I'm blogging, while the kids are NOT napping. Gwen is playing, quietly, in her room. The triplets are jumping in their cribs, laughing, screeching, throwing toys, talking to each other, crying, and making more noise than a dump truck in a tunnel. RIGHT ABOVE ME. I love to nap. I stay up late with Tony, and playing on the computer, and get up fairly early (early for me, anyway) to get the kids milk and breakfast. I use naptime for a hundred different things: showering, doing dishes, returning e-mails, checking FB, cleaning up after lunch, getting ready for the haul until 5 pm, eating my own lunch, and my favorite, napping. The kids go down at noon-ish, and I used to be able to accomplish all the shitty chores by 12:30, allowing me to sit and eat and dick around on the computer for a bit until the tiredness set in. Taking a break from watching 4 kids is most definately a recipie for a nap. And it comes in hard and fast. By 1 o'clock I can barely keep my eyes open, so I like to take a snooze. Usually it's about 1 hour because the kids are up by 2, but on occassion I zonk out and don't wake up until 3 (I have an uncanny knack for sleeping through my children doing ANYTHING - real maternal, huh? LOL). Right now my head is starting to bob, and my hellions are still WIDE awake. And by 2 o'clock they'll be screaming to get up. (I think I just heard a piece of wood hit the floor?!?!?!) Why, why, WHY are they revolting against naps already? UGH!!! They're just about 2, and I think that was when Gwen started skipping nap time, but she was EASY to let hang out in her bedroom for a while because she's so GOOD. I could never in a zillion years trust the triplets to "hang out" and play in their bedroom, least of all Holden. Ugh. I don't think I'M ready to skip MY nap yet, and need some time to myself during the day. Just thinking about them not taking naps is making me tear up. I guess it's time to mess with the schedule. Maybe an earlier nap would be better, with lunch following. Or just the opposite... a later nap after lunch has a chance to digest. I don't know. As soon as we get into a good groove things change. It's so hard to keep flipping back and forth on schedules, trying to find something that will work, and trying to keep an open mind. The triplets, while all the same age, are totally individuals, and have individual needs. Holden definately still needs a nap, and Tess too. But I know Nora could easily go without. So do I send them up to Gwen's room for quiet play? Or do I just keep them as prisoners in their cribs for 2 hours so I can at least have some "me" time, even if it's not silent "me" time. BLECH. I hate this. I can't wait until the triplets are Gwen's age.
I am LOVING Gwen's age. 3 1/2 is perfect. Just old enough to understand, reply, learn, ask questions, and I can talk to her like she's an adult, answer her questions about how the world works, and TEACH her. Yeah, she can get fresh, but she's a good kid, and she listens 90% of the time. A time out does wonders, and so does having a private chat with her as to the reasons behind why she can't steal, or hit, or use the swear words we slip out. And she GETS IT. It's amazing! I love it! I can't wait to get there with the trio. Some independant play, able to talk to each other, and to me, able to understand and follow directions and accept consequences when they don't.
I guess I'm done bitching. I'm sleepy now. And ALL the kids are still awake, jumping, squeeling, screeching, counting, yelling, talking and making enough noise so that I will never fall asleep. Jerks.
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