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Posted on: 4/14/12 10:02 PM ET
...when I told my daughter that I would keep my grandsons ages 2 and 6 for her while she was in the hospital having baby son #3?
I love my grandsons dearly, but forgot how hard it is to have 2 small ones in the house 24/7 for days. I am totally exhausted and my sewing room turned play room is totally trashed! Hopefully they release her from the hospital tomorrow, Im pooped!
I love my grandsons dearly, but forgot how hard it is to have 2 small ones in the house 24/7 for days. I am totally exhausted and my sewing room turned play room is totally trashed! Hopefully they release her from the hospital tomorrow, Im pooped!
Posted on: 4/14/12 10:36 PM ET
In reply to GrandmaNewt
Make a note to yourself
And, congratulations!
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And, congratulations!
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Each fallen petal reveals a life pollinated by a colony
and nurtured by The Master Gardener.
and nurtured by The Master Gardener.
Posted on: 4/14/12 10:45 PM ET
That is what I think every summer when school lets out and we get DGS for the next six weeks. He is sweet but they do take lots of energy and time. I think the worst is that we have to get up early so DD can drop him off after getting used to sleeping in the rest of the year.
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Yards sewed 2018--301 yards
Goal for 2020 - 400 yards --- Made it --sewed 400.76 yards. I have no idea about how many yards I have in my inventory.
2021 --200.125 yards
2022-- no specific number---Just redo inventory and sew more than 2021
Machines: Designer Diamond, #1+ (2), H Class 100Q, Viking 400, Baby Lock Creative Pro -- Sergers: Viking 936, Babylock Accolade, Babylock Vibrant, Singer Coverstitch
Goal for 2020 - 400 yards --- Made it --sewed 400.76 yards. I have no idea about how many yards I have in my inventory.
2021 --200.125 yards
2022-- no specific number---Just redo inventory and sew more than 2021
Machines: Designer Diamond, #1+ (2), H Class 100Q, Viking 400, Baby Lock Creative Pro -- Sergers: Viking 936, Babylock Accolade, Babylock Vibrant, Singer Coverstitch
Posted on: 4/14/12 11:15 PM ET
Congratulations. They do have a lot of energy. Just remember, you are giving them life long memories. Three boys? Fun stuff.
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Marilyn
January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
Posted on: 4/15/12 3:23 AM ET
In reply to GrandmaNewt
Bless you for doing it! It only usually 2-4 days in the hospital.
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Posted on: 4/15/12 3:28 AM ET
In reply to GrandmaNewt
My father lived near us for the last eleven years of his life, and for the nine years previous to those he came to stay with us twice a year.
My kids are really good, and easy to live with, but he used to look at them and say, "It's a good thing that young people have the children!"
The moms and dads who live with them all the time don't really notice how much energy they take to raise.
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My kids are really good, and easy to live with, but he used to look at them and say, "It's a good thing that young people have the children!"
The moms and dads who live with them all the time don't really notice how much energy they take to raise.
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Barb
Posted on: 4/15/12 8:06 AM ET
Funny. Boy noise as I think of it. Congratulations with number 3. Hold him while ie is small and cannot run 
Sounds like Grandma could use a long nap herself


Sounds like Grandma could use a long nap herself


Posted on: 4/15/12 10:31 AM ET
In reply to GrandmaNewt
At 2 and 6, the first thing I would do is lay ground rules. My kids didn't trash rooms(even their own) or take over. We had a routine and expectations, expecially when visiting other people's homes. Then again, I was raised in a different generation, and raised my sons with those beliefs.
One Christmas, my Sister's children brought their young ones(her Grandchildren) to our home for dinner. I had 3 under the age of 6 in this house. As things got more comfortable, the parents became more lax in watching their children. At one point they were causing a danger to others in the house(running, climbing, venturing into rooms they had no business being in). I got hold to the parents and made it clear that if they couldn't keep the children in their sight and under control, they were welcome to leave...My house, my rules. No one left and the day was much calmer. Good Luck GrandmaNewt
One Christmas, my Sister's children brought their young ones(her Grandchildren) to our home for dinner. I had 3 under the age of 6 in this house. As things got more comfortable, the parents became more lax in watching their children. At one point they were causing a danger to others in the house(running, climbing, venturing into rooms they had no business being in). I got hold to the parents and made it clear that if they couldn't keep the children in their sight and under control, they were welcome to leave...My house, my rules. No one left and the day was much calmer. Good Luck GrandmaNewt
Posted on: 4/15/12 10:59 AM ET
After my stepfather died last fall, my mom decided that she wanted to host my two -- ages 9 and 12 -- for a weekend. She had been taking care of her ailing husband for quite some time, and had not been able to spend much time with her grandchildren in over a year.
Now, I am told that my children are quite well-behaved (especially at other people's houses
) by the standards of the day, and they are basically self-sufficient in the necessities at this point. Also, because we don't have a TV/DVD, anywhere there is a TV you can be assured that they will sit quietly in front of it for hours if you let them.
Still, after I arrived on Sunday afternoon to pick them up, my mom went straight to bed.
I know it would exhaust me now to take care of a 2 yr. old and a 6 yr. old for an afternoon, much less 24/7. You get out of the habit fast. (And each age has its peculiar energy-drains: Remember when they first start talking and you can't shut them up? You finally get used to that, and then eventually they start needing you to actually respond to what they say, rather than just mumbling, 'uh-huh,' and the exhaustion sets in all over again!)
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Now, I am told that my children are quite well-behaved (especially at other people's houses
) by the standards of the day, and they are basically self-sufficient in the necessities at this point. Also, because we don't have a TV/DVD, anywhere there is a TV you can be assured that they will sit quietly in front of it for hours if you let them.Still, after I arrived on Sunday afternoon to pick them up, my mom went straight to bed.
I know it would exhaust me now to take care of a 2 yr. old and a 6 yr. old for an afternoon, much less 24/7. You get out of the habit fast. (And each age has its peculiar energy-drains: Remember when they first start talking and you can't shut them up? You finally get used to that, and then eventually they start needing you to actually respond to what they say, rather than just mumbling, 'uh-huh,' and the exhaustion sets in all over again!)
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marjoriekh
Posted on: 4/15/12 10:59 AM ET
In reply to JTink
Seconding JTink's comments...
Recently I got a thank you note from my 30-something nephew and among the comments it contained was how he always enjoyed coming to our house for visits. Call me surprised, but we always insisted that kids in the house behave appropriately & I recal DH having to settle this nephew down more than once. Who knew that meant anything important to him when he was a youngster. Apparently it did...
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Recently I got a thank you note from my 30-something nephew and among the comments it contained was how he always enjoyed coming to our house for visits. Call me surprised, but we always insisted that kids in the house behave appropriately & I recal DH having to settle this nephew down more than once. Who knew that meant anything important to him when he was a youngster. Apparently it did...
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