cirque du bebe

I posted earlier tonight on FB that I’m a multitasking fool.  And I think it bares further explanation as to the magnitude of the multitasking I was performing.

Within a fifteen minute span, I was cooking a grilled cheese for Monkey’s dinner (this happens often when I have to work at night), peeling a carrot as his “side dish”, printing out copies of instructions for tomorrow’s meeting at the client, testing workflows for another project AND posting on Facebook.  Plus fielding the numerous questions Monkey usually throws my way like “Can I have cookie?  What about after dinner?  Can I watch Mickey?  Where is daddy?  Is he bringing me something special?”

I hate the nights I have to work in order to meet deadlines or make up for other mishaps at work.  But to pat myself on the back, I handled it pretty well tonight.

In roughly two months, we’ll be embarking on a new phase of our parenting journey … raising TWO.  This concept still scares me and most days I just try to ignore the nagging thoughts of “How will Monkey take it?”, “How can I juggle their bedtimes, feeding (especially breastfeeding)?”, “Where will I find the energy to do it all?”  There are many other thoughts I try to suppress regularly for fear of drowning my brain in situation planning or forecasting but those three questions I would say are my top worries.  With the energy one, I’d like to finally get rid of the baby fat since this IS OUR LAST KID so help me.

So my question to all of  you out there dealing with two OR MORE kids, how do you handle …

Jealousy?  Feelings of neglect from kid A or from others?

Bedtimes?  Feeding times?  BREASTFEEDING … in front of kid A or no?

Energy, sleep woes and exercise?