http://www.syltcookie.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/06/following-orders/ Ramblings about knitting, life, and the occasional cookie. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.syltcookie.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/06/following-orders/#comment-333 Molly W Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:54:32 +0000 http://www.syltcookie.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/06/following-orders/#comment-333 I was going to tell you how to survive all day with two kids, but then I realized that they are 7 months (?) and 2 yrs old, and you would need a double stroller. But anyway, I'm a grandmother who has been given charge of an 11 month old girl and an 11 year old boy. The age disparity is trouble enough. However, I have found that if I don't get out I become quite unhappy about things. At first my grand-daughter was about 6 weeks old, and she hated being an infant. I've never before seen a child who so hated being an infant. But now she is 11 months and can walk and life is great. We go everywhere I can manage to take the stroller and a kid on wheelies (sp). Make sure that they are always best of friends, your two. I had three daughters who were all under 2 years old when the third one was born. I could put them all in a playpen and they would be happy. I even once put them all in a great big suitcase and they were happy. I didn't close it of course, but I did fill it with toys. Luckily I had a seven-year-old. In order to get out I would put two in strollers and one on my front, and the seven-year-old would push the second stroller. This was in Hong Kong, which speaks very highly of the competence of the oldest daughter. Bonne chance. I was going to tell you how to survive all day with two kids, but then I realized that they are 7 months (?) and 2 yrs old, and you would need a double stroller. But anyway, I’m a grandmother who has been given charge of an 11 month old girl and an 11 year old boy. The age disparity is trouble enough. However, I have found that if I don’t get out I become quite unhappy about things. At first my grand-daughter was about 6 weeks old, and she hated being an infant. I’ve never before seen a child who so hated being an infant. But now she is 11 months and can walk and life is great. We go everywhere I can manage to take the stroller and a kid on wheelies (sp). Make sure that they are always best of friends, your two. I had three daughters who were all under 2 years old when the third one was born. I could put them all in a playpen and they would be happy. I even once put them all in a great big suitcase and they were happy. I didn’t close it of course, but I did fill it with toys. Luckily I had a seven-year-old. In order to get out I would put two in strollers and one on my front, and the seven-year-old would push the second stroller. This was in Hong Kong, which speaks very highly of the competence of the oldest daughter. Bonne chance.

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