…and a pissy teenager in the house.
I am talking about having Amy, Seven and The Cat (who is still nameless) all running around my house like they live here or something.
Amy doesn’t want a toy until Seven has it.
Seven doesn’t want a toy until Amy is playing with it.
Then they chase each other around the house, alternating who is chasing who. It always ends in tears and toy confiscation.
Needless to say, I feel like I am constantly mediating. Add The Cat to the mix, and we have a mess. A loud, rough and tumble, crying mess.
The Cat hisses and spits at Seven, who then barks at The Cat, which in turn makes Amy collapse into a small sobbing bundle.
Amy screams, so Seven barks, so The Cat hisses. Round and round it goes. (Unfortunately this one woke Nathan who yelled at the dog, which in turn made Amy cry harder. Go figure.)
And then we have the nappy changing. Seven thinks that nappy changing time is perfect for jumping on Amy. Amy disagrees. I disagree. Seven jumps some more, Amy wiggles and Seven decides that pulling her hair is a good game.
Of course, this brings Amy to immediate tears, Seven gets sat in the corner away from us, in disgrace and Amy decides that BOOBS! are the only thing that will make her feel *sob* happy again, so we feed her before putting a nappy on. Lather rinse repeat.
However, puppy training is going well. We haven’t had any accidents inside today and she comes when I call about 3/4 of the time. You know, unless there is something so! much! more! FUN! than me, IE: The Cat and Sevens harassment of said cat.
If she is bothering the cat (a sure way to make me entirely stressed) and barking, I can just assume that calling her WILL NOT work. At all.
Closing the door so that Seven is forced to bear the repercussions of biting The Cat’s tail is a sure way to get her back inside though.
I did manage to get outside though and let Seven and Amy play in the large amount of space we have. I spent the whole time making sure Amy didn’t fall of the slide (that she has a penchant for standing at the top of and clapping and foot stomping, before declaring ‘Mummeeee!’ and jumping at me. Heart stopping antics.) and that Seven didn’t eat the pegs/chase the kittens/disappear over to the (very very bogan) neighbours/run onto the road or any number of other things that Amy has never thought of doing.
Yet.
My view.
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22 responses to “It’s Like Having Two Toddlers…”
wow that sounds like a hectic time for ya! Hope things settle down for ya soon, in the meantime… chocolate is the answer to your problems!! 😉
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love your view!!
Puppies are such fun! lol
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Great yard! What is bogan?
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WOW, great view.
I have 2 kids and 2 dogs…totally feel your pain. At times, the dogs are more difficult than the kids…when they all get into the mix, my house is chaos!
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What a grand view you have. That looks absolutely lovely. Makes me want to put on my hiking boots and head for the hills. Sounds like you’re having hectic fun – you ARE having fun, aren’t you? I wouldn’t want to think you weren’t kinda enjoying all of the noise and the chasing and contention between the Cat and Seven. Sort of. Do I need to send you some Tootsie Rolls?
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Sounds like you need a little time with the Dog Whisperer.
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What an absolutely beautiful view!
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Hee….here’s betting that just when you get these 3 sorted out, you’ll get the good news that you’re preggers, and then you can start training everyone all over again!
It’s worth it though….those 4 times a day when I threaten to sell my children? and the dog? I hardly ever really mean it…..
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Love the view, I’m quite jealous.
and the puppy is almost edible he’s so cute.
(oh, and welcome back!)
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counting to 10 slowly always works for me… plus the sight of your “yard” would take my breath away. It is beautiful!! I, too, am glad that you are back 🙂
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bogan? pegs?
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hehehehehe I had missed you..
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You know, I’ve been mediating the fights between toddler/cats/dogs for so long, I don’t even realize I’m doing it anymore.
So glad you’re back!
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Bogan?
I had someone offer me a puppy today. nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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aww.. sounds like fun times.. lol..
are you still keeping one of the kittens.. 🙂
i am sure everything we sort its self out eventually.
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excellent job! Wow that house needs to be repainted. Contact me on myspace or email cause I met someone who used to live in that house. She recognised it! But the door frames and things are really nice I think if you brought back the wood wherever it is and painted the rest either white or cream it would be really nice.
(note: we have dulux wash n wear, it is expensive but EVERYTHING washes off it, I like going around wiping childrens fingerprints, dead moths and squashed spiders off the wall)
What does the bathroom look like? I love bathrooms. I love wooden ones but they tend to rot. Ours is all white with dark blue, I am going to attack it with a few wooden things.
Oh and how many rooms? 3? Cause that way it would be good Feng Shui to have a bedroom already and empty which needs to be filled with another baby.
Good luck with that!
***OMG I forgot to add***
You need to christen all of the bedrooms!!!!!!!!!
(Get my drift? Baby practice)
omg – more opportunities for you to whinge and moan.
Wow, what an amazing view!
And what an amazing paint job…
And what a cute photo of the two toddlers! They look like they’re playing nice in that photo… I am sure soon they will be playing nice for real as they get used to each other.
My parents had a cat called Nothing for ten years or something. He was a stray that Mum took in and when she asked Dad what to call her he replied “Nothing, we’re not keeping him”. Well the name stuck!
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Hee-hee, remember that other baby you wanted? You’ve got her…………
Love your view. i’ve never fully understood what bogan is either, can you help me out here? My younger daughter says her brother has become one since living with his partner and I have to admit I don’t like the type of person he is now. She’s much worse, a real psycho.
Oh I so feel your pain. I’m breaking up the toddler and the dog all.day.long! Toss in my husband who never cleans a thing….I have a house full of children *sigh*….Motherhood should come with full maid services.
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Gosh, what a beautiful view!
*Instant envy*!
I don’t envy you for the hubub though, grin 🙂
That view is just beautiful!
And now that you’re totally overwhelmed with moving in, Amy, the dog, the cat and everything else…perhaps now is the time you’ll end up pregnant.
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