the day had come.......an outing with 2 to the shops!

The day started well, I cant complain. Little Miss almost 1 month old pushed out some sleep last night to nearly 6 hours solid. Exhausting both sides, Dad topped her up with a bit of formula..... worked a treat. Although I still woke to the pulse of the alarm clocks on my chest thinking "well thats the sign, she will be up soon........i wont bother trying to go back to sleep, because she will wake in a minute" -  No of course she decided to defy this. My fingers are crossed this is the start of something great!!!

So the day had arrived that I could no longer ignore. The shops!! AHHHH its bad enough when I just had Master 2 with me, how was I going to survive with the 2 of them. I couldnt put it off any longer - there were things i had to get. So off we went!! There was the debate in my head - Do I deal with Master 2 and the pram? Do I try and work out this harness thing I've had since he was born and try and use for Miss? Or do I get a trolley? - The trolley won!!

Gosh, even organizing myself getting out of the car - 1 kid first, round to the other side of the car, watching him, trying to get her. Gosh so much logistic planning to consider. Trolley sorted - pretty fancy - baby part on one side - toddler seat on the other.......Of course he wants to get into the shopping part. So far so good!!

I must say only took a $3 helicopter bribe from KMart to keep Master 2 happy & quiet. Of course like all Mums walking around the oldies just have to stop you and give you their opinion on when mothers should venture out with a baby, and how hospitals these days discharge mothers too early..... Nod and smile, nod and smile.  "How old is she?....... goodness and you are at the shops already?" Well we have to eat...... am I expected to sit at home all day every day...........deep breathe!!...... Nod and Smile, thank them for the chat....... MOVE ON!!

So really the day was a success - 2 hours i think at the shops and everything i think i needed to get..... I remembered to get. The day was even topped off with a lovely compliment from the lady behind me at Coles - "you look terrific for someone who has just had a baby" ...... Big nod & Smile for that one......  must have been the make up I made myself put on this morning to hide the lack of sleep!!

So I guess its not all doom & gloom. I think i had been concentrating so much on how the experience was going to be a bad one that I have been surprised. Must remember not to keep my hopes up that all experiences will be as good as this one, but thats ok!"

 

So I've been sitting (well thats a lie, really who gets to just SIT DOWN these days) here today - listening to the 2 year old demand everything in site - stupid me bribed him with baking some cup cakes this morning. Which we did - (5 minutes of activity completed) - only to:- 

1. forget they were in the oven (but I didnt care, because I wasnt going to be eating them)  and 

2. left them on the rack to cool.  Silly silly mother - Mr 2 year old not only at 1 cupcake, but the whole 15 i had baked, scattering the patty tins all over the kitchen floor.

Anyway got off track. So I have been beginning to realise what everyone has been saying to me - you are a nutter (basically). 

A mother of 2 (2 years and nearly 1 month)

currently on uni holidays (yep thats right studying nursing full time at Ballarat Uni) and 

basically just dealing with the general day to day life of a Mum. Oh I better make sure i mention that there is the husband to deal with too.......

So I thought, in between all of that and before i drive myself literally to the loony bin, i'd start blogging. It will be here for all those who want to read, but importantly my way of venting, ranting and carrying on about the crazy life I live in.

So just like many other women around the world. I'm trying to sneak that bit of chocolate out of the cupboard I had stashed away just for ME without the "What are you doing Mum?" dammit, i thought you were in the other room playing with your cars. I deal with the thoughts and stresses of "where the hell am I going to get the extra money for that gas bill?" - I know i could just turn the heating down when we are up feeding at 2am. But seriously you try and sit there in the cold feeding a restless baby...... 

I'd love feedback

questions

ideas

do you agree

do you disagree? 

have you had the same experiences?

are you secretly sitting in a spare room reading on your phone in hope that the kids dont come find you?

I guess in some small way, if something i write helps another then the job is done. However i hope this little vent every so often gives me some sanity and helps me see the good stuff. (Not sure where that is, when you have to change Mr 2's jocks every hour because he just doesnt get it..... nor is he fussed to sit in his own wetness for the day). The good stuff - ahhhhhh when the little so and so tells me he loves me right after he and I had a moment, when he helped himself to the biscuits, or bubs softly snoring in my arms at 2am on the couch - its too warm, you cant be bothered moving in case I wake her, so I  just sleep on the couch. And in between all that there was the uni exams, i didnt really study for and am hoping for a pass. Well come on, who was the crazy person who thought a baby would arrive on its due date giving me 3 weeks of study opportunity - that would be me..... AND of course she came late,,,,, 1 week before exams.

So I'm new to all of this, but I must say i have had fun writing, just this little snippit.  However I'm looking down at the list of things i want to get done before uni goes back...... have to check in with that list in about 5 weeks to see if any of it is accomplished!!