Michelle Smiles

Teaching my children to question authority, except mine.

Where are the brakes?!?

December11

Ack! How can Christmas only be 2 weeks away?  I finally did a little shopping (online of course – I learned my lesson) yesterday but I feel completely blindsided by the holidays this year.  I know it is looming but the days just seem to speed by me.  I always imagined that when I was a stay at home mom I would have all of this time to do shopping and cooking.  I have a little time between feeding, bathing, and entertaining the tykes but seem to lack the energy.

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I would love to freeze time at this age for Sabrina.  She is too cute for words.  She has started saying “thank you mommy” for everything and saying “bless you” when someone sneezes (including herself “bless you Nina”).  She wants to kiss everyone’s owie (aka boo boos) – this morning she declared the bear on her PJs had an owie and kept kissing it.  She is big on good night kisses and is a little put out if Tessa is asleep and therefore unavailable for her good night kiss.  She remembers extended family now and will call them on her play cell phone to tell them about her day.  She will also call them on her Desitin bottle or green bean – she is starting to use her imagination in such fun ways.  Everything to do with Christmas is “Santa” because Christmas is a tough word.  So we have a santa tree and santa presents.  And she has started coloring which I think is loads of fun.  I found the triangular crayons at Target – every mother of young children should have these so they aren’t picking crayons up off the floor:

Not that it is all cute and roses.  She is so stubborn.  I told her she had to finish her lunch yesterday before we went on a car ride (her favorite thing).  She held her last bite of food in her mouth for 10+ minutes despite the fact that she wanted to go.  I had to stick to what I said despite my need to get to the grocery store.  I yelled.  She and Tessa both cried.  Lovely.  And she never stops talking.  There are times I would buy her a pony for 5 minutes of silence.  She is too busy to cuddle much which makes me sad.  And her ability to express her desires can make things more difficult – she can say no to the banana and insist that I cook her eggs for breakfast (and not eat them anyway).  And she loves to misbehave when I am nursing Tessa because she knows I am trapped on the couch.  Every now and then I have to stop what I am doing and get up just to prove I will do it.

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I am enjoying this age with Tessa but I probably wouldn’t freeze her age until she is sleeping through the night.  She still hasn’t returned to that.  We are getting some longer stretches of sleep now that she is taking the Zantac.  She apparently did have some reflux issues because we’ve seen some positive changes since starting the medicine.  She is sleeping better, much cuddlier, smiles more, and somewhat less crabby.  I am glad she is being cuddly again – since Sabrina isn’t so cuddly these days I need one of my kiddos to cuddle with me.

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10 Comments to

“Where are the brakes?!?”

  1. On December 11th, 2008 at 10:08 am Heather Says:

    I’m there with you. My Phoebe is 8 years old now!!!! I can’t believe where the time has gone. It breaks my heart and at the same time warms it when I see her acting so grown-up and independent. I miss the cuddles too, although sometime around the age of 6 or 7 she learned the niceness of cuddle time. I just need to make sure I catch her when she’s not tired, because when she’s tired, she can’t sit still. It’s like if she does, she’ll fall asleep and that would not be allowed!

  2. On December 11th, 2008 at 10:43 am amy Says:

    Buy her a pony for 5 minutes of silence – HA! I totally get that. My boys aren’t really incessant talkers but they are just LOUD.

    And I remember that too-busy-to-cuddle thing and I hates it too. Bear is getting like that more and more. (sob)

  3. On December 11th, 2008 at 11:15 am artsweet Says:

    She sounds EXACTLY like P’ito. Only, you know, a girl.

    Having bought the pony (train set) I can assure you that it doesn’t work. It just means MAMA CHOO CHOO NOW! MAMA PLAY CHOO NOW!

    My heart melts into a puddle on the floor every time he says tank oo mama.. pease mama tank oo?

  4. On December 11th, 2008 at 11:35 am Kim Says:

    We have a non-stop talker in our house, too. (and Alex talks non-stop as well!) 😉

    Have you tried a crib wedge for Tessa? Alex has reflux issues as a baby and we used the crib wedge. It elevated the top part of his body when he slept which helped. If you don’t have one, let me know. We got two of them as presents, and I think I still have one in the box that I’d be more then willing to send to you. Just let me know.

  5. On December 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am Nash Says:

    I love those triangular crayons. I first discovered them before we left for Kaz in 2007. They were somewhere online and called “traveler crayons.” They were not by Crayola though.

    Christmas came WAY to fast this year. This year has been nuts!

  6. On December 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pm Abby (from JM) Says:

    You know the triangle crayons were actually created used for teaching the “socially acceptable” way of holding a writing instrument…the fact that they don’t roll is just an added bonus-even though they are marketed for that reason! They are great though! We don’t have any, but should get some!

  7. On December 11th, 2008 at 8:14 pm Bobbi Says:

    This is a fun age, isn’t it? But, they do talk all.the.time. By the end of the day, my head is spinning. I am with you on Tessa’s age. It is a nice, snuggly, age, but it’s not all that and a bag of chips. But, glad to hear she is feeling better and is more snuggly.

    Um, yeah, ready or not, here come Christmas!!

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