We have a little problem going at the moment. The boys are constantly coming into our bed in the middle of the night. Don’t get me wrong, we are happy for them to come in for a cuddle if they are scared. But of late we are getting at least 1 and quite often 2 little Phantom’s coming into our bed.
This morning, I won’t up to who I thought was Jaecob (6) curled up beside me… upon closer inspection, it was Izaac (4). I can’t believe how quick they are growing up. :(
Every now and then Mel is nice enough to let me have a sleep-in. I really enjoy this time, not only because I’m not up at 5:30am looking like the walking dead trying to make Yve a bottle, but when I wake up, I just lay there, listening to the conversations that Mel has with the kids.
Today was a good day for eavesdropping. I heard Mel making breakfast… either omelettes, french toast or scrambled eggs as Mel was teaching Kaine to crack an egg and Izaac was being told numerous times to put down the whisk.
Mel must have had enough of the eager 4 year old and asked him to set the table and handed him some forks. Izaac’s response was -
“We were supposed to be cooking and this isn’t cooking, this is forking!”
I am beginning to slowly realise what I am getting myself into. Before kids I used to say my top three things to do were -
Eating
Sleeping
and well… you know ;)
After having 3 boys, having the ability to sleep as much as I like has been greatly reduced, but it’s nothing compared to Mel. Mel has always been the one to get up first and it is a massive effort to get my butt out of bed! That is going to have to change. I am going to have to be the one to get up for the night feeds and I am going to have to be the one to nurse her off to sleep when she has gas between feeds.
One of many things that will have to change!
