So we’ve all seen this gem floating around the Interwebz:
And you know, soon-to-be-first time moms are probably all, “GASP. DIRT?!” I know I was totally that mom. However, there is a ton of truth to the whole “being more relaxed with subsequent children” thing.
I mean, here we are getting ready for the arrival of our second son and while I am SUPER excited to hold him and love him and squish him all day long, I am admittedly less excited about getting everything ready in the house.
With Monkey, we had that nursery painted, set up and perfectly organized pretty early on. For lil’ Jonesy here? Well…the crib is set up. And the clothes are…unpacked. And we’ve got some toys hanging around.
But, well…yeah.
Don’t judge.
Have you recovered from Turkey Time enough to take pictures of anything besides your miserable overstuffed self sitting on the couch? Yeah, me either. But show us what you got anyway!
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That kind in the first picture? Kind of looks like Monkey! I’m definitely more…er…relaxed. Dirt is way easier to cook than, say, grilled cheese.
Is dirt Gluten Free though?
Ever time I read that I have to laugh, because I can’t stop my little one from seeking out her favorite dirt eating spots, and chowing down on some dirt. You’ll get there with the nursery, you just know it won’t be appreciated as much as the new baby will be.
My son actually doesn’t really like dirt all that much. He takes after his aunt on that one, because I used to swim in the pond and catch frogs. As for the nursery, well, I want my boys to share a room as soon as the little guy is big enough, so I see no point in making a big deal about changing the spare room over to a nursery. Like he’s even gonna notice, right?
Way more relaxed with my second. He’s more relaxed too. I am sure that’s related.
Makes sense!
Ha ha ha. I’m so ocd when it comes to organizing things that I had stuff ready to go for all three of mine. But I was much more relaxed with #2 and #3. Also, my little one still has that aquarium in her bed… life saver!!!
We love that aquarium!
Eh, I was the same.
Also, I wrote about the second kid today.
You, me, same wavelength.
You make second kid stuff look easy.
lol, I’m totally not judging!
Eating a little dirt has never hurt anyone! When my daughter was little she liked to eat roly-polies…
Poor roly polies! ACK!
Turkey recovery? yes but we didn’t travel this year nor did we host either. We spent a quiet day together…just the 4 of us….alone and it was awesome! However I have not recovered form the cold I had weeks ago! Seriously people help a Mother out and pick up! haha
Colds suck when you’re a mom. I think it’s because you never really give your body over to healing like you should. You’re too damn busy!
It gets even worse with the third. That’s been one good thing about our oldest off in college this year. I’ve had more time to focus on the baby. (well, the baby who is nine.) ha.
Third. Yikes. I was in bed last night thinking about the possibility of a third and I came to the conclusion that I would lose my mind. So maybe just two for us. Maybe.
Yes, and if you have a third? You’ll just barely notice you’re pregnant and show up at the hospital to have a baby one day and assume your house is prepared enough
Just kidding. Mostly.
We didn’t have a room prepared for Reagan because we had learned from Jenny that a baby would sleep with us a few months anyway, so why bother? And it was convenient to just keep clothes in a basket by the pack ‘n play downstairs. And it’s just hard to get too worked up about preparing for the second kid when you’re still chasing the first one around all the time!
P.S. It was a tough #iPPP week for me too – hard to motivate myself to come up with something
All the prep for the first baby was really just for us. I don’t think he cared one bit about the decoration or organization. He just wanted to be warm and have a boob available!
Meh. I was on bedrest the last 12 weeks before they arrived.. so there was no painting early on and all that jazz. Brody got the fresh new first time mom approach with me, and the twins are just happy to be here. This whole thing works for me because I could not handle 3 Brody’s in my life. He is a bit too much like mom
So score one for your second!
Monkey is pretty laid-back and was an easy baby. I have a feeling things are going to be totally backward around here.
I can’t imagine getting ready for a second baby. I have a hard enough time going to the bathroom on my own.
I’ve just given up on that dream.
Ha
We’re talking about moving around the time of #2′s arrival, so I’m using that excuse to avoid preparing… I can say as the oldest of 4 I DEFINITELY noticed a difference between the parenting styles on me & the youngest! (He got doughnuts! And video games! Gah!)
OMG you are living my worst nightmare. The thought of having to pack up all my stuff and move right around that time gives me hives.
I was way more relaxed when our second came around too. It was my second pregnancy on bedrest, second girl and I just didn’t feel as freaked out about everything. I knew what counted and I knew what didn’t. Our first borns should really be given more credit for helping us see our ways and making it easier for the second one.
I thought about this all last night and you are so right. I am very grateful to my firstborn for being such an easy baby and a good teacher.
Hahah. Love it. I used to be so judgemental until I became a mother and realized that I did not know ANYTHING. I only have one kid so far, but I’m already waaaay more laid back than I used to be (although I still do check on her every night before I go to bed to make sure she’s still breathing. That’s normal right?)
Totally normal. I check on mine an hour after he goes down, when I go to bed, and any time I get up to pee in the middle of the night.
no judging here. hahaha, it’s so true. not much makes me uptight anymore at all. when it comes to dirt and stuff like that especially. it sounds bad to say you stop caring, but, um, you kind of do. at least that’s been my experience after having four littles running around. btw–loved all the whale clothes in a previous post
Whales are TOTALLY going to be the thing this next year. Just watch, right? You trendsetter.
I used to pour boiling water over my first’s play toys every night. Really, I did. I’m over that now. We all are. I’m not one to judge
You know what’s weird? I have twins, and I think from the get go I was the relaxed mom, mostly because I didn’t have time to worry about being perfect. Anyway, as the girls get older, and I dream about another child that I probably can’t have, I think about all of the things I’ve done with my girls, and I wonder how in the hell they’ve never been sick, aside from once when they caught a cold from me. I think there’s something to this eating dirt thing. Also, even though I would love another baby someday, I can’t imagine handling a newborn with another child in the mix. Hats off to you! I wouldn’t be worry about putting clothes away either! Haha!