Without hardly leaving the house, we managed to have a big weekend around here. On Friday, we celebrated the Spouse’s birthday. This year’s festivities included enjoying a cake decorated by the girls…
Somehow I have no pictures from Saturday or Sunday. But, Saturday marked the day when the Toddler learned how to gag herself for attention. She would do this on occasion as a baby, but I have never seen anything like what she started doing this weekend. There was no stopping her. I don’t know if this behavior is directly linked to her trying to adjust to her new sister and her new role… or if it’s just the Toddler being the Toddler. It’s hard to say, really. But, of course, I have “Googled” it and found that we’re not the first people to ever deal with such a problem. And, Google tells me that we should ignore the gagging and eventually she will stop doing it. So, I’m trying really, really hard to ignore it when it happens. For this and several other reasons, though, I am a bit worried because…
Tomorrow {Monday} will be the first day that I am on solo duty with all three girls all day long. To say I have some concerns about this would be an understatement. In fact, I told the Spouse over the weekend that I feel a bit like I’m running a small daycare that might well get shut down by the state for being under-staffed and under-trained. That’s how confident I’m feeling.
But, alas, I must learn to do this. I am, after all, a thirty-three year old adult. And, I’m the mother of these three little people. Surely, surely I can handle this… right?
For now I’m just glad the girls don’t have much else to compare me to, and they have fairly low expectations for what constitutes an exciting day. And as for the holiday, as long as we put costumes on at some point and eat a few pieces of chocolate, they’ll consider it a successful Halloween.
Hope you have a happy one!
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