Two at Home....Patience

Having a toddler and an infant at home at the same time can really make Mommy's patience run low. Both need attention. Both wants company. Yet they are not ready to play with one another yet. Keziah, being a budding toddler hitting the terrible twos, has really started to show the obvious signs of tantrums. She will cry now when she doesn't get her way. Many times today, Mommy had to raise her voice at her to get her to do the necessary and even smacking her hands many times. Thinking back, it may not be Keziah's fault entirely but really Mommy's too as she was simply too high strung at Keziah not listening to her. After all, she'a a toddler. She wanted Mommy to play with her, but Mommy had to attend to DiDi. Mommy also found it hard to occupy her. There were pleasant moments when DiDi was sleeping and Mommy had the time to read Keziah some books, play bubbles which she loved (now she could form her own bubbles using the teddy bear squeezer) and sing some songs to put her to nap. As the day drawn on, Mommy's patience really ran low. Mommy had to take DiDi out for his usual Monday Positive Infant Class and when she returned, she had to have unexpected early dinner and manage the two together. Keziah was a mess at the table. Guess Mommy is really one not too keen to have such surprises as it throws routine out of syn which of course the old folks don't quite understand. DiDi was unusually cranky from his nap, playing on his own for only a little while and started to cry really badly. No matter how Mommy latched, he would fall asleep and when unlatch to only wake up. Keziah, on the other hand, with only one nap in the afternoon of not more than 1h was starting to get restless, wanting Mommy to play Lego with her, pulling out books and flipping only a page and leaving them all over the room, refusing to clean up when instructed to, climbing onto Mommy while she's feeding DiDi, asking for hugs which Mommy couldn't give coz Didi was latched on. Keziah just couldn't stop scratching her toes which were rather dry and peeling. Mommy had to smack her hand and forcefully pull her hands away. Throughout the day, Mommy was just telling herself "patient, patient, patient" and "learn to expect zero and take any extra help, if any, as bonus even if there are physical hands around". It's such a struggle to put the two to sleep. Keziah was already tired and asked for her milk early and only turned in after Mommy sang several songs and trying to give a "distant" hug while latching on. DiDi simply woke up every time Mommy put him down on his cot. Mommy was so tired and simply latched him lying down after Keziah slept till he's in dreamland. Seriously, being home the whole day with 2 kids is really a big challenge. Bringing them out might be easier. Then again, it's really establishing a routine for both when the time comes.

Now it's just sorting things out with the contractor for the new flat which has been a headache that's bugging Daddy and Mommy due to some mistrust and things not done well enough.