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March 31, 2008
Chirp chirp
I think three kids is one or two more than I can handle.
It was my turn to put the girls to bed tonight, and when I came downstairs it was to a shrieking, angry Owen. He shouldn't have been hungry, he was being lovingly held and had just rejected the services of the pacifier. So I did the only thing that consistently works: I stuck a boob in his mouth.
So Owen calmed down. And after a while, he took the pacifier and fell asleep, deeply enough that I was starting to think about setting him beside me on the couch.
That's about the time I heard Jamie start whimpering. The whimpering turned to crying and calling for me. Then Katie started crying. By this time, I'm trying to transfer Owen to the couch without waking him up, since the last thing I want is kids screaming at me on two different floors. I run upstairs and find both girls crunched up on their pillows. Apparently, there was a sound. One that Jamie didn't recognize. As far as I can tell, this sound, which may have been a cricket, scared Jamie so bad that her sqeaking and crying woke up Katie, who in typical monkey-see-monkey-do, also started squeaking and crying.
The hell. At least Owen was still sleeping peacefully on the couch when I came downstairs.
Posted by me at March 31, 2008 9:15 PM
Comments
Three is sometimes so awesomely fun. The way they interact can be fun and loving and hilarious.
Then sometimes one spills their drink, one pukes, and one hurts themselves and starts crying all at the same time. Or sometimes its just that they will all start talking constantly at the same time and you just want to hide in the closet :)
Seriously though, its a fun ride :)
Posted by: Bec at April 6, 2008 10:48 PM