Gillian emailed me the other day asking "do they ever cry? In all your blog videos, I've never heard them cry! What's the secret?!" I had to laugh. The secret is that I don't take pictures or videos of the boys crying!! And Dee has remarked to me more than once that she's slightly relieved when we talk on the phone and I complain about the boys and she can see that its not always the perfect family I write about in my blog. Well Dee-Ann and Gillian, this post is dedicated to you! Because I think if someone had offered me a couple of bucks for the boys this morning, I would gladly have said "Take 'em!" Sorry, babies, but its true.
It all started this morning when I was trying to feed my gorgeous boys their apricot puree and rice and oatmeal cereal. A sticky combination on the best of days. But this morning, William decided he didn't want to eat unless he was feeding himself. Now don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that he wants to assert his independence. Just maybe without the screaming and full body flailing, the arm thrashing and the wailing. Please? Could we try that, WillieBear? No? Okay, so how about if I give you something to hold in your sticky little hand, since it sometimes seems to distract you, or calm you down a little.
So I give him another baby spoon and he happily holds it in his chubby starfish hand for about two seconds before he's shoving it in his mouth. Fine, we can work with that. I should mention here that when I feed the boys, I put them both in their vibrating chairs (without the vibration on, that would just be silly) and sit on the floor between them and do "one for you, and one for you" back and forth between the two of them. Its easier at the moment than their high chairs because I can get in closer. However, I'm usually never fast enough for their liking and they tend to yell at me to "hurry up with the food, lady!" So picture me on the floor with a baby on either side and every time I turn back towards William to feed him, he's got his spoon jammed in his mouth. Sigh. Every time I try to take his spoon away to get the food in his mouth, he flips out.
I decide that since he's doing so well putting his spoon in his mouth and he's clearly not letting me anywhere near him, I might as well try to plop some (sticky, gooey) puree onto his spoon and let him do the dirty work himself. I mean, he's going to get a bath tonight anyway, right? Well, it worked once, and then he started screaming at me every time I tried to hold his spoon steady to put the puree on it. By this point, Owen is doing his "hello?! Am I getting any food today, mother?" yelling and they're both smearing goop from their mouths into their eyebrows, ears and pants. And I am trying to do some deep breathing so as not to throttle both of them.
Anyway, we finally manage to get some food in some mouths and then its bottles. Well doesn't the little bugger want to feed himself on his own again? Gah! They can't quite hold the bottles on their own yet, so again every time I try to help him out, I get screamed at. William starts shaking his head back and forth with his lips clamped shut. Did I say "gah" yet?! Gah Gah GAAAAAH! I just want to feed you and get on with it! Why won't you let me feed you? WHY?!
The only positive thing about it all was that I had my camera next to me and managed to take some funny pictures whenever I needed a break from trying to avoid getting yelled at. So without further ado, I present my little terror, William.
Doesn't he look like a happy chappie?
Get that camera out of my face, lady!
See this spoon? Its my spoon, and if you try to take it from me, I'm gonna open a can of whup-ass on ya!
That's right, MY spoon.
Git yer hands off my bottle
I said, I can do it!
Um, which end do I use, mummy?
I said, I can do it!
Um, which end do I use, mummy?
Okay, now that I've gotten that off my chest, I do have to say that they were pretty good for the rest of the day, and having just gone into their room to check on them, the boys are looking very sweet fast asleep. As Dee-Ann said, you can forgive them anything when they're sleeping.
So. Not such an uber mom after all, eh? Sure, I gave birth to twins. Sure, I make my own baby food. Sure, my boys are pretty darn cute. But I do have bad days when I struggle not to run screaming from the house, when I wonder who these little devils are that are crying for no apparent reason that I can fathom, when I wonder when the hell my husband is going to get home so I can pass the babies on to him, when I wonder when I get "me" time.
And then I remember that I love ALL my boys and that I'm a lucky lady. And there's always tomorrow...
So. Not such an uber mom after all, eh? Sure, I gave birth to twins. Sure, I make my own baby food. Sure, my boys are pretty darn cute. But I do have bad days when I struggle not to run screaming from the house, when I wonder who these little devils are that are crying for no apparent reason that I can fathom, when I wonder when the hell my husband is going to get home so I can pass the babies on to him, when I wonder when I get "me" time.
And then I remember that I love ALL my boys and that I'm a lucky lady. And there's always tomorrow...
6 comments:
I LOVE this blog entry Pasc - particularly the pics of Will! So funny.
Thank you, I feel better :-) Gilli xx
These pics are hilarious! I laughed my ass off...but I'm laughing with you Pasc, not at you ;)
Lots of love,
Auntie Karen
yeah, yeah, sure Karen, sure. I've heard that one before!
Honestly Pasc, what did you expect?I think trying to stuff anyone full of apricot puree, rice and oatmeal cereal first thing in the morning is bound to go badly. Whatever happened to porridge ?
Love Pops
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