:00Comments on ...but then I had kids: E-I-E-I-Oh-No...Liz Aguerrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09465793815137696650noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-68591712679981883602010-01-13T15:22:30.850-05:002010-01-13T15:22:30.850-05:00This:
"I know this. I've done this. I'...This:<br />"I know this. I've done this. I've had a kid before, remember? I was pretty good at training that one. But this one? I don't know. Let's just say my second one's got a bit of an advantage. I'm much more tired now than I was with only one child, for starters."<br /><br />And this:<br />"I changed. Just like everyone else said I would. But not too much, not completely. Just enough, for them. And sometimes, for me."<br /><br />Jen and I are always talking about how everything changes with the addition of each new child. How much different we are now then when we had just one child. How different our kids are because of it. How different our reactions are. <br /><br />My patience is very limited and I have little fortitude for bending my children to my will. If it takes Old McDonald ten times straight, so be it. If it takes a lollipop at 6 am? I just might be game. 90% of the time. And before I was whomped by kid #3 I might not have admitted all the "terrible mommy things" I do now. But you know what? It's survival. I get through my days--I get my kids through our days--trying to elicit more smiles and less meltdowns. Sure, I stick to my guns on the most important things. Sure, I discipline (haven't you read all the posts lately on the SCREAMING IN MY HOUSE? AHHHH!). But lollipops at 6 am? Not gonna kill them and, more importantly, will give me time to sip my coffee and wake up enough to make a really GOOD mommy decision (whatever the hell THAT is)!<br /><br />This was a killer most. Much bigger than Old McDonald and exactly what we are always trying to get at. Motherhood changes us. A lot. But not too much. Sometimes just enough. And it changes as time goes on, as our kid gets older, and with the addition of each new child. It's rather remarkable that the changes don't seem to slow down, either.Sarahhttp://momalom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-67202714826589621262010-01-13T13:43:45.485-05:002010-01-13T13:43:45.485-05:00Hang in there. In no time at all they will be all ...Hang in there. In no time at all they will be all grown up and you can transition back into the "Rockin Mom".SoccerMomhttp://soccermom-sportsnut.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-25368576555128901582010-01-13T12:18:34.580-05:002010-01-13T12:18:34.580-05:00Oh my god, Miss D. was an Old MacDonald FREAK. Tha...Oh my god, Miss D. was an Old MacDonald FREAK. That's all she wanted to sing for 6 months straight. I got so sick of clucking. Horrid.TKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409505008377005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-65248700498037512182010-01-13T06:45:50.310-05:002010-01-13T06:45:50.310-05:00We used to insist on listening to the cassette of ...We used to insist on listening to the cassette of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox in the car! Visiting from SITS :)Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436548412774160040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-19912737855183128772010-01-12T14:50:34.323-05:002010-01-12T14:50:34.323-05:00Toddlergirl got VERY attached to a 19 minute long ...Toddlergirl got VERY attached to a 19 minute long CD of action songs ... trust me that on a three hour car trip you go through that CD a LOT of times ...Muddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-33438457560375843712010-01-12T13:05:02.053-05:002010-01-12T13:05:02.053-05:00Very funny Liz, I totally know where you are comin...Very funny Liz, I totally know where you are coming from.<br /><br />My second child gets his way way more than my first did, even when I try to be tough.<br /><br />I have spent this afternoon with him doing his own version of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now"....a song he has probably heard once his life....which possibly explains him singing the same 3 lines over and over and over and over and over........argghhhh!<br /><br />:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435722126028910012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-74375913114612616502010-01-12T10:16:59.208-05:002010-01-12T10:16:59.208-05:00I had a similar realization recently when Grace wa...I had a similar realization recently when Grace was eating something and made a funny face, clearly disliking something in her mouth. Without even hesitating I put out my open palm for her to spit it into. That's the key part, right? We don't even think twice!Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909653448867538655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-58625547778659441732010-01-12T06:10:24.025-05:002010-01-12T06:10:24.025-05:00That's not one of my favorites either but I ca...That's not one of my favorites either but I can certainly see the kid appeal. Kids love repetition as much as we hate it. LOLLiz Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960276167677132860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-35497418219153183092010-01-12T05:32:22.858-05:002010-01-12T05:32:22.858-05:00Uhm sorry, but this made me laugh. I just saw in a...Uhm sorry, but this made me laugh. I just saw in and well that could've be me, too. ;-)<br />I'd prefer hip hop, too!Kyrstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435200804057377062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-37272445629352389772010-01-11T22:57:32.599-05:002010-01-11T22:57:32.599-05:00LOL! Liz! Too funny! We've all been there ....LOL! Liz! Too funny! We've all been there . . . until we discover Disney tapes (probably cd's now) and then we just pop those in and sing along or not. And God forbid should you pop them out when you *think* they are asleep/calm....<br /><br />The Pooh bear songs are STILL stuck in my head....about 13 years later!!!!!Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-57998375059616156372010-01-11T22:37:59.986-05:002010-01-11T22:37:59.986-05:00That was awesome! Our song is "This old Man&q...That was awesome! Our song is "This old Man"...I think i've sang that a million times. It's now become 2nd nature, that is singing. We sing more than we talk ;)~ t a m m y ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15018826603559606733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201961112490811175.post-40521507913234764932010-01-11T21:20:51.925-05:002010-01-11T21:20:51.925-05:00Ours was The Farmer In The Dell. At least Old McDo...Ours was The Farmer In The Dell. At least Old McDonald teaches kids something. That dell song is pointless. <br /><br />I think it's awesome that we can evolve for our kids yet keep the core of who we are.Kelly Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738542739547858853noreply@blogger.com