Comments on: Retraction

By: Casey Gerwer

Casey Gerwer — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:02:06 +0000

OMG, i love this post! i was on email venting about my kiddos to a friend and she told me to check this post out. I LOVE IT
I have almost 2 year old quadruplets and i am pretty sure that some time,someone replaced my wonderful sweet kids with robots that look just like them, yet are programed to whine, cry, fight and just simply drive me crazy.
.-= Casey Gerwer´s last blog ..Busy…you got that right!! =-.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:26 +0000

My boys will be 3 in February and I know as kids go, I shouldn’t complain. They are good boys, but at 2 1/2, they are a challenge and wear me out everyday with arguments and tantrums. I try to give them choices, but they seem to be calling most of the shots these days. When I draw the line, it usually ends up with me yelling at them to stop yelling. Oops. And then I catch myself. And then they find something else to do.
On the other hand, their little minds are so creative! They act out scenes from books and movies, make up little games and make jokes that crack each other up.
I like two the best, I really love them more everyday. Even on the bad days.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:51 +0000

Time for sticker charts!!

I do still love two—and mine turned 2 in early April, so we’ve been at it a while. So much better than 0-12 months and much, much better than the (non-verbal) 14-18 month scream-fest. Each kid is different and I think as parents we are better (or less better) able to cope with certain challenges.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:45:53 +0000

Oh no. This wasn’t very hopeful We are a few months away yet, but I can see how things could get exponentially harder. Bummer cuz “everyone” told me that “around two twins get ‘easier’.” Ha! We’re all in this together, right?

By: tuesday

tuesday — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:27:37 +0000

Two was okay for me but three? Whoa. nobody warns you about three. Except me: three stinks. .-= tuesday´s last blog ..My Week By Numbers =-.

By: Shannon Best

Shannon Best — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:23:06 +0000

I have b/g twins who are 3.5 (4 on tax day). I stay at home with them. It has been one heck of a ride. But it’s gone by say fast my head is still spinning. One thing I had to remind myself was to slow down. You don’t have to be doing something every single minute. Devote your time to them. I stay at home alot of the days. Alot of days we go to the park. Boy do they like to run free. Get out in the yard and let those kids wear themselves out. Seriously.
Three is much harder than 2. No one ever tells you the truth!
Hang in there!!!
-Shannon in Austin

By: Lee Anne

Lee Anne — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:08:10 +0000

OMG! Mine will be 3 in about a month and a half and I can already tell that 3 is going to be much harder than 2. It’s a different kind of tough though. They have a mind of their own and have learned to use it somewhat. And they want to be so much more independent now.

But I really do remember thinking I would never survive the 2′s when mine were 2.5. And I have survived…almost! If there is one piece of advice I can give to any mom of a 2 year old is learn how to transition now. Give plenty of warning. Mine do not transition well and this started shortly after they turned 2. At one point I even pulled out the timer so they had something to actually go by. As long as I give warnings now, like “in 5 minutes we are going to go back inside,” we are good to go. But if I try to transition too quickly we have massive melt down. Not pretty.
.-= Lee Anne´s last blog ..Sick kiddos =-.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:30 +0000

My twins are 19 months and my oldest just turned 3. I am so AFRAID of the twins hitting their 2s. 2 was horrible. 2 x 2 seriously frightens me. Wondering now how I will survive... .-= Tina´s last blog ..Ponona =-.

By: Quadmama

Quadmama — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:01 +0000

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... once you can get past this stage things will hopefully calm down. Hang in there! .-= Quadmama´s last blog ..Musical Chairs =-.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:01:31 +0000

Ha! This post was hilarious! Parenting is an extreme ride, which is why I am eternally grateful to Eli Lilly for developing Cymbalta.

The Ames & Ilg parenting books that are age-specific are helpful to me. They talk about kids going through periods of equilibrium and disequilibrium, and I have absolutely found that my kids will spend about half of any given year testing my sanity, and the other half they’ll be SO SWEET! For my oldest, no joke, it’s like someone flips a switch each year on her birthday. The change was especially extreme on her 2nd, 3rd and 4th birthdays. Maybe your last post wasn’t premature, it was just a reflection of *that* part of age 2! They’ll get back to that part in a few months.
.-= Jen´s last blog ..flashforward =-.