In case you were wondering what a day in the life with three crazies five and under is like, here goes. I've decided to just include the events from this morning so as to shorten this post. There are some things that are specific to today, but the spirit of the chaos is the same everyday....
6AM - Neve wakes up to feed. Hooray, Nevie - it's been 8 hours since you last fed!!!
6:30AM - Traci finishes up with Neve, laying her back down in her crib. She breathes a big sigh of relief, enjoying the silence of the house. She checks a few emails/FB postings on her phone, grabs a few minutes talking to Mike.
6:45AM - Katie and Michael wake up - pandemonium ensues!!
7AM - 8:45AM - With much cajoling, pestering, and sometimes yelling, Traci convinces the kids to get ready for school drop-off. The worst at getting ready? The school girl herself. Thankfully (today at least), Neve has slept through all of this. Traci has given up showering in the morning since she knows that there is just not time anymore...
9AM - We drop Katie off at school...phew, one down for a few hours. Neve has miraculously slept through the transfer to the car seat, the taking out of the mini-van, the walk into school, etc. Go Neve! (Of course, Traci is fearing that she will wake up screaming and starved at any second.)
9:15AM - We return home, try to get a few morsels of food into Michael who has become Ghandi-like in his latest food strikes. Neve stills sleeps on....
9:45AM - And, we're off again!! Traci has her 6-week check-up this morning, close to the city. We need to head out now to fight off the traffic. Thankfully, Neve has never left her car seat and is still sound asleep! Hmmm...the clock is ticking as to when she'll feed again.
10:20AM - We arrive at the tiny waiting room for Traci's doctor, and Neve FINALLY wakes up!! Guess who is STARVING now??? Guess who decides to scare all of the pregnant women waiting in the area with her screaming wails? So, Traci basically has to rig Michael up with 36 different snacks and 25 different toys so that he doesn't dismantle the waiting room while she nurses Neve.
10:45AM - We finally get called back to our medical room...thank God the waiting room horror is over. The nurse tells Traci to strip from the waist down and wrap a dainty piece of paper around her waist while she waits for the doctor. Are you kidding me? I'm having to walk around a tiny room with a crying baby and a mischievous toddler while holding a napkin to my waist??
11:10AM - Tick-tock...the doc is still not in. Michael has now tried to dismantle everything, including the biohazard waste basket.
11:20AM - Finally see the doctor. Michael is mysteriously quiet while she is in the room. When Traci looks over at him to see why, she figures out that he is basically crouched down, filling his diaper with poop. Great...
11:30AM - We're done! Traci drives through Mickey D's to treat herself after such stress, but we can't linger because...
12:00PM - It's time to pick Katie up! And, here we go again with all three!!
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