Lex has been experimenting with what he
\n calls us these days. When he was a baby it was “mamma” and
\n “dadda,” like most babies. For quite awhile it’s been “mommy”
\n and “daddy.” Then, a few days ago, Alan became “dad.” We joked
\n about it and yesterday I became “mom.” This morning, for a few
\n hours, I was “Tessa” as in “Oh, there you are Tessa.” :) It was
\n funny. I think it’s because we had a full house today and the
\n little girl calls me by name a lot. Lex decided he wanted to
\n try it too. Apparently he didn’t like it (or just forgot)
\n because I was “mommy” again by this afternoon :)<\/p>\n
Speaking of full house, I had two small scares
\n today. At nap time I had the toddlers in bed and I was feeding
\n the babies when I heard Lex making noise upstairs. Based on the
\n amount of movement and high pitch to his voice I was guessing
\n he had a dirty diaper. Both babies were fussing though, so I
\n decided to finish with them first. After a few minutes he came
\n to the top of the stairs and started calling me, saying he had
\n a dirty diaper. I went up to change him and found him
\n completely naked at the top of the stairs, Huggies Overnight
\n diaper in hand. Ack!! In his room I found all of his clothes
\n and his diaper (very fortunately it was just wet!) on the
\n changing table. He had soaked through his pants and decided to
\n take matters into his own hands. I was soooo relieved to find
\n the diaper just wet. I’ve heard about disasters of this sort
\n before and did not want one of my own! <\/p>\n
The other, more important scare of the day was in the
\n afternoon. I was doing a round of diaper changes (5 kids today,
\n all in diapers) and I came back into the living room after a
\n few minutes and had an instant feel that something was wrong.
\n Quick scan showed no baby gate on the stairs, no Eve to be
\n found, and then I heard noise upstairs. I ran up and found her
\n standing in the bathroom throwing toys into the tub!! Guess she
\n wanted a bath. I was freaked out though and really have to be
\n more careful about keeping that lower baby gate in place!<\/p>\n
I guess it counts as a good day when
\n you go through three names and two scares and everyone comes
\n out safe and sound (and clean!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lex has been experimenting with what he calls us these days. When he was a baby it was “mamma” and “dadda,” like most babies. For quite awhile it’s been “mommy” and “daddy.” Then, a few days ago, Alan became “dad.” … Continue reading