Monday, November 21, 2011

The post holiday comedown

It's in full force at our place today. The house is a mess: toys, multiple loads of dirty washing, half unpacked shopping. Little E probably wonders where her in-house entertainment team has gone: she had five days worth of Mumma, Dadda, Granny, Grandad and Aunty Katherine all dancing to her tune and she's now stuck with boring Mumma who started the day by wrestling her around the supermarket and is now attempting to tidy one part of the house whilst E  alternates taking apart another with demanding food.

And E has learnt how to maneouvre the lever door handles that are on all our internal doors and so now takes great delight in letting herself into any room she pleases, including the ones that are stuffed full of things we would prefer she didn't touch ... sewing machine and supplies, CD towers plus 500-odd CDs, a desk covered in papers waiting for the magical 'someday' that I can be bothered filing them ... This is particularly annoying me today because I spent the last week attempting to change the door handles to round, hopefully less easy to open ones, not being able to figure out how to do it, and requesting each evening that D help me ... of course it didn't get done. E's other recent accomplishment is that she has got tall enough to reach the bench top, the last bastion of all things not belonging to her. I discovered this upon coming in from the clothesline to be greated by the kettle and an enoormous puddle of (thank God, cold) water on the kitchen floor.

She also seems to think she no longer needs nappies (or clothes for that matter). I do not think I am psychologically equipped for toilet training. Let's face it, after a few days away from the real world I do not think I am psychologically or in any way equipped for being a full-time parent at all.





Incidentally, the holiday was lovely and I will write about it at some point when my little angel is asleep.





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2 comments:

Naturally Carol said...

Hehe! No wonder you're pulling your hair out. I think this is the age of constant supervision while awake, you don't get much else done, but the rooms don't get quite as demolished with Mum on her back. I hope your week improves.

Maxabella said...

Oh I hear ya! We are in comedown mode at our place too.. All after a week of full time parenting that knocked me for six! How do the SAHM's do it??? It makes me love them even more...

And I was thinking that the 'no clothes' phase is the perfect time for toilet training. Less washing!?! x

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