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Nudge The Nest & Pray They Fly

Does Your Child Have a Hearing Problem?

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I went to the library yesterday to stock up on children’s books for Spring Break. While I was there I grabbed a handful of different free parenting magazines, to do a little research for my own writing projects.

This morning while flipping through one of them I saw an ad that read, “Does your child have difficulty following oral directions?” Of course, it immediately caught my eye.

“Why yes,” I thought, “they do!”

Upon further inspection of the advertisement I realized that it was for children with actual HEARING problems and not, as I had hoped, a self-help class on how to make your children listen to you. What a tease.

Be the Mommy

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As mothers, sometimes it is so easy to get caught up in the “doing” of motherhood that we miss opportunities to simply “be” the Mommy. The piles of dishes, laundry, bills and dirty diapers can be overwhelming and at times so distracting that it is hard to even focus on what your child is saying because we are mentally going through the checklist of everything still left to do.

Time flies, literally, and we can never get back the moments we have with our children, regardless of their ages. Make a concerted effort to savor every word, every slobbery kiss and yes, every temper tantrum. Soon enough we will all be looking back and saying, “I remember when…”

Today, I am going to “be” the Mommy. I will make pancakes, build forts, play with play-doh, play hide and seek in the house and read as many books as my children will sit still for…I won’t even paraphrase or pretend pages get stuck together so I can do laundry. The laundry will still be there even when they aren’t.

Aubrey Said

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Emma (2) and Sadie (3 mos) were still napping. I had already started cooking dinner and was waiting for water to boil so I sat down at the computer to get some work/writing done.

I was clacking away on my laptop, Aubrey(4) walked through the room and said, “That dinner’s not going to cook by itself, you know.”

As I started laughing, she walked out of the room, looked over her shoulder and said, “You’re not right. You’re just a little bit wrong, you know.”

Pee Patrol

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All the places I’ve cleaned up pee today,

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(and it’s not even lunch time):
1. My bed. Yes, I am potty trained and so is my husband.
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2. Aubrey’s bed.
3. Aubrey’s floor.
4. The garage floor.

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5. The bathroom floor.
We don’t have pets (like I have the time or energy to deal with that,) but my house smells like we’re breeding cats. I’m beginning to think that a litter box might be a worthy investment.

Post lunch update: (I know you’ve just been sitting at work wondering, “Has that crazy woman’s child quit peeing everywhere?) No, as a matter of fact, she hasn’t.

6. The hallway.

I wouldn’t walk barefoot in my house if I were you.

Pre-dinner update:
7. The ottoman.
8. The floor in front of the ottoman.
9. My chair.
10. My own feet.

I am beginning to think that taking up the flooring and replacing it with kitty litter would be my best option. They had to have talked about this at their meeting this morning.

Pre-Bedtime Update: (The Next Day)
Emma capped off the day by taking a load off in her bedroom floor. Literally. It wasn’t funny.
I really wouldn’t touch anything or sit anywhere when you come to my house unless it smells like bleach.

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Aubrey Said

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I thought I was being sneaky at nap time today. I put the girls in their respective napping spots,(they can share a room when it’s dark out, but for some reason it does NOT work at nap time) and went to the kitchen to give myself a little treat.

I cut a slice of peanut butter pie and sat down at the computer. I had taken about two bites when Aubrey(4) yelled from my bedroom, “COULD YOU PUT YOUR FORK DOWN? I CAN TOTALLY HEAR THAT!”