I hear Lucy and Elsa laughing in the other room. Leta and Annie just stopped talking. Bedtime was 1/2 hour ago (8:00 PM). I love that they have each other.
Ryan wonders why I am dragging my feet with potty training Leta and Annie. He thinks I'm trying to keep them babies for longer. That isn't true. It's because I know what is in store. I know for the next 6 months I will have to drop everything and run to the closest bathroom and help with every step of potty time, times 2. Wherever we are, whatever we are doing. At home, at the store (not that I get to the store much), at a museum, at church. Any mention of potty means mom will have to cram 2 girls into the bathroom stall with her, sometimes 4. I think I'm still recouping from the last set and they were easy.
Ryan was also teasing me about my plan to keep Leta and Annie in their cribs as long as possible. They feel safe in their cribs and normally choose not to crawl out. That bonus isn't available with regular beds. Again, my motive isn't to keep them babies as long as possible. My motive is to preserve naptime for as long as possible. Oh glorious naptime.
I just read a blog post from another double twin mom of mine talking about how there should be Lamaze classes to teach breathing techniques to survive the 2 year old years. I totally agree. I have found myself sitting in the car with all 4 kids strapped in, thinking...in...2..3...out...2...3... just as an attempt to calm my racing heart.
Have I mentioned Leta can scream? I need to get it on video. It'll be nice when Leta finally gets all her teeth. I think she is more on edge while she is teething but it is hard to tell because she has been teething for the last 2 years. She is working on her last fang and her 2 year old molars now.
I read another blog post written by a friend from high school. She has been dealing with a lot of health problems and mentioned how it is nice when someone truly asks how she is feeling because they care. And how there is a huge difference between not being mean and being nice. I think often I can get caught up in my own bubble that sometimes I don't get out to do the nice things or the heart felt things. I could do better in my relationships with others. (Though I do have to remember the lovely talk from Neil A. Maxwell, "On my office wall is a quote from Anne Morrow Lindbergh: “My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds.” I love his talk about pace and the need for quality relationships.)
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If it makes you feel better, Macey is still in her crib at night and if she does take a nap it is usually in my bed with me sleeping too!
What a great quote - isn't that the truth? My family alone requires more in prayer than I can find time to say, much less my friends around me.
Also just read that post about breathing! True!
I was just like you with the 2nd set. I put everything off as long as possible. And you know what? It all kind of worked out better that way! All those transitions were so taxing! So glad I am done with them. I bet one year from now you are going to start feeling like a different person. I like what your sister said too about you getting the cat and feeling more like you. I am starting to reawaken to who I am. Not sure what to do with that, but there is a forgotten me inside that will be making an appearance more often now that we are past the really hard stuff. You are almost there!
I have "lurked" on your blog for a while after coming across you from multiplesandmore.com. I am a LDS mom of four kids ages four and younger (including boy/girl twins age 4 right now) and I have really enjoyed your blog whenever I check in from time to time. This post could have been written by me! My twins stayed in their cribs until they were 3 years and 11 months old all for the sake of preserving sleep times! And I didn't potty train them until the week before they turned three because the thought of what it involved was too overwhelming. I worried I was damaging their development, but so far they seem to have turned out okay. Many people seem to think I do things for the sake of my children, when in reality, I just am doing it to preserve my own sanity! Please keep writing, I really enjoy your thoughts.
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