Today was my first day watching the children I'll be babysitting for the next year. First there is Miles - a 3 year old boy who is as sweet as he is cute. Then there is his sister Adele - born only 8 days later than John, making her almost 9 months old.
They arrived this morning at 8:00am, when I was still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Miles wanted to play outside pretty much the entire day. However, John & Adele were on the complete opposite sleep schedules. As one was sleeping, the other one was waking up. It didn't help that Adele is still be breastfed, and will NOT take a bottle. I watched her for 9 hours today, and not once did she have a drink. She also only ate 3.5 oz of food all day. Even that small amount, I had to force her to eat. Otherwise, she seemed very pleasant.
From running each child to go to bed, to changing diapers, to running Miles to the potty and trying to bribe him to poop in there (no Miles, you're not going to fall in), I don't know how these mothers out there do it. I had to convince Zak to not go into work so he could help me.
The low point of the day was being scared for Adele. She is so much smaller than John (16 vs 24lbs), and hadn't eaten or drank anything. The high point was most definitely when Miles told us that he had a big penis. I have no idea where he heard that, but I made sure to tell his parents, that way they didn't think he overheard us saying something! I could picture it now...
Well, I always wanted to have twins, and I essentially had a 3 year old and twin 9 month olds today. I've officially decided that I will never have twins. Never. There won't even be a chance. It's just not allowed. I cannot figure out how these Moms do it, especially the single ones or the stay-at-home moms. Even with John when he was a newborn, I needed help. I have been so lucky to have such a loving husband as Zak. He used to get up with me in the middle of the nights, even when I was breastfeeding. I mean, he couldn't do anything, but he got up to support me.
Just as I'm writing this, I'm starting to realize that what I've been looking for all along has been right in front of me. Recently, I've been looking for the magic in life, but I seem to be so busy that I can't stop and realize that it's happening all around me. Only when I look back in memories can I see what an awesome husband I've found. So we have our ups and downs - so what? Everyone does. Zak, if you're reading this, I love you. Thank you for being you.
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