Comments on: Two tomorrow http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/ when do you learn that what you have is a blessing? Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: piereth http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/#comment-822 piereth Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:57:38 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-822 Haaa! I knew I could count on you for some unequivocal equivocation! :-) I need these insights. The only people I know with more than one child make it look so freakin easy. Some of them even tell you how easy it is. I trust them not! I like the idea of the children being different. It's clear they would be, but you're right about the idiosyncracy of having one - you've not evidence to the contrary that your child is the acme, the perfect, the golden child and here comes another one who gives you, what? Perspective, I suppose. I need that! Ground meat - poor little blighter *ouch!* Haaa! I knew I could count on you for some unequivocal equivocation! :-) I need these insights. The only people I know with more than one child make it look so freakin easy. Some of them even tell you how easy it is. I trust them not!

I like the idea of the children being different. It’s clear they would be, but you’re right about the idiosyncracy of having one - you’ve not evidence to the contrary that your child is the acme, the perfect, the golden child and here comes another one who gives you, what? Perspective, I suppose. I need that!

Ground meat - poor little blighter *ouch!*

]]> By: Amoeboid Blurry Smile http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/#comment-816 Amoeboid Blurry Smile Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:39:09 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-816 Having a second one is a wonderful experience. It makes things both easier and a whole lot harder. They play together and they fight. There's something impressive about how they aren't the same. It completely opens one's eyes to how idiosyncratic one's view of children is based on only having one. I completely enjoyed being competent at changing diapers. But I didn't enjoy some things. My first didn't burp very easily. My second sprayed fluids everywhere. My first didn't get bad diaper rash. My second got it so bad that the poor child's bum looked like ground meat. That said, the cost doesn't really seem to discount the way one might like. The chaos in the house isn't just doubled. The effort of looking after one is a one-on-one attention thing but when looking after two, I'm outnumbered. Having a second one is a wonderful experience. It makes things both easier and a whole lot harder. They play together and they fight. There’s something impressive about how they aren’t the same. It completely opens one’s eyes to how idiosyncratic one’s view of children is based on only having one. I completely enjoyed being competent at changing diapers. But I didn’t enjoy some things. My first didn’t burp very easily. My second sprayed fluids everywhere. My first didn’t get bad diaper rash. My second got it so bad that the poor child’s bum looked like ground meat. That said, the cost doesn’t really seem to discount the way one might like. The chaos in the house isn’t just doubled. The effort of looking after one is a one-on-one attention thing but when looking after two, I’m outnumbered.

]]> By: piereth http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/#comment-773 piereth Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:18:36 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-773 I feel like a total fraud, my resolve has gone south. Whatever happened to 'only one'? Perhaps I'm maturing or something - I won't give myself any credit for adult behaviour just yet in case it turns out to be one of my usual SNAFUs! I have consistently wrecked my life by acting on the spur of the moment / doing what I wanted to do at that moment. I'm trying to change!! I feel like a total fraud, my resolve has gone south. Whatever happened to ‘only one’? Perhaps I’m maturing or something - I won’t give myself any credit for adult behaviour just yet in case it turns out to be one of my usual SNAFUs!

I have consistently wrecked my life by acting on the spur of the moment / doing what I wanted to do at that moment. I’m trying to change!!

]]> By: mamatried http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/#comment-772 mamatried Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:00:10 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-772 Uh-oh...once the baby bug bites I'm not sure you can resist ;) Uh-oh…once the baby bug bites I’m not sure you can resist ;)

]]> By: piereth http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/#comment-771 piereth Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:56:19 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-771 Oh, I just want a little baby to hold again. It's not the same if they're not yours. I want to fuss over them and although I don't miss the night feeds I'd be so much more confident this time round *mew* Oh, I just want a little baby to hold again. It’s not the same if they’re not yours. I want to fuss over them and although I don’t miss the night feeds I’d be so much more confident this time round *mew*

]]> By: Jenny http://piereth.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/two-tomorrow/#comment-770 Jenny Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:42:33 +0000 http://piereth.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-770 You are not mad ...you're a mom! And I think, from reading your blog, that you're a wonderful mom. They grow up fast and it's nice to see that you're enjoying every minute of it. You are not mad …you’re a mom! And I think, from reading your blog, that you’re a wonderful mom. They grow up fast and it’s nice to see that you’re enjoying every minute of it.

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