This is wonderful. My version of "Do the next thing" is "Why not now?" If something needs to be done and it will take less than 5 minutes, "why not now?"
I wish I had neighbors like this. I grew up with a mom who was absent so my "house wife/mom" skills are all self taught and probably miss a lot of easy things most know if their moms were around. I do know that my daughter will be way ahead of the game when she has children :).
My housekeeping skills are also self taught but still leave much to be desired. I was doing better before I got pregnant with baby #3 but have had a hard time bouncing back to how I was maintaining a clean/tidy home before him. He is almost 8 mo old now so I really think that excuse is wearing out.
I have my parents near and neighbors that would help if I asked but asking is also hard bc I realize everyone has their own lives to lead too. Also trusting people with your kids is hard. I do have a women from church who texts we every few weeks, she is divorced but great with kids. She lives 30 min away though.
Many people will tell you baby #3 is "chaos" to adjust to. That baby #4 helps with #3. We haven't had the gumption to go for #4, I don't know if we will. This next year will probably be the deciding period.
The first two we had 15 months apart and they played so well together! The third was years later and the other two aren't exactly thrilled to play with him most of the time, so parents are the choice buddy for #3.
So what you are saying is my life will be chaos till #4 comes along and is old enough to play with #3??. Lol.
My first two are 2 yrs apart and do play really well together. Baby has a bigger age diggrence too and either wants to be held or is trying to get into trouble. They do like to play with him but can be a bit rough.
(post is archived)