Arrived at what I cannot tell you, but I am definitely there. Just listen to my day yesterday:
We homeschool our older children. So I managed to homeschool my older three children while taking the twins to the potty every twenty minutes. (Look soon for my ‘Tales from the Potty’ blogs.) Everyone learned something in the process.
My older children learned vocabulary, statistics, and that twins are in fact smart enough–even at nineteen months–to play tricks on you. For their vocabulary lesson, we learned the word ‘misnomer’. For example, the ‘terrible twos’ is a misnomer because in actuality the they can begin as early as. . .oh. . .let’s say. . .nineteen months, and last well into the third year.
Regarding statistics we all learned first hand that if one twin does something, there is a high probability of the other twin doing something. We also learned that when you have twin toddlers in the household, the average of “incidences” goes way up.
On the Other Hand. . .
For the past month I’ve averaged at least six hours of sleep. That is specifically 4 more hours per night than I was averaging when the twins were first born. Four more hours per night is equal to twenty eight additional hours per week and that’s practically a whole day of sleeping in. . .practically.
Even more impressive, I’ve managed to make my family dinner every single night for the last week with a minimum of the aforementioned incidences that so often result in a large goose egg shaped black and purple bump on someone’s forehead. You must understand that since the twins have been born I have been unable to cook a proper dinner without another adult present. This means one of the following for dinner. . .either my husband is home, we have something that has been microwaved for dinner. . .or we order take out. It is good to be in the kitchen.
My Point Is. . .
It is hard when you are in the midst of ‘newborn-ness’. That’s true regardless of whether or not you added twins to your household. Newborns take a lot of work and demand attention. . .not just attention but your physical body. When you’ve just had your baby and you’re exhausted, it is hard to remember that this is just for a time. But I assure you it will pass.
One day, as your chasing a diaperless toddler around, you’ll long for the days when your baby was content to sit in your lap and stare into your eyes. You’ll realize that you too, have arrived. So embrace the sleep deprivation, the all day long and all night long nursing sessions, the seemingly endless mounds of laundry that never go away no matter how many loads you’ve done. It will pass soon enough.