High Maintenance Mom

I like order! I don't pretend I don't and I don't apologize for it. Well before my kids were born I had a picture of how I wanted my home to be run and it is true to form to this day. So, when I knew my daughter would be going to school each morning and that my husband wanted to be the one to drop her off on his way to work, I knew I had to have a "morning rush" plan. It didn't happen overnight but it did help to visualize how I wanted things to run and make adjustments here and there. When my son was born it had to be adjusted more. My point is, you have to have a plan and stick to it (within reason). Here are my tips for successfully getting the kids ready for school.....

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I now know why sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture. For those of you who already have kids, you might just laugh while reading this. You've been through what I am going through now and understand my pain. At first, I thought of the late night feedings and all day entertaining with my daughter as sort of a sorority pledging time....there just had to be an end to the lack of sleep madness.

After running away several times, S tries to escape from the harness at Costco.

Last night Baby Scavenger figured out how to climb over the fence (Kidco Configure Gate with extra panels) in our living room. Now you might wonder why we had a fence in the first place but suffice it to say that we were protecting our kids from the jagged brick fireplace, tv, and cables. We were also hoping to protect some of our the non-baby proofed items from the kids. The fence olympics happened in the evening so we put everyone to bed and hoped today would be easier. First thing Baby S did when he woke was hop the fence. Each time I removed him from the DVDs or wine, he climbed back over. He was so proud of his new skill...

I'm sitting here listening to our three year-old cry in his room. I know that we have at least three nights of this. We've done it before and it still sucks. When he was younger it was easier and we all slept better. I was able to let him cry and he was able to cry for a short period of time and then fall asleep. It was the language development that made it hard...