Are you supposed to still feel caged at this point?

I know this is a hard phase, we're just about one and so many things are happening. DD is starting to walk with hands held and DS is his SUPER fast crawling and cruising phase. I just feel like it is STILL really, really hard to get anywhere and schedule anything b/c of their naps or eating schedules. It's like running a marathon just to get their snowsuits and hats and stuff on to get OUT the door, yet alone get anywhere.

Just wanted to know if anyone still feels caged at this point, and if not, what the hell am I doing wrong??

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Yup I did at that point! And I'm horrible about wanting to avoid going out in the snow mess/mush like its the plague! Your not doing anything wrong! It gets MUCH easier when they drop to 1 nap and you can plan around that...also dropping bottles/formula is easier too to plan around meals
I'm dreading this winter bc I don't feel like going anywhere with Hannah--she still is not on a great schedule mostly bc of trying to keep the boys happy by going out and about and she's super nosy--but I know ti has to be done.

Anyways....(HUGS) you aren't doing anything wrong! Every age has its ups and downs! Best advice...take them to a friends/family's house that is different scenery but still babyproofed so you don't feel run ragged

 

No you're not alone. I was always a go go go type of person. Not anymore. I just went out yesterday for the first time in three days. The twins haven't been out of the house since Wednesday. I love being able to leave them home. I hate dragging all the kids out in the cold. It feels like it takes forever just to get the twins ready let alone the other three. The whole time I'm getting the three youngest ready I am yelling at the older two to get dressed, put on your shoes, put on your coats. It's a pain in the hiney.

 

I know how you feel. It is SUCH a pain to go anywhere right now. Our boys are walking and into everything. We have two family meals coming up, at houses where I KNOW things are not childproof. DH's grandmother has very expensive, very breakable porcelain things on her fireplace hearth (which is about 3 inches high) and his sister already mentioned to me that she thought about as she was decorating the tree how our boys would try to get to all her breakable ornaments. Combine that with the meals being at 1pm (yep, nap time), and I am totally dreading it - I'm sure I will spend the whole time chasing them around and trying to keep them happy and our of trouble.

In addition, our boys HATE their winter coats and hats, and have started pitching a huge fit about being in the carseats and whenever we put their coats on. Honestly, it makes me want to hibernate until spring, but I guess I can't do that, huh? So I totally get where you are coming from - our boys aren't good nappers anyway, so that makes things even harder trying to schedule around them.

 

You arent alone. By the time I get the 3 of them out the door, bucked into the van, I am ready for a nap! I feel like I have just participated in the Olympics. The other day I had all three at the entrance. A rare thing, I usually get the twins in the gated aread until I am ready to put them in the van. The other day reminded me why I do that! Donevan was not cooperating on putting on his boots. William was playing with the rhumba, turning it off and on and chassing it down the hall when it left its docking area. NAthaniel was eating a plant. I was like OMG! :drown: No wonder I am exhausted by the time 8pm comes around. I know exactly where you are coming from. I am waiting for it to get a little easier to get out also.

 

Totally normal.. it's hard being a prisoner to their routines, but also winter sucks! During the summer it's so easy to just throw the kids in the stroller and be out the door, but the added work of hats and socks and boots and coats makes everything eleventy billion times harder. And there's only so many places to go.. around here it's only really good to go to the mall or there's some drop in places for kids, but there's not a lot of good indoor entertainment.

That being said.. it is good to just power through and get out.. the more you do it the easier it gets. And I definitely second the getting over to relatives or friends' houses where you can feed them a meal, let them roam a bit and just have a change of scenery.

 

Let me just say, I wish it were summer (and I really don't like heat) but I would rather put my kids in shorts and t-shirts or even better a bathing suit and go for a stroll! This winter coat, boots, hats mitts thing is HORRID!!! And its even worse when they HATE their hats and I'm fighting tooth and nail for them to keep the darn thing on! UGH! Its such a chore. I want to get out of the house for my own sanity, but its soooo not worth it right now.

 

I still think that you and I are raising the same kids!

 

Lol. I know - I think we must be related! And the OP, too, it seems. Maybe we're all long lost relatives. :laughing:

 

I am right there with you...I hate going out right now. My girls, who are almost the exact same age as yours, are into everything, one is almost walking and both are super fast crawlers. Just getting everyone to stay put at the front door to get them into their snowsuits is a battle. DS is a handful as well right now and several times in the last month or so when I have managed to get them all dressed and out of the house in the 1.5 hour window I have between naps and meals we've had to leave where ever we are in a hurry because DS has had a MAJOR meltdown....arrgghhh! I am thinking of staying in until spring!!!!

 

Somehow I got a triple post...sorry

 

Sorry again, no idea how to delete these extras!

 

Same here. I'm stressed so much when we have to get out. Yesterday we had xmas party over my in law. It started at noon but we didn't get there before 2pm. I had to wait for them had bottles then naps then breastfast then bottle, then bath, then they were napping in the car on the way there. While we were there,its their lunch time. We refused solid so I had to take them upstairs and gave them bottles.then later on my daughter cried so much because some aunti wanted to pick her up plus they skipped their naps. Then my husband gave her back to me. She coughed and puked on me. We were at the party for 4 hrs.I didn't have chance to eat. When I got home, I was exhausted and tired and hungry. That's all my sunday and today back to work. Some reason, I caught a cold lastnight.I guess because iam so restless. Twin mom never has a second to rest!!!ahhhhhhh

Oh yeah at the party, his sil told me that his mom'side would have xmas party later on asked if we wanted to come. Hell no!!! Our rule is 1 house/day. I hate to take the twins out!!!

 

Is that a new meal I didn't know about? :laughing:

 

Lol good catch.I was like zombi that day.plus I always do multiple tasks (like typing on BB and pumping lol). And yeah I realized I typed breastfast a lot lol. I don't know why. I guess it has something to do with that I pull out my breasts to pump,squeeze, pull to get milk many times a day.

Oh cat mommy:hope you family got over the pink eyes already.being sick is no fun.

 

I was going to start a similar topic!
Mine are 8 months and I have yet to see things get any easier.

I love that the above poster said, prisoner to their routines - a great description!

 

I love that quote - prisoner to their routines!

I am sooo in the same boat, between their schedules and trying to get stuff done this season I am exhausted. I am so glad the only party we have to go to is a block away and then the 24th at my parents. Bundling up the kids right now is a work out. Plus they are both crawling so they DO NOT want to be in the car seats right now.

And I'm in rainy Vancouver, I don't have to deal with fluffy toques, mittens and big jackets (except for about 3 days a year - LOL). I feel for all you who live in colder climates!!!

 

Wait till you visit in Jan! Snowsuits and fluffy hats, here you come!

 

Ditto!
I usually love this time of year but I am really struggling this year to get into the Christmas spirit! I just feel too darn exhausted both mentally and physically!
My family takes turns to host Christmas and I think everyone forgets or just doesn't think about how hard it is with 2 babies!!!!! :drown: :drown: :drown:

We live in a hot climate - it's summer now - but I feel really snowed under lol! :gah: