Mothers Day………
Mothers Day with two kids in the Wegmans parking lot looked something like this…..
Mike went into Wegmans, Nolan immediately started crying which made Miles cry. Miles blew out his diaper and needed to nurse. Took Miles out of the carseat to change diaper and handed Nolan a piece of bread to occupy him (mind you he is still crying uncontrollably at this point). Nolan started choking on piece of bread. Get out of car put Miles back in carseat without strapping him in. Run to other side of car and get Nolan out to fish bread out of his mouth and calm him down. Look over at Miles who has fallen over himself in the carseat and with his chihn to his chest he is cutting off his oxygen. Put Nolan back in carseat run to other side of car to get Miles out who now wants to nurse. Nolan commences crying at the top of his lungs… the type of cry that gets silent once in a while. Organize Miles in front seat to nurse with new privacy nursing apron… very awkward when you are not used to it. 15 minutes and Mike shows up with me crying, Nolan crying and Miles nursing. Is this how it is with two kids!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Mothers Day belated to all the mothers out there
May 12th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Next time we’ll order out.
Thanks for hanging in there. My hats off to all the moms out there as well.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:36 am
OH NO!!!! I can’t help it….giggle….I am trying so hard not to………..gasp………but the way you worded that………LMAO!!!!!!HAHAH! Whew, ok. It DOES get better, I promise! You guys will fall into a new normal and a new routine and how to maneuver with two and you will do it without even thinking. Right now though? I would avoid being left alone in a car with them.
Hang in there Lins, it really, REALLY does get better! PLEASE give me a call if you are around. I hate to call you and have the phone ring in the house with a newborn.
May 14th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Hi Lindsay! I’ve enjoyed keeping up with your blog… I’m so happy that Miles is home and everyone is healthy and doing well (at least most of the time!) I hate to admit this, but your Mother’s Day story had me laughing hysterically…I can picture the whole thing! I’m sure when you were in the moment it was anything but funny and in fact down right scary. Trust me that in the future it’s stories like this that will be retold many times and provide many family laughs. I have lots of stories like this from my own childhood, from Heather and Erin’s, and now with the grandkids. You should see me somedays (or, maybe not!) with Heather’s 2, and I’m resting up now for when Erin has the twins!!! Congratulations on Miles and making it through those long days in the ICU…good luck now on those long days at home! Remember to take care of you, and rest whenever you can. Also, keep that sense of humor…this blog will serve as a wonderful memory of your thoughts and love. You and Mike are truly AMAZING!!! Please let me know if I can help in any way…picking up things at the store, staying with the boys while you sleep, etc. Love you, Mrs. H.
May 18th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Hi Lindsay….the family is being tested now with the 2 boys in your lives. This reminds me of when susan and charlie were going on vacation and dropped off the 3 kids with my mom and dad after my mom got home from her hysterectomy. She was alone with them and trying to give them lunch at the kitchen table. Bern was on the chair in front of the sink playing with the water. Mom said “Bern get down from there and come eat some lunch” to which Bern turned to her and gave her the raspberries. Mom told her again to get down and the same thing happened. It was noon and the noon horn in town went off loudly as usual. Bern didnt like loud noises and began to tremble and tuned to my mother with tears in her eyes and put out her arms to her. My mom gave her the raspberries! But she did come and take her….lol. I think this was also the same time Mike fell on the side steps and cut his forehead over his eye and dad took him to the hospital. After they got back home, mike went out to play on the front lawn with his airplane which looped around and hit him right on his stitches and opened it back up sending them into the car again and back to the hospital! But…as a fellow kidney stone former, i wanted to ‘pass’ on some information for u which might help in some way. I understand u have been passing stones since u were 12? Well, there are foods and drinks to avoid and ones to have. I still have the 12 mm stone in my left kidney and have seen the urologist. If the stone is made from a certain calcium ( 1or 2 molecule i think ) one or the other is easily broken down using the method called ESWL where they break it up with a sonic blast so it can pass. If u have saved any stones, u can have a lab analyse it for its composition. Perhaps a 6 month ct scan will keep u informed on any current stones which may be developing…..i FULLY GET how busy u are with Miles and Nolan…but its something to think about for the future. The past is gone and future has not happened yet so all u have is the present moment which must seem like bedlam most of the time but it will all change in time…..best to u and Mike
love
Uncle Frank
May 27th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Yippee the Miles is home! Not yippee that you have to start the newborn adjustment!
It will get better. Big things to remember:
• SLEEP! Moms cannot function well with the no sleeping so whenever you can get SLEEP. Now is the time to call others and ask for help.
• Even though you may at times think you are the only one or feel alone – we all have been there with two kids.
• BREATHE & LAUGH! It helps to keep you calm which in turn will keep everyone else calm. I found breastfeeding had my emotions all over the place as well and got anxious when the babies wanted to nurse.
• WALK AWAY! Sometimes you just need to put the crying kiddos down and walk away and take a moment to refocus yourself and dive in again. It’s ok, take that time to regroup yourself.
You’ll look back on all of this and wonder how you did it all! Having two will become so easy!! One thing that helped me was having little boxes or bags of toys to occupy the older one – they only get to play with these when the baby is nursing, or mommy is lying down or on the phone – whenever mom is busy and big boy need occupying. Our eldest always interrupted when I was with the baby so I found this little bag/box invaluable. Using McD toys, little $1 toys, something he absolutely loves works awesome – and sometimes throwing in something new to play with to surprise him
Good luck, call if you need anything!!!