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elanya at 08:54pm on 18/02/2016 under family, february talk meme, kids, tumblr crosspost, twitter crosspost
elanya at 08:54pm on 18/02/2016 under family, february talk meme, kids, tumblr crosspost, twitter crosspostI can't seem to get back on track with these! Hopefully I'll manage that, but at least I'm still posting, right?
Anyway, <user=tethys123. asked me to talk about living with little kids and how it has affected me. So, to clarify the situation here - I am living with my sister and brither-in-law and my two nephews (Eldest: HD or Bubby or boo, or bubby-boo. Youngest: GH or Nugsy, or the Nug, or Teensy, Tiny Teenser, Teensy Nug, Nug Bug, etc. My room shares a room with theirs. So a few obvious and superficial things - Kids are little time sucks! They want attention, and when they are around even things that only involve them indirectly can take a lot longer than it should. They aren't exactly paragons of efficiency - things that do involve them can take a Really Long Time. Since I started working, I'm usually the first adult awake. The kids are usually up either before me (way less of this lately) or between when I get up and when their dad does, so I am often getting them their morning fruit in the morning, or just chatting and directing them. In the evenings, I'm usually the first line against post-bedtime excusrions, since I'm usually in my room and hear them. They also want me to play with them, all the time. They are pretty much always playing some make believe game - being characters from whatever show they have been watching, or game they have been playing. I'm getting to do a lot more roleplaying than ever, let me tell you! Even if I'm not actually paying with them, they consider this important. (Them: Can you be Starfire from Teen Titans Go? Me: I have to walk the dogs, sweetie. Them: Well can you be Starfire who has to walk the dogs?). I have my own OC supervillain also, the Terrible Tickler, who is probably the most in-demand original character I have ever created ;p He has an extensive back story. And a sidekick. I try to help with kid things, reinforcing things their parents are doing, following their lead when it comes to language and lessons and such. I feel like if I am living here, I need to be engaged on that level. I help the kids when they need help, and I will help reinforce boundaries that they need to grow up into excellent people. This is easy because their parents are pretty awesome - I've never been in a situation where I'm uncomfortable about the sort of message the kids are getting from them. If I didn't share value I think it could be a lot more awkward. Um what else..... I have wiped way more butts than I ever expected to at this stage of my life? Fewer now that I'm working, and especially since the older boy is becoming more independant in his bathroom habits. This kind of goes along with the above, I guess. I also do bedtimes on occasion, but that's more like babysitting than regular life routine. I dunno - there is definitely more to say. I love them a whole lot, and I feel really lucky to be able to spend this much time with them when they are little. I am defintely going to miss them whenever I move on from where I am now. I've talked some about that with the older one - I'm pretty sure he'd be sad. the littler one doesn't like it when I go to work, but he is in a generally pretty clingy phase, so I don't think that is really specific to me. I expect there will be a lot of disappointment all around.... But for now, I'm really happy to be where I am.
Anyway, <user=tethys123. asked me to talk about living with little kids and how it has affected me. So, to clarify the situation here - I am living with my sister and brither-in-law and my two nephews (Eldest: HD or Bubby or boo, or bubby-boo. Youngest: GH or Nugsy, or the Nug, or Teensy, Tiny Teenser, Teensy Nug, Nug Bug, etc. My room shares a room with theirs. So a few obvious and superficial things - Kids are little time sucks! They want attention, and when they are around even things that only involve them indirectly can take a lot longer than it should. They aren't exactly paragons of efficiency - things that do involve them can take a Really Long Time. Since I started working, I'm usually the first adult awake. The kids are usually up either before me (way less of this lately) or between when I get up and when their dad does, so I am often getting them their morning fruit in the morning, or just chatting and directing them. In the evenings, I'm usually the first line against post-bedtime excusrions, since I'm usually in my room and hear them. They also want me to play with them, all the time. They are pretty much always playing some make believe game - being characters from whatever show they have been watching, or game they have been playing. I'm getting to do a lot more roleplaying than ever, let me tell you! Even if I'm not actually paying with them, they consider this important. (Them: Can you be Starfire from Teen Titans Go? Me: I have to walk the dogs, sweetie. Them: Well can you be Starfire who has to walk the dogs?). I have my own OC supervillain also, the Terrible Tickler, who is probably the most in-demand original character I have ever created ;p He has an extensive back story. And a sidekick. I try to help with kid things, reinforcing things their parents are doing, following their lead when it comes to language and lessons and such. I feel like if I am living here, I need to be engaged on that level. I help the kids when they need help, and I will help reinforce boundaries that they need to grow up into excellent people. This is easy because their parents are pretty awesome - I've never been in a situation where I'm uncomfortable about the sort of message the kids are getting from them. If I didn't share value I think it could be a lot more awkward. Um what else..... I have wiped way more butts than I ever expected to at this stage of my life? Fewer now that I'm working, and especially since the older boy is becoming more independant in his bathroom habits. This kind of goes along with the above, I guess. I also do bedtimes on occasion, but that's more like babysitting than regular life routine. I dunno - there is definitely more to say. I love them a whole lot, and I feel really lucky to be able to spend this much time with them when they are little. I am defintely going to miss them whenever I move on from where I am now. I've talked some about that with the older one - I'm pretty sure he'd be sad. the littler one doesn't like it when I go to work, but he is in a generally pretty clingy phase, so I don't think that is really specific to me. I expect there will be a lot of disappointment all around.... But for now, I'm really happy to be where I am.
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