10 Fun Facts About Mothering Toddlers
As the mother to 3 bubbly girls under 5, we can say a thing or two or perhaps 10 about parenting toddlers. Our life is in competition with roller coaster rides. The following fun facts will tell you why.1. Nursery rhymes are our favourite songs. While doing chores, we sing the ABC song, “Humpty Dumpty” and more. Our niece, who has a one year old daughter unconsciously sang aloud “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” in a public place until someone had to ask her if she had kids. We laughed our ribs away when she told us. 2. Bath time is confusing. We go into the bathroom for a shower and pour the kids body wash unto our sponge. Halfway through the shower, we realise we chose the wrong soap. That’s what we get for scrubbing kids all the time.
3. TV time is toon time. Sometimes we just want to curl up on the couch and watch Mercy Johnson mending shoes in “Caro the Shoemaker” but the girls will persistently say, “Mummy, can we watch Curious George?”. In order to let our ears rest, we put the cartoon for them and probably end up watching it with them and laughing together.4., Phone calls are chaotic. We hardly go through a phone conversation without saying things like, “N, don’t pull the baby’s hair. S, if you want to pee, go to your potty.Take turns with that toy. Don’t go upstairs.” Sometimes they choose to do the wackiest stuff when we're on the phone. Two days ago, as we gisted with our Mom, our hair got decorated with all manner of hair accessories.These little beings can be mischievous.
5. There’s no end to cleaning. We clean, clean again, then clean some more. After breakfast, we clean, after learning time, we clean, after play time, we do a massive clean up. Sometimes we just leave the house as it is and wish it would clean itself.6. They are enemies to your napping. At some point in the day, we feel a desperate need to nap. We lie on the couch to steal some sleep while they play or watch TV. Shortly after, S starts pulling our feet, “Mummy no, don’t sleep. Wake up!” Urrrgh Can’t they just understand? Mummy needs a little break. When we were younger, we had an uncle whose greatest way of punishing our brother and we were to yell, “Go and sleep!” We hated him for that. But right now we just wish someone would punish us with sleep.7. Going out is a huge project. We start preparing them about two hours before an outing and sometimes we still end up arriving late at our destination. Sometimes, when they are all dressed up, you hear a small voice saying, “Mummy, we want to poo.”
8. We hardly shop for myself. When we get into a store, we are so attracted by the cute girly stuff that we forget about us. We go to buy shoes for us and end up buying dresses for them. It’s hard to avoid unplanned shopping for them.9. Sometimes grocery shopping turns into a “catch us if you can” game. We normally put our 2 year old into the shopping cart and put the groceries by her. That’s dangerous because she starts opening up the groceries before we even pay for them. So sometimes we just have to let her walk. Apart from filling the cart with things we don’t need she sometimes starts running and giggling. Funny to her but definitely not funny to Mama.10. We celebrate bedtime. After a long tiring day, we usually can’t wait to get them out of our life for a little while. When we tuck them in, we breathe a sigh of relief and thank the Lord.Bonus point: Multitasking is our new surname. We're always doing several things at once. While breastfeeding our youngest, we update our blog and supervise the older ones as they play. We cook, do laundry and teach ABCs at the same time. There’s always so much on our plate so multitasking is a must.Some days we feel like we will lose our mind but we still pull through somehow. Nothing beats the experience staring into the love-filled eyes of these little cuties and hearing them profess love for you. We always remind myself that they won’t be this young forever. So we cherish everyday because a day that passes by is never coming back.Which of the above points do you relate to most? Don’t just read and stay quiet ooh. Type something in the comments section and make us smile. Motherhood rocks! Hope you had a sweet mother’s day!
3. TV time is toon time. Sometimes we just want to curl up on the couch and watch Mercy Johnson mending shoes in “Caro the Shoemaker” but the girls will persistently say, “Mummy, can we watch Curious George?”. In order to let our ears rest, we put the cartoon for them and probably end up watching it with them and laughing together.4., Phone calls are chaotic. We hardly go through a phone conversation without saying things like, “N, don’t pull the baby’s hair. S, if you want to pee, go to your potty.Take turns with that toy. Don’t go upstairs.” Sometimes they choose to do the wackiest stuff when we're on the phone. Two days ago, as we gisted with our Mom, our hair got decorated with all manner of hair accessories.These little beings can be mischievous.5. There’s no end to cleaning. We clean, clean again, then clean some more. After breakfast, we clean, after learning time, we clean, after play time, we do a massive clean up. Sometimes we just leave the house as it is and wish it would clean itself.6. They are enemies to your napping. At some point in the day, we feel a desperate need to nap. We lie on the couch to steal some sleep while they play or watch TV. Shortly after, S starts pulling our feet, “Mummy no, don’t sleep. Wake up!” Urrrgh Can’t they just understand? Mummy needs a little break. When we were younger, we had an uncle whose greatest way of punishing our brother and we were to yell, “Go and sleep!” We hated him for that. But right now we just wish someone would punish us with sleep.7. Going out is a huge project. We start preparing them about two hours before an outing and sometimes we still end up arriving late at our destination. Sometimes, when they are all dressed up, you hear a small voice saying, “Mummy, we want to poo.”8. We hardly shop for myself. When we get into a store, we are so attracted by the cute girly stuff that we forget about us. We go to buy shoes for us and end up buying dresses for them. It’s hard to avoid unplanned shopping for them.9. Sometimes grocery shopping turns into a “catch us if you can” game. We normally put our 2 year old into the shopping cart and put the groceries by her. That’s dangerous because she starts opening up the groceries before we even pay for them. So sometimes we just have to let her walk. Apart from filling the cart with things we don’t need she sometimes starts running and giggling. Funny to her but definitely not funny to Mama.10. We celebrate bedtime. After a long tiring day, we usually can’t wait to get them out of our life for a little while. When we tuck them in, we breathe a sigh of relief and thank the Lord.Bonus point: Multitasking is our new surname. We're always doing several things at once. While breastfeeding our youngest, we update our blog and supervise the older ones as they play. We cook, do laundry and teach ABCs at the same time. There’s always so much on our plate so multitasking is a must.Some days we feel like we will lose our mind but we still pull through somehow. Nothing beats the experience staring into the love-filled eyes of these little cuties and hearing them profess love for you. We always remind myself that they won’t be this young forever. So we cherish everyday because a day that passes by is never coming back.Which of the above points do you relate to most? Don’t just read and stay quiet ooh. Type something in the comments section and make us smile. Motherhood rocks! Hope you had a sweet mother’s day!
