Add to that that I decided I wouldn't let them watch TV or videos all day.
Add to that that I decided to make a push for potty training. Penny pushed back by refusing to sit on the toilet. Ever. All day.
I was asking for it, I know.
By about 4:00, I was shaking because I was trying so hard not to FREAK OUT at my kids. We went for a walk. The girls were darlings on the walk. We saw a stray cat and got to watch it for a while (I miss my Toby). Everyone we passed commented on how cute the girls are, and halfway through the walk, I stopped gritting my teeth and wanting to offer them up for sale. I just smiled and kept walking, reminding myself about the endorphins that come from exercise and hoping I'd feel better after a while.
Meimei fell asleep for the last 5 or 10 minutes of the walk, and she considered herself done with her nap once we got home.
Grrrr....
Kevin saved my bacon when he got home from work. He took Penny with him to get McDonald's for dinner. He lured her to the potty with his iPad, where she happily peed an pooped while playing all sorts of fun apps.
We had a nice Family Home Evening with only one girl crying the whole time (Meimei), and then we finished it off with a pan of brownies I'd made at one point during the afternoon, knowing I'd need them.
The two girls eventually did go to sleep. Once they were in bed, I ran downstairs to use the spa for the first time. I simmered in the hot-tub for a long time and then returned home and fell into bed.
I didn't wake up until 7:30 AM.
Did you read that right? Does that mean my 2 1/2 month old child slept through the night? Oh yeah! She slept for 12 hours straight!!!
I don't know if that was a fluke or a pattern, but right now I don't really care. It was more than I could have ever asked for, and I'm the happiest person alive!
Today we're still potty training, but I've loosened the restrictions on videos. Penny can use the iPad all she wants as long as she'll agree to sit on the potty, which she has.
8 comments:
I love you Chelsea! You always make me feel like there is someone out there that understands me and won't judge me cause I locked myself in the bathroom with cookies.LOL! Wish we were closer so we could trade of and give each other some mommy time during these long days. It does get better. I thought I would absolutely die when my kids started school, but now I am loving it.
Ain't motherhood grand:):)? You're doing great, Chelsea!
Wow! Good job for sticking with it! You'll make it through.
Ahh, the joys of potty training. It will be so nice for you to only have one in a diaper.
Oh Chelsea. I remember my awful, horrible, no good, very bad day shortly after Sam was born that sounded just about like yours. For the first time I felt the urge to strike my child, which kind of freaked me out. Parenting can be so hard! Your 12 hours sound like just the miracle you needed. Hurray!
I feel like that's my day everyday.
Its posts like these you can use later on to blackmail ur kids. At least.. I imagine that's the plan :-)
Whatever works, right? We've been potty training since the end of June and Joss is just now mastering it all. Thank goodness!
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