I'm not a stay at home mom, but I'm a part-time shift worker and I have my children way more than the babysitter.

I also have three kiddo's....sounds like mine are a bit old than yours....but age differences are close. So I've been where you are! 

It gets better! My middle one (4) just started JK this year...every other day, my oldest (7) is in grade two and the youngest is (2).

When the youngest was born....I felt like like I was loosing my mind! My oldest was still 4 1/2 and the middle one was 21 months old....and I wasn't getting any sleep....

Good news is I think God made it that way so that we wouldn't remember much....I really don't remember much of that first year after my youngest was born!

I know that there are quite a few SAHM's out around here....I know that they can relate for sure! If I could I would stay at home....but we need my income to live. 

Here here!  I stay at home w/ my youngest who's 4 - we do homeschool pre-K and don't really "stay home" as much as the title "SAHM" infers.  We're part of a homeschool co-op and he also comes w/ me when I work (volunteer really) at my other kids' school.  My 6 yo and my 11 yo go to school during the daytime and I am itching to homeschool my 6 yo again (did for K) because I miss him so much, and b/c he literally has only learned one thing new to him all year (how to look at "i" and not say the "e" sound - he always said the same sound for both before no matter how I tried to spin it).
OK sorry for venting there, wrong thread.


It does get better, and before you know it you'll be glad they have eachother as playmates to keep them occupied.  My sons are best friends and I don't think they can imagine life w/o eachother.  In fact my 6 yo told me the other day that he's decided what their (shared) bedroom will be decorated like when he and brother are grown-ups.  "We're going to have our room orange for Tony Stewart" he said.  Hey Nascar was good for when they were learning their numbers way back when!

my oldest is going to start Kindergarten this year, and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant stand all the fighting. Literally, non-stop ALL DAY, the 5 yo and the 3 yo fight. Over everything. I want to bash their heads together. My 1 yo is a sweetheart though, so he's my favorite right now.
sigh.

Lol! Pinkcaddy, I know what you mean! My 5 & 2 yr olds fight,tease,aggravate each other all the time!
Hey, rethinkingpink can I borrow that book next?

nynaeve, oh Lord don't get me started on wonderpets. Or the Doodlebops, Backyardigans, yadda yadda. What happened to that Ipod I asked for for Christmas?!

LOL, I'm a TGIDHK (Thank God I Don't Have Kids)

Somehow reading all that, stopped my clock (biological that is)! 

yesterday they were fighting over a toy trumpet - so I jerked it out of their hands and threw it across the room so it hit the wall and broke. It felt soooo good.
 

Who are you kidding? Just cause you don't have human critters doesn't mean your not a momma......they just don't talk back in words!

How many animals do you have? Eight cats....three dogs?...fish?, birds? (Peeps for sure)


PC....I feel your pain....some days are like that at our house...especially if I have all three at home, if I just have one or two...life's good! No fighting! Happy Days kindergarten will be!