i'm getting much better at this 2 kid thing

[IncaMama]

LOL
i learned yesterday that i actually prefer to spend most of my weekdays WITHOUT dh around. that sounds awful, like i don't like spending time with him or something...but it's not quite that. for some reason when my husband works from home i feel like i'm on hold. like i can't go about my normal business. i feel like i shouldn't go on a walk and leave him alone (dumb) or that i should wait to run errands until he's free (again, dumb...well...maybe not but you get the point). i do have a sort of routine. i have a groove that gets messed up when he's around. on weekends it's different (although, today he's at school so i'm alone and having a grand old time). i find i play more with Rowan when i'm alone with him. i try harder to make things run smoothly than when dh is here. it's the weirdest thing, but it's true.

anyway...i feel like i've found my stride and am doing much better with having 2 kids. :lol now...going OUT with the two of them is still quite a challenge. LOL but i'm getting better...or, at least bolder.

[Slightlycrunchymama]

YAY mama! DOnt feel bad, I feel the same way when DHs gone, it is easier to find your 'groove' Ive got the 2 kids downpat now im working on functioning with all 3 :)

[Emmy142]

Don't feel bad at all. I can't stand it when my DH is home from work and I love him to death. DS gets all thrown off schedule and is a fussy pot who doesn't want to listen. Alex thrives on routines and when DH is home, we seem to have none. I try but DH just throws it all off.

I thought I would be so thrilled having DH home for 3 weeks after birth and honestly the last week was a nightmare. Though on a positive side I did get numerous compliments from my DH on well I was able to handle the kids.

[birthjunkie27]

LOL! This is the 3rd thread this week that I've seen on this subject. (Dh messing up the harmony of the house when he's home).

Thank god cause I thought I was the only one. :lol

I thought it was tough adjusting to 2 kids. 3 is just insane! I still haven't gotten it down yet. Which is why kids # 1 and 2 are at Grandma's for the night....I need a breather!

[IncaMama]

poor dh's. :lol

[aisraeltax]

i am so on board with this thread! dh's bday was yesterday so i was TRYING to cook a dinner for him tonight (its a bday tradition in our family).
i told him i was worried about cooking a big dinner b/c of the baby. i told him i didnt want to hear him crying b/c it would upset me. what did he do??? he closed the bedroom door upstairs so i wouldn't hear him cry. :( (i had fed him right before going downstairs, so it wasnt nursing he needed, but still). when he finally came downstairs, he was holding Ethan in the kitchen and wanted me to get the swing out of the family room (next to the kitchen) and just stood there until i finished the cooking stuff so i could get the swing. why can i get the swing when i am by myself and he can't????
i don't know...im frustrated today...dh just seems so LOSt as to what to do with Ethan.
and now we are going through a sick bout w/ dh...which is NEVER fun b/c he doesn't want anyone near him, etc.
we do have a more peaceful time when he is at work!! things don't get done but its more peaceful b/c i don't have to worry about him...just the kiddos. having said that, i do love him and hope he finds his groove w/ Ethan soon. I am so tired of being the only one who can do anything for the little guy.
sorry to vent like this but w/ him home, i can't call any friends and say anything, kwim??? lol!

[amis2girls]

YAY mama! DOnt feel bad, I feel the same way when DHs gone, it is easier to find your 'groove' Ive got the 2 kids downpat now im working on functioning with all 3 :)

:thumb
..I'm really not following you around this board. :)

[IncaMama]

:lol YES!!! omg the MOST annoying thing is that if i ask Dave to take Ava while he's sitting in his recliner playing on his laptop...and i'm sitting down on the couch at the other end of the room...he can NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER stand up and walk his butt over to ME to take her. i ALWAYS have to bring her over to him. ok, not the BIGGEST deal but he gets this attitude with me if i pause...thinking that maybe a miracle will happen and he'll come to me...he's like "um...well, are you gonna just throw her over here or what?"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

he has taken over so much with DS, though, which is SO nice. so i *guess* i shouldn't complain.

but i'm still gonna. :lol