Crying = asleep in 20 min., playing = asleep in 2.25 hours

Ever since returning from a trip (4 weeks ago!), Nick has been crying when we put him down for both bed and naps. Well, today, I tried to talk to him and said, "You know, you don't have to go to sleep right now. You don't need to cry. You can just play with your animals [stuffed animals in his crib] until you're ready to fall asleep." What an IDIOTIC suggestion that was! I put the boys down at 12:30pm, they usually sing, play (or cry) for about 20-30 minutes before dropping off.

TWO hours and 15 minutes later Nicky has finally fallen asleep (he never did really cry, just laughing, singing, playing) :crazy:. Joe should wake up any minute now. I think I'll tell Nick that he should cry b/c bedtime is sad (at least he'll give it up after 20 minutes and get more sleep!) I officially give up!

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ETA: ACK! 30 minutes after posting this I could STILL hear him in there talking. I went in to concede the nap and found him standing up his crib with a leftover package of the reusable adhesive trucks we used to decorate his room in the crib with him torn to absolute shreds. As an added bonus, his diaper, pants, and socks were in the corner of the room, and he had obviously enjoyed urinating in every conceivable corner of the crib. To my great consolation, he had a tremendous poo right BEFORE this 'nap'. For this reason alone, I found the whole thing rather comical. :laughing:

 

Okay, I have to share my facial expressions as I was reading this.

QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 8 2008, 05:54 PM) [snapback]816619[/snapback]
Ever since returning from a trip (4 weeks ago!), Nick has been crying when we put him down for both bed and naps. Well, today, I tried to talk to him and said, "You know, you don't have to go to sleep right now. You don't need to cry. You can just play with your animals [stuffed animals in his crib] until you're ready to fall asleep."

:good:


QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 8 2008, 05:54 PM) [snapback]816619[/snapback]
What an IDIOTIC suggestion that was!

:rofl:


QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 8 2008, 05:54 PM) [snapback]816619[/snapback]
TWO hours and 15 minutes later Nicky has finally fallen asleep (he never did really cry, just laughing, singing, playing) :crazy:. Joe should wake up any minute now. I think I'll tell Nick that he should cry b/c bedtime is sad (at least he'll give it up after 20 minutes and get more sleep!) I officially give up!

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QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 8 2008, 05:54 PM) [snapback]816619[/snapback]
ETA: ACK! 30 minutes after posting this I could STILL hear him in there talking. I went in to concede the nap and found him standing up his crib with a leftover package of the reusable adhesive trucks we used to decorate his room in the crib with him torn to absolute shreds. As an added bonus, his diaper, pants, and socks were in the corner of the room, and he had obviously enjoyed urinating in every conceivable corner of the crib. To my great consolation, he had a tremendous poo right BEFORE this 'nap'. For this reason alone, I found the whole thing rather comical. :laughing:

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I hope the crazy naptime stress heals itself soon before you go too :crazy:!!

 

:rofl: OMGosh! That sounds like one of our naptimes! A few days ago I went in, and they had gotten their closet doors open(which had a 'childproof' locks), found a package of wipes, and ripped every single last one of them out of the package. They also took all of the clothes off the bottom row, all of the toys out of the toy box, had both taken their diapers off, and were each wearing various pieces of each other's clothing. :80:

We could write a book! :crazy:

 

Oh Siri!!! I cannot believe it!!! :rotflmbo: I'm trying to not laugh too hard!!! How can I help it!!! :rofl:

Oh man....good luck!!!

 

QUOTE(becky5 @ Jun 8 2008, 09:05 PM) [snapback]816811[/snapback]
:rofl: OMGosh! That sounds like one of our naptimes! A few days ago I went in, and they had gotten their closet doors open(which had a 'childproof' locks), found a package of wipes, and ripped every single last one of them out of the package. They also took all of the clothes off the bottom row, all of the toys out of the toy box, had both taken their diapers off, and were each wearing various pieces of each other's clothing. :80:

We could write a book! :crazy:

:rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo:

 

Sorry but those are 2 great stories. :laughing:

 

QUOTE(becky5 @ Jun 8 2008, 06:05 PM) [snapback]816811[/snapback]
:rofl: OMGosh! That sounds like one of our naptimes! A few days ago I went in, and they had gotten their closet doors open(which had a 'childproof' locks), found a package of wipes, and ripped every single last one of them out of the package. They also took all of the clothes off the bottom row, all of the toys out of the toy box, had both taken their diapers off, and were each wearing various pieces of each other's clothing. :80:

We could write a book! :crazy:



Becky, I don't know HOW you have kept your sanity with them in big kid beds. I swear we'll be keeping them in the cribs until elementary school. If he's able to cause this much destruction while in the crib I don't even want to THINK about what he'll do with 'free reign'. He must have go-go Gadget arms or something, b/c there is a nightstand near (not right next to) his crib, which I have turned backwards so that the drawer is facing the wall. This drawer is where I have stashed a lot of the misc. whatever for their room. It is still amazing to me how he managed to reach it, let alone open it and remove anything from it all from his crib.

I haven't felt this unproofed since they hit about 14 months, when upgrades were needed about every month or so to keep up with their evolving antics. They have taken it to a new level in EVERY area of the house. I jumped in the shower this morning and was gone all of 8.5 minutes (DH was 'watching' them ). I had to dry off at warp speed b/c I could hear some tell-tale sounds that my presence was needed. I rushed out, wearing nothing but my wet hair, and found Nick standing on his dresser throwing wall hangings to and fro, having a blast with the light switch, and throwing diapers and wipes all over the room. He also found my stash of (what I thought was well-hidden) free weights today and was rolling them all over the house. When I walked out asking DH WTH?, he was playing with Joe and simply replied, 'He's getting into everything today!" :crazy: You don't say?!

 

QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 9 2008, 12:11 AM) [snapback]817015[/snapback]
They have taken it to a new level in EVERY area of the house. I jumped in the shower this morning and was gone all of 8.5 minutes (DH was 'watching' them ). I had to dry off at warp speed b/c I could hear some tell-tale sounds that my presence was needed. I rushed out, wearing nothing but my wet hair, and found Nick standing on his dresser throwing wall hangings to and fro, having a blast with the light switch, and throwing diapers and wipes all over the room. He also found my stash of (what I thought was well-hidden) free weights today and was rolling them all over the house. When I walked out asking DH WTH?, he was playing with Joe and simply replied, 'He's getting into everything today!" :crazy: You don't say?!


:rofl: :rofl: why is it that all of 3 minutes in the shower turns into an Animal House style free for all that takes a week to clean up?

 

QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 9 2008, 12:11 AM) [snapback]817015[/snapback]
Becky, I don't know HOW you have kept your sanity with them in big kid beds. I swear we'll be keeping them in the cribs until elementary school. If he's able to cause this much destruction while in the crib I don't even want to THINK about what he'll do with 'free reign'. He must have go-go Gadget arms or something, b/c there is a nightstand near (not right next to) his crib, which I have turned backwards so that the drawer is facing the wall. This drawer is where I have stashed a lot of the misc. whatever for their room. It is still amazing to me how he managed to reach it, let alone open it and remove anything from it all from his crib.

I haven't felt this unproofed since they hit about 14 months, when upgrades were needed about every month or so to keep up with their evolving antics. They have taken it to a new level in EVERY area of the house. I jumped in the shower this morning and was gone all of 8.5 minutes (DH was 'watching' them ). I had to dry off at warp speed b/c I could hear some tell-tale sounds that my presence was needed. I rushed out, wearing nothing but my wet hair, and found Nick standing on his dresser throwing wall hangings to and fro, having a blast with the light switch, and throwing diapers and wipes all over the room. He also found my stash of (what I thought was well-hidden) free weights today and was rolling them all over the house. When I walked out asking DH WTH?, he was playing with Joe and simply replied, 'He's getting into everything today!" :crazy: You don't say?!

:rotflmbo: It is amazing what they can get into in a short amount of time. Just the other day while I was cooking dinner(and Jeff, or maybe it was Hannah, was 'watching' them), they managed to get the hall closet door open, and dumped almost a whole container of GLITTER all over the floor! :wacko:

 

La, la, la la lah! *sticks fingers in ears*

I can't hear you guys and I'm going to go find my happy place!!

 

QUOTE(becky5 @ Jun 9 2008, 05:45 AM) [snapback]817205[/snapback]
:rotflmbo: It is amazing what they can get into in a short amount of time. Just the other day while I was cooking dinner(and Jeff, or maybe it was Hannah, was 'watching' them), they managed to get the hall closet door open, and dumped almost a whole container of GLITTER all over the floor! :wacko:



Um, you win. I can't imagine dealing with that! Glitter gets into EVERYTHING! You can't ever get it out. You kids will be appearing with a slight sheen of sparkle for the next year and a half thanks to that little stunt! My mother gave us 4 small tubes of glitter for their 2nd bday; I haven't given her a dirty look that piercing since I was 14.

 

QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 9 2008, 12:19 PM) [snapback]817541[/snapback]
Um, you win. I can't imagine dealing with that! Glitter gets into EVERYTHING! You can't ever get it out. You kids will be appearing with a slight sheen of sparkle for the next year and a half thanks to that little stunt! My mother gave us 4 small tubes of glitter for their 2nd bday; I haven't given her a dirty look that piercing since I was 14.

:laughing: Yes, I am still finding it, and I am sure I will be for years! So pretty. :crazy:

 

You know, I've been waiting for a long time to say this... WELCOME TO THE DISASTERS-R-US CLUB!!! After the walking mess factory goes to bed, I'll see if I can capture the magic that is (was) my handmade dining room curtains.

 

QUOTE(debid @ Jun 9 2008, 05:31 PM) [snapback]818226[/snapback]
You know, I've been waiting for a long time to say this... WELCOME TO THE DISASTERS-R-US CLUB!!! After the walking mess factory goes to bed, I'll see if I can capture the magic that is (was) my handmade dining room curtains.

:lol: Oh no! I hope they made it through unscathed!

 

QUOTE(debid @ Jun 9 2008, 02:31 PM) [snapback]818226[/snapback]
You know, I've been waiting for a long time to say this... WELCOME TO THE DISASTERS-R-US CLUB!!! After the walking mess factory goes to bed, I'll see if I can capture the magic that is (was) my handmade dining room curtains.



Oh, no! I hope it wasn't the hand-beaded ones! Did they survive?

Today's destruction included (among other things) de-stuffing all the throw pillows in the family room while I was vacuuming the bedrooms (which took all of 7 minutes). It was like Old Man Winter had stopped by. In fact, as I type this they are throwing all the clean, folded laundry I had set on my bed. Sigh...the price I pay for a little TS time.

 

QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 9 2008, 10:03 PM) [snapback]818586[/snapback]
Today's destruction included (among other things) de-stuffing all the throw pillows in the family room while I was vacuuming the bedrooms (which took all of 7 minutes). It was like Old Man Winter had stopped by. In fact, as I type this they are throwing all the clean, folded laundry I had set on my bed. Sigh...the price I pay for a little TS time.


:rofl:

So, continuing with tales of destruction...

This morning they made their way upstairs. I was finishing up the dishes, and it took me no more than 2 minutes to get up there. When I got there, I found them in my room. :huh: They had gotten into my underwear drawer, taken every single piece out, and Jacob was wearing a sports bra! I didn't even know I had a sports bra... :blink:

:crazy:

 

Wow, I utterly can't compete. I know you'll all throw cyber-tomatoes at me if I say that A&S have pretty much never totally destroyed anything. :blbl: But I enjoy laughing at your stories, and envisioning what my SIL may be in for when her boys are toddlers. :icon_biggrin:

 

QUOTE(SweetpeaG @ Jun 9 2008, 09:03 PM) [snapback]818586[/snapback]
Oh, no! I hope it wasn't the hand-beaded ones! Did they survive?

Today's destruction included (among other things) de-stuffing all the throw pillows in the family room while I was vacuuming the bedrooms (which took all of 7 minutes). It was like Old Man Winter had stopped by. In fact, as I type this they are throwing all the clean, folded laundry I had set on my bed. Sigh...the price I pay for a little TS time.


Oh, you want Old Man Winter out of season, wait until they figure out that there are items tall enough to push around and reach the thermostat! That's a fun game. And did you know that if two toddlers pull on a DVD in a box that they can break it in thirds?!

I still haven't gotten on the desktop to post my photo but I took a lovely one suitable for framing with the guilty party gently touching the shredded curtain and smiling. I'm going to scrapbook it with the receipt for the new fabric and a photo of the new curtains. I found something the same color but a different style and I hope it "works" and that I can recycle the 3 other panels to make a window treatment for the kitchen corner windows rather that wasting many yards of beautiful faille.

 

Well since we are sharing. Not long ago, I had to run downstairs to answer the phone. In the 3-4 minutes that I was on the phone my darling children thought it would be a good idea to give the cat a bath....with the toilet brush and water from the toilet. The result was the entire play room and hallway was randomly sprinkled with toilet water and the cat was not too amused. When asked about their offenses I got : "We were just helping clean up the cat". I was not amused.

 

QUOTE(FirstTimeMom814 @ Jun 11 2008, 03:23 PM) [snapback]821847[/snapback]
Well since we are sharing. Not long ago, I had to run downstairs to answer the phone. In the 3-4 minutes that I was on the phone my darling children thought it would be a good idea to give the cat a bath....with the toilet brush and water from the toilet. The result was the entire play room and hallway was randomly sprinkled with toilet water and the cat was not too amused. When asked about their offenses I got : "We were just helping clean up the cat". I was not amused.

:rofl: Poor kitty! Yes, these stories are only amusing after the messes have been cleaned up!