tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post2731006242918805332..comments2024-03-08T21:28:39.318+11:00Comments on The Daze of My Life: The little I know about being a parentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-49974364628002341572012-03-09T23:18:07.715+11:002012-03-09T23:18:07.715+11:00Spoken like a truly wise woman on minimal sleep.
...Spoken like a truly wise woman on minimal sleep.<br /><br />Sleep deprivation actually breaks me into pieces. <br /><br />And who cops it? Who else?<br /><br />Poor bloody Dave.<br /><br />I would be 150% better if I slept better, & my relationship would SOAR :)<br /><br />... says the woman reading her favourite blogs 11pm at night :) xxCherie @ 'a baby called Max'https://www.blogger.com/profile/04659789458460830707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-26830403760318905992012-03-07T13:03:30.897+11:002012-03-07T13:03:30.897+11:00Yesterday I was trying to get the smalls to sleep ...Yesterday I was trying to get the smalls to sleep on the way home from somewhere (it was late) and doing the firm mama thing. It was failing. Instead we all started giggling crazily about Lady Gaga doing farts. Yes, you have to laugh or yes, you will cry!<br /><br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-85020183455580807852012-03-06T22:47:57.322+11:002012-03-06T22:47:57.322+11:00This is why you're a top Mama and such a brill...This is why you're a top Mama and such a brilliant read with every post you publish. So agree with you on the music. I have always sung to the boys AND had music on almost constantly, at home and in the car. Just yesterday I saved a bad situation from turning worse by pulling up the itunes library on my laptop and dancing around the kitchen for half an hour while dinner cooked. Changed the mood completely... and just quietly, I almost never play children's songs to the boys, they're all over the music Scott and I love, which suits us just fine.<br />A plan is always good, for sure. Laughing does help AND so does crying. But the one that I still find so hard to get over is the Mummy Martyr thing, I am a MASSIVE martyr. Don't accept help graciously and think that it will somehow diminish all the work I do or have done, if I let someone else do it for me. I know, ridiculous me! xoxoAll For Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151973819133926868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-78515642128398060522012-03-06T19:25:23.388+11:002012-03-06T19:25:23.388+11:00Fantastic advice Corinne!
I think the one I alway...Fantastic advice Corinne! <br />I think the one I always find the hardest is accepting help when it's offered. It's taken four babies, but finally I am sometimes able to say yes please, I'd love a hand, and what a difference it makes!<br />You are a great mum singing to your kids, I fear I more often than not resemble the fishmonger and I can't hold a tune to save myself!Nat - Muddy Farmwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161791158132670303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-33311056707080505902012-03-06T18:43:43.257+11:002012-03-06T18:43:43.257+11:00Oh god, 2 litres!! I can't imagine cleaning th...Oh god, 2 litres!! I can't imagine cleaning that up.Corinne (aka Rinny of Arabia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09334181966209041832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-68277356651904847972012-03-06T18:43:02.695+11:002012-03-06T18:43:02.695+11:00Lady, we could BOTH conquer the world on a full ni...Lady, we could BOTH conquer the world on a full night's sleep. xxCorinne (aka Rinny of Arabia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09334181966209041832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-14713625044934229152012-03-06T18:40:13.694+11:002012-03-06T18:40:13.694+11:00Thanks PPMJ! Glad to hear I can keep singing for y...Thanks PPMJ! Glad to hear I can keep singing for years to come!Corinne (aka Rinny of Arabia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09334181966209041832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-220321905307582152012-03-06T16:19:54.095+11:002012-03-06T16:19:54.095+11:00Great advice.
Music has healing properties for Mum...Great advice.<br />Music has healing properties for Mummas too.<br />Poor Magoo was none the wiser that I was singing Beyonce's 'Beautiful Nightmare' about cranky him every evening.<br />Hubby likes to prance around singing 'This Used To Be A Funhouse' by Pink when the going gets tough!<br />Wishing you even more sleep lovely.<br />:-) xMum on the Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543791863884733714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-35266962780401493932012-03-06T15:13:51.478+11:002012-03-06T15:13:51.478+11:00Sooooooo many times I've sat down and said to ...Sooooooo many times I've sat down and said to my husband 'I have to laugh, right? Or I'll cry?'. The last time was when small person no. 2 tipped a litre of honey (really REALLY runny honey) onto the floor because she wanted a taste. <br /><br />When she's twenty one it'll be good fodder for her party. Till then my other mantra is 'this too shall pass, this too shall pass'....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-22743189082094800082012-03-06T13:16:35.655+11:002012-03-06T13:16:35.655+11:00Amen sister xAmen sister xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-24679198715153681542012-03-06T13:16:19.887+11:002012-03-06T13:16:19.887+11:00SUCH great advice. Clever thing! Imagine what you ...SUCH great advice. Clever thing! Imagine what you could do on 8 hours sleep?! I'll never forget PPMJ telling me that she used to sing TRAGEDY (you know that Abba song) whenever A was having a tantrum. SUCH great advice. Whenever I am having a really shit day I always crank some tunes of mine from pre-children times and it makes me feel good, even just for those 4 or so minutes. Certainly stops the girls in their tracks. Long may the 2 hour and longer stretches continue!BabyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005492484650666091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157702440407043499.post-45249203037481278472012-03-06T12:59:39.301+11:002012-03-06T12:59:39.301+11:00So very, very true. You are so wise - even on such...So very, very true. You are so wise - even on such little sleep!<br /><br />And I'll second the singing - still works, even on an eye-rolling 12 year old.PinkPatentMaryJaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219272193124932806noreply@blogger.com