I wish I could offer more advice - all I can really say is look after yourself. I found there is nothing better I can do for dd than to be as patient as I can be and I can only do that my being extra selfish in taking 'me' time. Much easier said than done, I know (lol, I feel like the previous comment makes it sound like I was living it up - but the reality it just meant going for a walk on my OWN!!)
Lol, yeah sometimes, once in a while I get to drive to the post office and check the mail and go to the corner store and check the mail All By Myself. *cartwheel smilyicon*.
Thanks Geomamma, I guess I did need to vent and get reassurance mostly. He keeps trying to teach her stuff. Today I intercepted him from putting a sharpened pencil in her hand with a piece of paper so she could draw. Wow, juggling three are ya? Everyone keeps telling me 3 kids is much harder than 2. I don't know what they mean but I believe them.
Acculady those are great suggestions. I'm trying to work it out so that he gets the attention, the baby gets the attention, the house gets the attention, kind of in a predictable rotating pace. (see my post in annette's 2.5 yr old post). It might work, if not this stage will still pass. Sigh.
And the doll, I'd love to have a doll. He had an old doll of mine. It started ripping too much from age. I got rid of it to get a new one. Now the hubby doesn't want his boy to have a doll. He didn't put his foot down. But so far we both mostly care about each other's parenting wishes since being parents is kind of like a wish granted to both of us. Aww, the topic here is not the hubby's testy traits, but there it is. The boy said something about his doll recently. What doll, I asked. "The one at the HEB store", he said, giving me a loaded look. I told the hubby. He said, "tell him girls get dolls boys get Teddy bears", and ask what he wants a doll for. He said, "for you to nurse it". We'll see, but I think, now, that it's ok for me to nurse the baby as long as I nurse the Teddy bear at the same time. Hey, talking really did help. Thanks. I'll tell you how it goes.
