I have been a mother of four now for just over 6 weeks.
I now know all and will freely give you my knowledge.
You’re welcome.
-Laundry is never ending. If you think you’ve gotten everything done and can sit down with a cup o’ Joe, you probably have a mountain of laundry lurking in the dark, laughing at you.
-Kids have no concept of the whole 6 weeks recuperation, sleep when the baby sleeps or of the word ‘no’, the phrase ‘stop it’, or ‘if you touch your sister one more time, I’m gonna sell you to the gypsies!!!’ They don’t give a rat’s bum if your tired, hurting or curled up in the fetal position in a dark closet sobbing uncontollably repeating the phrase “findahappyplace, findahappyplace just plain dazed. They expect that cup of milk/play date/monkey/trip to Lagoon/a sudden neighborhood party in your living room even if it means you have to double up on the drugs to get ‘er done.
-The house will never be clean again and you need to accept that. Even when you happened to find an old potato in your living room.
-It is better to leave the house and go to the zoo, park, pool, landfill than to stay home listening to everyone fight and beg for more food. This will most likely lead to more laundry pile ups and old potatoes in random places. Embrace it. Love it.
-The beginning of summer when older children are out of school and looking for things to do is not the most convenient time to have a baby.
-There is no convenient time to have a baby.
-If you happen to take the kids to the pool and have the notion that you are part Italian and think you can go for an hour without sunblock, you will be reminded that you are really part Welsh. A sunburned and nursing bosom is an angry bosom.
-No matter the age of a child, they will think a newborn baby is actually a baby doll and will treat it as such.
-The more children you have, the nastier your car will become. A friend of mine with 4 boys found 3 different bananas in her car at 3 different stages of decomposition.
-It’s alright if you find yourself wanting to cry every day a couple times a week a couple times a month. This is a tough business.
-You may sometimes find yourself being jealous of this kid’s life:
Good or bad, it’s quite the life. I’m not saying I’m gonna be a mother of 5 ever any time soon but this life pretty much rocks…most of the time…when I’m not hiding in the the closet..
Posts
8 comments:
Go wonderwoman go! But leave the potatoe alone.
SHe is so awesome!
Love that picture. And think, summer will end then you can stop hiding so much, just every other day :)
Loved this post- and yes having a newborn is hard
This made me laugh so hard. I'm doing laundry right now in fact. As we all are, I'm sure.
I love it! Beware - the 5th kid multiplies woes exponentially.
Isn't there a scripture that says "Truth is manifest in the strikethrough text"?
You have me doubled. And our house is never clean. Ever. So I can't imagine yours.
And you drink cups of Joe?
And you make me laugh. That cute kid totally makes it all worth it, you know.
Dear Mindi, I loved this! It's been 7 years since I've had a newborn in my home. And you forget the feelings and woes and EVERYTHING fast. I remember crying in the closet and everywhere else. And I can't wait to do it again in a couple of months! You are amazing and so blessed! I better get a head start on my Laundry now...so maybe it will be done for an hour before the baby comes. (that gives me 27 weeks to get it done, I'd better hurry)
So true....everything you wrote!!! I totally hear you on everything. You crack me up, that's one of the many reasons why I love ya!!!!
Post a Comment