Rookie mom
Not those Rookie Moms. Me. For still trying to figure out how to do the two-kid thing. I think up until this point, I have been running on adrenaline. And now I've lost a little oomph. Sometimes the day goes by in a blur and I have nothing to show for all my hours that seemed more like minutes. And then you throw in the start of preschool and a birthday party and trying to catch up on thank-you notes for gifts given for a baby who is almost three months old and a computer virus -- and life goes haywire. (Just what is a haywire? Sounds like something horses use.) And when you find your laundry-averse husband doing a few loads to try to help get things caught up, even though you do at least one load every day, you really wonder where your time goes. It sure hasn't been spent blogging. I haven't been to your blog or your blog or yours. I don't need to be the MVP, but someday soon I hope not to be the rookie, either.
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posted by Holly at Tropic of Mom at 11:03 PM
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11 Comments:
Bah, I think you rock. Those birthday shots are unreal. You deserve a break, Mama.
It will get better, give it another 3 months or so, you'll notice a change! Your children are happy and healthy and that's the most important!
Damn, woman, sounds like you need a shot and a beer.
I think it took me a good 6 months after I had K Man to adjust to having 2 kids enough to function sort of normally again.
The adjustment to 3 was much easier for me than going from 1 to 2.
No worries. It definitely takes some adjusting. I agree going from 1 to 2 is rougher than going from 2 to 3 or even 3 to 4, since by then I'd hit my pro status. ;)
I always think that the first six months are blur! Chin up, you're halfway there!
Oh sweetie, I don't say it much (because it might make me sound somehow "anti-baby" or, worse, "anti-mom") but that first 6 months with the second baby, I nicknamed the dark tunnel. Take as much help as is offered and then ask for some more! We'll all still be here when you get to the other side.
I'm sorry I haven't been around--mommy brain. Meanwhile, it takes a while for the "dust to settle" after the second baby arrives. I promise it will, give it another month or two.
You know I am a rookie mom too! I was so happy to read that you have thank you notes to complete too!! I am almost done and feeling like poo that I have yet to send them out.
We will find our groove!!!
Okay, so after seeing the giant, adorable train cake, I'm thinking you're doing just fine. But, do give yourself more than a three month adjustment period. Heck it took me nearly the whole first year to adjust to Levi's grand entrance. I can't imagine how long it would take me a second go round!
You'll get into a routine, and while it might not get easier, it will at least be slightly predictable.
I had a computer virus over the weekend. It was awful. Hopefully yours is gone now too.
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