Sunday, June 19, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Update on Being a Mom of 3
My official party line right now is that life is great. And it really is. But here are some thoughts about my great life.
I love having 3 children. It makes life in general more fun, but it does make some details not fun at all because little babies are just not that fun and teaching children to be nice and obedient isn't all that easy. The biggest thing I have noticed as the mother of 3, which seems to not be going away, is that time is going by so fast.
In a very large nut shell, I'll tell you that I both love and hate the fact that 3 children makes time go by so fast. The days are seriously cruising. I love this when I want to put my children to bed and it is -- wow -- already 6 p.m. and time for dinner. Sweet! I also love this on Sundays and holidays when everyone around here is busy hopping from BBQ to BBQ with generations of family and since we have no one, Tim just wants to take a nap. Glad that days over. I love this when the children accidentally sleep in every day because time is going by just that fast!! Awesome!
I do not love time with wings when I am hanging with a friend and it is already time for work (because we get there at 10 instead of the ideal time of 9 because of sleeping in and nursing and brushing hair and choosing clothes and putting on sun screen.) I do not love the speed of time when I actually am having a blast with my kids playing outside and at parks after work and then I forget to feed them and then bedtime goes to hell and the night is over and everyone is scream and there is laundry to fold. I do not like feeling like all I do is feed my baby because those 3 hours go by so darn fast. I do not like it when there is no time to hug and snuggle and coo at my baby because she just lays in her crib or on the floor getting a flat head while I do other things.
I don't feel stressed and busy ... I just feel like time is too fast. I think that with 3 there is just more to do and the time just goes by. A 3 hour eat, wake, sleep cycle for my first baby felt like an eternity. But poor Lizza has had to learn to just eat faster to keep up with life in a family of 5.
Another thought I have about being the mother of 3 is that being the mother of 2 babies is very hard. I used to want twins, and while i would completely embrace that blessing ... (knock on wood and all that Jazz), I cannot imagine having two actual babies at once. Kenna is 2 and she feels like my baby. When I talk to my students about my kids, they have no idea who I am talking about because I call them all my baby. And the biggest 2 baby challenge is walking across the street or walking anywhere for that matter because Kenna is still a baby in this regard. I am almost always equipped now with a stroller and an infant carrier/bjorn/Ergo/ "strap baby to my tummy" contraption because at any moment Kenna can demand that the stroller is her "seat" and demand that baby be removed. Plus, Kenna doesn't hold hands and she likes to sit down in the middle of road/sidewalk/parking lot/ store if you grab her hand. She is not mad .. she is just sitting.
Moving on: I do not have guilt or issues with working a full time job with 3 kids, but I am finding that more people equals more to do, and more to do before I head to the office means I really can't be as carefree and relaxed as I tend to be naturally. So now we have a lot more rules and lot more routine so that we can fit in the good stuff together (and so mom doesn't cry because all she does is yell.)
So that is it -- Time goes by faster, and I feel like I have two babies. I am more paranoid about them drowning or hating me when they are old, but I love having more little ones around me because my babies are little people and I just love to be around people.
I also love Mormons and family, so I am killing a lot of birds with a couple stones here. It is great.
It makes me want to eat a lot of ice cream before bed, but it is great.
I love having 3 children. It makes life in general more fun, but it does make some details not fun at all because little babies are just not that fun and teaching children to be nice and obedient isn't all that easy. The biggest thing I have noticed as the mother of 3, which seems to not be going away, is that time is going by so fast.
In a very large nut shell, I'll tell you that I both love and hate the fact that 3 children makes time go by so fast. The days are seriously cruising. I love this when I want to put my children to bed and it is -- wow -- already 6 p.m. and time for dinner. Sweet! I also love this on Sundays and holidays when everyone around here is busy hopping from BBQ to BBQ with generations of family and since we have no one, Tim just wants to take a nap. Glad that days over. I love this when the children accidentally sleep in every day because time is going by just that fast!! Awesome!
I do not love time with wings when I am hanging with a friend and it is already time for work (because we get there at 10 instead of the ideal time of 9 because of sleeping in and nursing and brushing hair and choosing clothes and putting on sun screen.) I do not love the speed of time when I actually am having a blast with my kids playing outside and at parks after work and then I forget to feed them and then bedtime goes to hell and the night is over and everyone is scream and there is laundry to fold. I do not like feeling like all I do is feed my baby because those 3 hours go by so darn fast. I do not like it when there is no time to hug and snuggle and coo at my baby because she just lays in her crib or on the floor getting a flat head while I do other things.
I don't feel stressed and busy ... I just feel like time is too fast. I think that with 3 there is just more to do and the time just goes by. A 3 hour eat, wake, sleep cycle for my first baby felt like an eternity. But poor Lizza has had to learn to just eat faster to keep up with life in a family of 5.
Another thought I have about being the mother of 3 is that being the mother of 2 babies is very hard. I used to want twins, and while i would completely embrace that blessing ... (knock on wood and all that Jazz), I cannot imagine having two actual babies at once. Kenna is 2 and she feels like my baby. When I talk to my students about my kids, they have no idea who I am talking about because I call them all my baby. And the biggest 2 baby challenge is walking across the street or walking anywhere for that matter because Kenna is still a baby in this regard. I am almost always equipped now with a stroller and an infant carrier/bjorn/Ergo/ "strap baby to my tummy" contraption because at any moment Kenna can demand that the stroller is her "seat" and demand that baby be removed. Plus, Kenna doesn't hold hands and she likes to sit down in the middle of road/sidewalk/parking lot/ store if you grab her hand. She is not mad .. she is just sitting.
Moving on: I do not have guilt or issues with working a full time job with 3 kids, but I am finding that more people equals more to do, and more to do before I head to the office means I really can't be as carefree and relaxed as I tend to be naturally. So now we have a lot more rules and lot more routine so that we can fit in the good stuff together (and so mom doesn't cry because all she does is yell.)
So that is it -- Time goes by faster, and I feel like I have two babies. I am more paranoid about them drowning or hating me when they are old, but I love having more little ones around me because my babies are little people and I just love to be around people.
I also love Mormons and family, so I am killing a lot of birds with a couple stones here. It is great.
It makes me want to eat a lot of ice cream before bed, but it is great.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Juice Cleanse; Diet Bound
A few weeks ago my joints started hurting. I started getting headaches, and I started getting hungry all the time. Looks like the candida build up that dead off with pregnancy is back. So, after a sugar filled trip to California, I set tomorrow as the date to start a 3 day cleanse and then lead right into my Candida Diet. June 15 can not come soon enough. Yesterday my stomach started hurting, and I started getting migraines again. I'm excited to have physical peace, but it will not be easy ... again.
The stars aligned so perfectly last spring when I started the diet for the first time. I was well-informed and highly motivated. What I do have going for me this time is the knowledge that I have done it, succeeded, and felt great. I really can do this, but it will be hard ... again.
First up, the juice cleanse. Now, I am not sure I need this, but I am doing it out of superstition. I did it last time, so I am doing it this time. I will use a combo of organic apple juice and home juiced apples. Pretty excited.
Then on Saturday, I will start with veggies. And basically it does not get a whole lot more exciting than that for me for a long time. I will add in meat and some complex startch, and I will cheat by eating corn tortillas and all the corn chips I want. But the list of food I will not be eating is quite long, and I can't really remember what life looked once I got in a groove. I remember buying steaks on the way to people's houses and carrying little bags of approved nuts in case I got hungry (and then never getting hungry). I remember making my own catchup and putting meat and potatoes or carrots in the oven every day for lunch and eating it for lunch and dinner. Lots of Mexican food without the peppers. No Italian. No walking down the grocery rows. Trying not to eat too much of one food. Limiting the starch to one serving a day (not possible).
I'll be able to do it.
The biggest issue this time around is that I am nursing a baby. I wonder how this will affect my milk, my energy and my resolve. Tried another substitute formula on Lizza tonight to see if there is something easy I can give her during the cleanse and in case the yeast die off starts to affect her. But no dice, she threw it up and soak every item of clothes I was wearing. Crazy.
So we're off ...
The stars aligned so perfectly last spring when I started the diet for the first time. I was well-informed and highly motivated. What I do have going for me this time is the knowledge that I have done it, succeeded, and felt great. I really can do this, but it will be hard ... again.
First up, the juice cleanse. Now, I am not sure I need this, but I am doing it out of superstition. I did it last time, so I am doing it this time. I will use a combo of organic apple juice and home juiced apples. Pretty excited.
Then on Saturday, I will start with veggies. And basically it does not get a whole lot more exciting than that for me for a long time. I will add in meat and some complex startch, and I will cheat by eating corn tortillas and all the corn chips I want. But the list of food I will not be eating is quite long, and I can't really remember what life looked once I got in a groove. I remember buying steaks on the way to people's houses and carrying little bags of approved nuts in case I got hungry (and then never getting hungry). I remember making my own catchup and putting meat and potatoes or carrots in the oven every day for lunch and eating it for lunch and dinner. Lots of Mexican food without the peppers. No Italian. No walking down the grocery rows. Trying not to eat too much of one food. Limiting the starch to one serving a day (not possible).
I'll be able to do it.
The biggest issue this time around is that I am nursing a baby. I wonder how this will affect my milk, my energy and my resolve. Tried another substitute formula on Lizza tonight to see if there is something easy I can give her during the cleanse and in case the yeast die off starts to affect her. But no dice, she threw it up and soak every item of clothes I was wearing. Crazy.
So we're off ...
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