Did you know that twins suck each other’s thumbs? Or noses, or shoulders, or whatever happens to be in range. They weigh nearly12 kilos between them now. That’s a lot of baby to be hefting round.
They are developing personalities. Daniel is a big baby with an amiable grin and relaxed manner who reminds me forcibly of his uncle (my feckless brother – I foresee a lifetime of getting extra keys cut). He looks very like his big sister and moves like she did at his age (why should I hold my head up? No, really, why? I don’t intend to crawl until I reach 11 months).
Michael is a very different child. Unlike the Princess and Daniel,he is not a bald baby (how extraordinary). He loves having his legs bicycled and already puts weight on his legs,an ominous sign that he may walk early. Where did we get an athletic baby from? Unlike his older and bigger brother he believes that sleep is for wimps but he is a lot more amiable on his four hours a night than I suspect Margaret Thatcher ever was. Â I, however, am finding the regime challenging and, of course, the Princess likes to add her mite. I am sure you can imagine the joy in the Waffle household when after a night awake with the boys, the Princess knocked on our bedroom door at 6.02 this morning.
kristin
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on 21 January 2006 at 15:54
look at those contented visages! what happy boys they seem.
on 22 January 2006 at 14:54
Sez – afternoon nap, you say? Ha ha ha (come on, join in waffly) ha ha ha.
on 23 January 2006 at 01:52
ahhh. So cute!!
on 23 January 2006 at 09:10
Sez, Jojo is right as ever. Kristin, Berry, thank you.
Tiring in a Whole New Way
Email from my friend D:
Saw this and thought of you -particularly your description of bringing Princess to school with the twins in tow, one in a sling and the other in the buggy. I feel that this is not a viable option into the future as the twins get bigger..http://www.magicmum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18600
Hope all is ok with you. Baby A has a cold and was awake crying from 1am to 4 am last night. I am shattered. I don’t know how you possibly manage with three. In fact I am surprised that anyone in the world has siblings at all, now that reliable contraception is available….
Yours in exhausted bewilderment,
You will note her wisdom in the matter of siblings.
Comments
belgianwaffle
on 23 January 2006 at 09:08
Good Lord Kristin, how extraordinary.
Role playing
Princess (to Mr. W.): Phtum, you’re me.
Princess (to me): Phtum, you’re Daddy.
Me (to Princess): Who are you?
Princess(aggrievedly):I’m MUMMY.
Mr. W (as Princess): Waah, get my doggy.
Me (as Mr. W): Don’t shout, be good and I will get your doggy.
Mr. W (as Princess): PLEASE get my doggy.
Me (as Mr. W. to Princess in role of Mummy): Is that sufficient? Will I get her doggy?
Princess (as Mummy): Yes, she is only two and a half, you know.
on 19 January 2006 at 12:44
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on 20 January 2006 at 11:56
I’m torn between recommending Mr Waffle be more demanding and him being more flexible and accommodation. I fear the former may just give her more inspiration and the later give her unrealistic representation of herself.
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on 20 January 2006 at 12:17
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Around Whom Does the World Revolve?
In the tram, the Princess peers at a fellow traveller’s shopping and, perceiving a gift wrapped item, turns to me, points at the parcel and says “I hope that present is for me.”
Bobble
on 18 January 2006 at 15:48 She needs her own TV show. Sweetie(s) given ���
poggle
on 19 January 2006 at 12:46 Bobs is right. I’d pay to watch that. Sweetie(s) given ���
belgianwaffle
on 19 January 2006 at 19:15 HJB, Bobble, pog, do you think if we put her on the telly she might start to pay her way? Sweetie(s) given ���
poggle
on 20 January 2006 at 09:37 She might at least employ you as her PA – that’d be a start … 😉 0
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belgianwaffle
on 20 January 2006 at 12:16 Pog, I think she’d be too demanding a boss. HJB, ta for sweetie, belatedly noticed.. 0
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Tortured Vowels
When the Princess speaks English, she sounds like a little Belgian. Aside from the mistaken direct translations (e.g. “I’m there” for “I’m here” and “I’m coming” for “I can do it”) her accent is very odd. She pronounces there “theyRE”, here is “heRE” and chair is “chayRE”. I am baffled, it’s not like she’s ever heard anyone say “chayRE” and she obviously has no idea how they’re spelt.
She also laughs at my French pronunciation. Her class is called “accueil†and that combination of vowels is very hard for the non-French speaker. She now ambushes me saying: “Say “écureuil, accueil, feuille— Mummy. Oh very funny.
Religious Observance
“Can we go to the pain quotidien (post mass treat) and no mass?” the Princess asked me
I don’t know why she objects, it’s far from the dull experience I had when I was her age. Â We check out the confessionals at the back of the church and look at all the statues “Look, Mummy, baby Jesus. Oh Mummy, another baby Jesus”. You get the picture.
Incidentally, I am having some difficulty explaining the role of Joseph in the holy family, for the meanwhile he has been described as Jesus’s Daddy which may yet get me excommunicated.
Looking at the pietà which features a rather grisly looking Jesus we had the following exchange.
Her: Oh Mummy, poor sick Jesus.
Me: Yes dear.
Her: And his Mummy Mary is sad.
Me: Yes she is, poor Mary.
Her: As sad as Cinderella?
Me: Possibly even sadder.
Her: We give her a biscuit to make it better.
Me: She is so sad that even a biscuit may not make it better.
kristin
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on 15 January 2006 at 16:31
Good for the Princess, tackling the tough topics. My little one is terrified of the priests, which makes eucharist very complicated. last time, as the wizened hand reached forward to bless her, she backed up, stepped off the kneeling bit at the altar rail and fell smack on her diapered bottom. Oh, the screams. Mommy didn’t take communion that day, she was busy rushing the screaming devil-child away from the source of righteousness.on 15 January 2006 at 19:16
Ahh biscuits. Is there anything they can’t do? 1 Sweetie(s) givenFriar Tuck
on 16 January 2006 at 16:10
If it’s such a pain, why does Princess like it so much? (Sorry. Now I know why you want me out of your blog.)on 16 January 2006 at 17:50
I’m sure the baboon would agree with her on the biscuits fixing anything principle … 0Sweetie(s) given
on 19 January 2006 at 12:06
Pog, Norah, ahh biscuits. Thanks for the sweetie N.FT, get your own blog.
Kristin, no problem at all, made me feel very popular.
Thks Sez.Â