new challenges

Things have gotten considerably harder around here recently since Little Miss S has learned to walk and is (usually) taking only one nap these days.  It's hard to do school with Z, or read to the kids, or cook dinner, or any other normal activity if I keep having to stop and get S out of trouble. I'm having to adjust quite a bit for this new development.  It's good for me to remember that things have changed so I don't feel guilty for not getting as much done.  My new strategy is to set up the Pack'n'Play in the living room first thing in the morning so I can stick her in there in a pinch... and also during my shower, for part of school, and generally whenever she's driving me crazy :) Ok, it sounds like she's in there all day.  She's not, but certainly more often!  This takes me back to L's toddler days. I remember friends telling me that having two kids got easier after the second was one, but I think it got harder for me.  (And I kept waiting for it to get easier again until I eventually figured out that it's just harder to have two kids instead of one. What a shock.) So I'm trying to keep in mind that now my attention is going to be pulled three different ways, and that's ok.  That's three kids.  I love my kids very much, and I really enjoy my life these days.  But I hope you'll excuse me if I occasionally use this blog as a means of therapy, sorting out my thoughts amidst the chaos of my life!