Its quite exhausting taking care of these boys. Sometimes, okay often, I think Mark and I just make it too hard. Its all about outlook. We both acknowledged that today and are trying to improve our daily attitudes.
Okay, so we stayed positive during the long, drawn out bedtime routine. Tonight it was wee Mr. Jack who was being ornery and not settling down. Finally, I took him out of the room and we played downstairs for awhile. Well, he took a nice little poop, I cleaned him up and he was ready to nurse down to sleep. I mean, who can blame the kid for not wanting to go to sleep until he took care of business? It helped remind me to really look past the current behavior and find the deeper meaning to the situation. I think of my sister (who is often the blunt of my judgemental comparisons), who would have stuck her 2 year old in the crib and let him CIO, only to discover in the morning a little boy with a poopy diaper and a bad diaper rash.
Sometimes we feel like total suckers the way these boys play us... that is our upbringing talking to us (and our family around us)... but if we stay true to what counts - our family - and ignore the comments and the little voices in our head, and stay focused on the moment and the needs of the moment I know we will raise healthy, happy and responsible little beings.
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