2 thumbs & a dummy

Since becoming a mom, I have to say that I’ve had good days and bad days. Some days, I just want to auction the kids off on eBay to the lowest bid just so I can get rid of them and on other days, I feel so blessed and privilege to be their mom. Needless to say, I guess it’s the balance of these that has since kept me sane.

I recently had a moment which left me in a state of blurness. I really didn’t know how to deal with it so I just sat amidst the situation and soaked in what one would call the joys of motherhood, sarcastically.

Being home alone with the girls is no big deal. Ted is off to work and I’m at home to deal with them, no biggie. But what happens when the biggest one starts to whinge and cry and carry on? Well, somehow, this constant whinging on Arianna’s part always tends to trigger off some sort of chain reaction in KR. If Arianna carries on, so will KR and then it sort of becomes a relay crying tag team. Arianna cries and KR gets stressed out and starts crying, then Arianna cries louder coz she gets stressed over KR’s crying which then in turn makes KR cry even louder coz the crying is slowly escalating. Get my drift?

There I was with one arm carrying a crying and stressed out baby and a toddler clinging to my waist, bawling her eyes out and both are snotty…what do I do? I burst out laughing at my sad and tragic situation wishing I could just record this but couldn’t as my hands are obviously full. So what do I then do, after I’ve stopped laughing? Well, I simply take it all in stride. I chuck the baby on the rocker and Arianna back into her cot. Calm the baby down by which time Arianna has also calmed down and we are all one happy family again.

Sounds so simple but at the time, I was lost and blur. Funny now when I think back but not so at that time! Ahh…the joys of motherhood.

Having to deal with a tag-team relay of screaming/crying, snotty kids clinging on for comfort.