Just when you have the routine down and life is going great, we promise something will change (growth spurts, potty training, illness, dropping naps, outgrowing the baby carrier, you get the idea). What worked yesterday may not work tomorrow.
In the first year or so of Baby Bunching, we both got used to never letting ourselves get locked into thinking the way it is today is the way it has to stay. Heck, our kids keeping us on our toes is what makes life interesting.
As we steamrolled (or better yet hurricaned) through the first few years leaving the house a mess, birthday cards unsent and holidays half-assed, at some point it all plateaus. Yep, ladies and gents, you're hearing that right. At some point, you will wake up one more and everyone will sit at the table feeding themselves--they might even be able to pour the cereal, they will dress themselves and you will actually be able to finish your morning coffee. The tricky part is this may continue for a while and you'll fall into that comfortable routine. Then next week you'll wake up and and find yourself scrambling and trying to readjust all over again.
Folks, I have entered into a whole new phase of this Baby Bunching ride and while it is not quite as crazy as before, I'm finding myself at a new level of exhaustion trying to be one step ahead, but still catch my breath.
My kids are both in school now, and while one is still half-day kindergarten, I am finding the required level of both physical and mental energy on the steady increase. Each morning is filled with getting kids out the door. You think that's not hard well consider all the factors. The afternoons are filled with play dates, soccer practice, swimming and music. And for some reason this new phase is causing me to stop and reassess. The downside is I haven't had a chance to take a breath. One activity leads into the next and the next thing I know I'm waking up and it's morning. Here we go again today.
Everytime a new phase starts, it throws everything in a tailspin! This is my life in a nutshell, right now. Nice to hear I'm not alone! :)
Posted by: Abbey | Oct 28, 2010 at 03:59 PM
This week has been so stressful and reading this made me realise that its because we've entered a new phase - 18 month old needs to drop a nap and 3 month old has just become a lot more active. Just when you think you have it all sorted it changes.
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