Sunday 30 June 2013

What You Shouldn't Do

Just a quick post to show you guys what you shouldn't let your husband do to your 6 week old child, you actually shouldn't even let him hold the baby, any movement is dangerous



xxx
Karina 
A Mum of Two Boys (and almost a widow)


Dreamworld, dream or nightmare?

Hi all,

I was just thinking to myself if when we decide to take our kids to a themed park if we are doing because we want our kids to play or really just to make them tired?

Well well, yesterday, Sunday, I took my kids to Dreamworld, so Rafael, my 2 year old son, could play and enjoy the rainy day, didn't think much about the poor Gabe, 9 months old!

I do think in making them tired when I take them out, selfish me hey! Are you that selfish too?

The thing is, I get home and I am more tired than my little man is, I am exhausted because we were so worried about making him "tired" playing around that we didn't eat properly, when I say we I say my husband and I, my kids did have food and drinks.

Any way, Rafael just wanted to play at the Wiggle world, everywhere we went, any ride we went, he just would care about the Wiggle World, where there is pictures of the Wiggles everywhere and Dorothy the Dinosaur comes out to take pictures with the kids, but saying that Rafael was scared of the lovely Dinosaur, so no pictures.

In the end we had a great day, Rafael played at the Wiggles world for as long as he wished for, we went in some rides, they are tired, we were exhausted and it was worth it, it was worth going on school holidays and on a rainy day to see my boys happy and of course, TIRED!


xxxxx
Karina
A Mum of Two Boys

Thursday 27 June 2013

Toilet when they are ready or we are?

That thing about toilet training! It keeps coming to my head.

Pee or not to Pee, that is the question!

I am a lazy mum that I know my son is doing very well at childcare and they tell me that he is doing so well with toilet training that I can take some undies for him, he doesn't need nappy any more at day care!

Oh gosh I got so excited, the next day was a Saturday and I decide to let him just in undies and try the apparently,  so well done toilet training. All starts well when my husband takes him to the toilet for the first time, that day, and he does a wee.

Not so long after all the terrible things you can imagine starts happening, we seat down to have breakfast and that moment comes, Rafael, the one training, starts crying and saying mum hurts, mum hurts, if I know that would hurt that much I would have ran to the toilet quicker than I could even imagine.

After he said his tummy was hurting I could see his undies filling with poo, yes, poop, not only that, it was a number 3 if you know what I mean!!!! But I am lucky enough, my husband was the one holding him. Don't you feel relieved for me, I do!

You probably think, that stupid learnt with that and will put a nappy on a boy with diarrhoea, no the stupid parents tried again, and again got the shits!

Well, I have witnessed wee on the floor more than a few times, poop on his undies too.

My conclusion is let the people at the childcare do the work, they are doing so well and I am just screwing it up!

xx
Karina a mum of two boys

Thursday 20 June 2013

Big Brother's Jealousy

Hi There,

Worry, is that what comes with having kids? Or is that comes just in being a woman?

Well I used to worry about how good I looked when went out, or if I was going to be accepted by the others, if people was going to like me or not. Today my worry is much more important, I worry if my Oldest son loves his little brother : (

Yes, it has been hard times to me with Rafael (2.4 years old). Every single time he looks to Gabe (9 months old) he has this anger kind of face and it always comes with a slap on Gabe's head or face or even a kick.

I ask him if he likes his brother and he says " NO!" and even on his voice I can see anger. I know he is only little and doesn't understand lots of things, probably have no idea what love is.

I try my best to be a good mum and sometimes it is so hard, the patience just is not there anymore specially days I am tired because I didn't have a good night or I am just tired for any other reason.

I will be trying the corner punishment to see if I can help him to understand that hitting his little brother is not a way to get anything, but being nice and a good boy it is!

I am sure it shouldn't be easy being a big brother and having someone taking all the attention that was once all his and I will never know as I am the youngest of three girls.

One thing I know that helps lots and lots, is giving cuddles. He has been more affectionate lately, all the time he wants cuddles from me and I have been trying to give as much as he needs or more.

I wish I had an answer for every single question I have in my head but I am afraid I don't. I think some things just comes with time and experience but then you think, well I will learn how to deal with that and I stop and thing again, wait a minute, I needed to learn that before, to deal with the firs child's jealousy because now I have the second child and I am not going for thirds, so when am I going to apply again what I am learning from it?

xxxx
Karina
A Mum of Two Boys


Tuesday 18 June 2013

Right or Wrong?

Hi There,

Being a Mum is never easy, is it?

We never know if we are doing right or wrong, if we are raising our children well or not.

I try my best but sometimes I am so tired that I don't really.

Like the other day, after I had a terrible night with my almost 10 month old son (Gabriel), he woke up about 4 times during the night, every 2 hours I was awake and the day after I was exausted and didn't make anything for lunch, so I just went to the KFC drive through and got some chicken and chips and gave that to my two sons, the 2 year old (Rafael) and Gabriel, ow my, I still feel guilty for that.

I don't give them fast food all the time but when ever I do, I don't feel ok with that.

Are you the same? which frequency do you feed them fast food if you do?

Even with the toilet training with my oldest, I just feel that I am a lazy mum, I should be taking him every hour or so to the toilet but I just leave him in nappies.

Not sure if it is because I have two boys, 18 months apart in age that makes me tired all the time. Not sure if I will ever be able to know if I am doing right or wrong, but whatever I am doing I do from the heart, I am thinking on their best.

Is that a mum out there that is sure about anything?

Please if there is let me know the secret!

xxx
Karina
A Mum of Two Boys