When I meet people who "only" have a few kids (their words, not mine), they often think their lives are quite different than mine.
But we may not be all that different...
If you are tired of trying to come up with a meal that at least most of your family enjoys, we may have something in common.
If you've heard your name (Mom) spoken in love, fear, anger, panic, desperation, joy, or all of the above, we may have something in common.
If you hear your name (Mom) spoken a bajillion times in one day, we may have something in common.
If you can't remember the last time you used the bathroom uninterrupted, we may have something in common.
If you know the bring-you-to-your-knees pain of stepping on a lego, we may have something in common.
If you've now come to the point where you interrupt yourself, we may have something in common.
If you have told someone you needed to "use the potty" and that someone was not your child, we may have something in common.
If it has taken you more than three attempts to get to the right child's name (Natha--Isai--Li--Andrew!) we may have something in common.
If you've looked at your spouse over the heads of your children and realized you can't even remember what life was like before you had them, we may have something in common.
If you have nursed your baby during an eye exam, we most definitely have something in common.
If you have ever used the bathroom while holding a sleeping baby because you were so desperate for the baby to stay asleep that you dared not risk him/her waking up by laying them down, we may have something in common.
If you've ever considered using instant coffee granules as bath salts, we may have something in common.
If upon seeing a tube on the bathroom counter, you have gone to your 3 year old to make sure that she didn't just brush her teeth with diaper ointment instead of toothpaste, we may have something in common.
If you have looked over this list and realized how many of these real-life-occurrences have to do with the bathroom, we may have something in common.
Our son Isaac (3 at the time) once brushed his teeth with Icy Hot. The only reason we even found out was that he had said that his toothpaste was too spicy.
ReplyDeleteI love your list! And I can totally relate with most of the bathroom stuff. It's also my favorite place to talk on the phone because the rest of the house is too noisy to hear the other person! :)
ReplyDeleteDennis--hahahaha!!
ReplyDeletePenny--I'm campaigning for a soundproof door for the bathroom because they run up and down the hallway outside it and I STILL can't hear the other person! I'm reduced to texting in order to have a conversation...Or, I stand on outside on the front steps.
Love this list! We definitely have a lot in common! :)
ReplyDeleteI've done the front porch thing too, but I live in a small town (and I'm naturally a loud speaker) so sometimes it's a little difficult.
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