Sometimes...:-)

Most of the time things are going great. Although three smalle children are a lot of work, most of the time everything goes pretty smoothly and I am really happy. Of course it is like rush hour every now and then, especially when I am preparing dinner and the kids want attention, I need to wipe a bottom, etc.. But that is okay.

But what I hate most and still have not find a good solution for is screaming, arghhhhh. My eldest, a boy, loves to scream, since about a month this seems to be his new thing, high pitched screaming. Not only do I hate it, but it really scraes his little brother (who is only 13 weeks old), espacially when I am breastfeeding him. I have given time-outs, sometimes this does work, but some days.....
And of course every now and then I get really irritated, which I shouldn't and then it gets him more attention tham it should. Although I try to give my kids attention for positive things and not too much for negative behavior, some days I find myself doing the opposite and we are then spiraling down in negativity. Once I notice I try to stop what I am doing, take a deep breath and focus on the positive. Luckily this usually works. Although it almost seems sometimes like my eldest prefers negative attention, although I know that cannot really be true...

raising three small children

'Wow, you must be very busy' I often hear. And ofcourse I am busy, I have three little children. The eldest just turned three last September, The middle one is 19 months old and the youngest is just 10 weeks old. But am I stressed out or too busy? No, I am not. Why not? Well, there are a couple of reasons. First of all I am not the stressy type. I do not get stressed so easily and that really helps alot. With three small children you just have to prioritize sometimes. If one has really hurt him- or herself, the youngest just has to wait a little bit longer to be fed. If I am feeding my youngest and one of the older ones wants me to do something, I tell them it will do it but that they just have to wait until their baby brother is ready.

I will share much more of how I manage to raise my three little ones.
Just read my blog to see how I manage and if you have any questions, just ask!