1) If you know you are going to take a bath wait to go poop until you are in the tub. You will love seeing your parents frantically trying to scoop it out!
2) After getting your diaper changed kick your legs and move them about as much as possible so that your parents have to work even harder at getting your outfit back on.
3) Sleep all day and party all night!
4) Go 3-4 hours between feedings during the day but only 2-3 hours at night.
5) Save your nastiest, worst, total diaper blowouts for when you are away from home. It's a great test to see if your parents have remembered to repack the diaper bag with multiple wipes, diapers, extra clothes, etc. It's also fun to see your parents try to clean you up as quickly as possible in a public restroom!
6) Wait until your mommy sits down to eat her breakfast, lunch, and dinner and then start wailing your hungry cry so that she has to feed you first and let her food go cold.
7) Don't spit up when your parents have a burp cloth within reach - only do it when there is nothing around. Also, spit up on your parents clothes when you are out and about - your parents have packed extra clothes for you so you will be fine - they don't pack extra clothes for themselves so you will enjoy watching them try to scrub your puke out of their clothes!
8) Always nurse when you know your older sibling wants to eat/ go to the bathroom/ needs his nose wiped/ etc. It's a great test to see just how good your mommy is at balancing you with one arm still nursing and attending to your older sibling with the other hand at the same time. You will find it quite amusing!
9) Since you mommy is on maternity leave anyway put her to work! See how many outfits you can go through in one day so that she is constantly doing the laundry. Then, as she is trying to work on it, scream your head off.
10) After you mommy has nursed you, changed your diaper, swaddled you back up, and laid back down in bed herself THEN fill your diaper back up again. You'll get some extra time with her that way!
11) Don't take a nap when your older sibling takes one. You need to keep your mommy going - don't give her a break.
12) If you are out in public, wait to fill your diaper until there are a lot of people around AND it is really quiet. That way your explosion and passing of gas will be heard by everyone around and you will get a chance to see your parents faces go red (okay, so your dad will probably be laughing and proud of you but your mom's face will be red!)
I bet he would get the #1 spot on the best-sellers list! Gavin's "rules" crack me up and keep me on my toes! Soon, he will be learning my "rules" but until then I will enjoy the test of my patience and flexibility. Although having a newborn along with a 2 year can be a lot of work I wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE BEING A MOM!!!! It is the best "job" in the world!!!!
I'll leave you with some cute pics of our two cutie-pies!
1 comment:
I don't see how TWO BOYS THAT CUTE
could possably test you? JUST KIDDING!!! But seriously I do think you should write the baby manual, it would be a best seller. I enjoyed reading it! LOVE YOU DAD
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