Nevermind all the other stuff clogging up my head. Although I'm really going to have to figure a few things out in the very near future so we can not feel so bogged down.
Very simple plan for last night / this morning.
Once the girls were in bed, do one load of laundry, pay some bills, go to bed around 10 so I get some decent sleep to get up by 6 for a workout. Simple, right?
Karma says not so fast. The dryer took forever so bedtime was closer to 11 - okay, I may be a little tired but still fine. I woke up around quarter to 2 to some pretty strong winds. Huh, that's odd, didn't see wind as part of the forecast. Of course then I realize that a front is probably moving in which means a storm (a thought echoed five minutes later with thunder) I'm the type that just can't fall asleep while a storm is going on. Rain, yes. Hail / thunder / bunch of noise, no. Well this sucker lasted forever, and to the point I finally checked out the radar to see that it was going to be a long night. Easily well past 3 am before things quiet down enough. 4:30 - another storm. At this point I give up. Can't get back to sleep, screw working out (which as my birthday is merely 11 days away is not cool!) and mentioned to hubby when he got up that an epresso drink was going to be necessary. And then why not blog about it?
Luckily the hail didn't cause any damage - good thing as their baby pool is still out on the deck.
The big silver lining to all this is the girls have yet to wake up during a thunderstorm. Guess they can't teach me?
Okay twin / close age sibling moms: How to deal with toy and book stealing without meltdowns, or is that a myth? Big, big problem as of late. If Allie wants us to hold a book and read it to her, Audrey wants to hold the book herself. If you try to give Audrey another book, forget it - she wants the one in question. Vice versa, same with toys, etc...............
What is this "sleep" you speak of?
ReplyDeleteThe "sharing" issue...don't even get me started! It's ridiculous. EVERYTHING that Hailey has, Matt wants. We had double meltdowns in the bank last week b/c of a hairbow (reminder that Matt is a boy). Ugh...I just patiently try to encourage sharing and show them how to share certain items. It's hard though...especially the "patiently" part.
It got nasty here, too. I didn't get to sleep until sometime after 2 (due to a panic striken dog).
ReplyDeleteSharing - I try to give them all something similar to help and there are just some things I buy 3 a like (or similar) to help break up the fighting.
Hey Julie---At long last, I've posted your cuties (when WAAAAAY younger!) over on Twinsights. http://twinquiries.blogspot.com/2010/06/super-stunt-sweethearts.html
ReplyDeleteBe sure to let folks know. :)
On the fighting over objects, I was/am a tyrannical twin parent. If the fighting was bad, I took the object away altogether (and yes,the screaming chaos REALLY got crazy after that!) BUT it didn't take long at all for them to figure out they'd better never be rough with each other or property or the much-desired object would be gone (potentially for a VERY long time!) The freakouts post the imposition of that consequence WERE awful, but the investment of a wee bit of maternal suffering I am convinced to this day saved me MANY instances of repeated undesired behavior.
Now that our kids are older (8) and want to both have computer time, or control the TV show, it's take turns with time-imposed sharing or Mommy and Daddy dictate the viewing or use the computer themselves. :)