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TripleTime
14-09-2011, 12:55
This parenting thing is freaking hard work!!!
If I knew it would be like this I wouldn't have signed up for it.
J constantly talks & I mean constantly. He doesn't shut up for 5 seconds. Cause of his constant talking I've managed to kill the bumper on the car, smash the fish tank & that's just today. God only knows how many other things have died cause of his constant talking.
Why do they not listen? I mean they don't listen at all. Example - yesterday at the pet shop. Ask J to stand still, he decides he doesn't want to so takes off. Not just down the foot path but into traffic. Wasn't the first time either. I know he doesn't understand but truly. T follows him & almost gets hit by a car. They think it's funny & laugh. By now I'm seeing red.
If anyone feels the need to roll their eyes at, walk a mile in my shoes before you do. I am one person with 3 toddlers & no help.
:hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:
I have that never stops talking and making sound effects, even in his sleep. It drives you bonkers. :hugs:
I hope your day gets better.
onionskin
14-09-2011, 13:00
No words of advice, I can't even imagine what it would be like with the three of them.
:hugs::hugs::hugs: I hope they don't get into too much more mischief for you today.:hugs:
LittleBug'sMum
14-09-2011, 13:02
I don't know how you do it TT! My DS is the same age as your 3, and is the same, talks and talks and talks, but most of the time it is just words, not anything that makes sense. And gets into everything, all the time. There is no way I would cope with 3 of him.
I now have a 2yo and a newborn, and honestly, the newborn is so much less trouble than than the 2yo.
krystallxx
14-09-2011, 13:04
Hugs TT! I don't have 3toddlers but 2 is bad enough, I can only imagine a 3rd one in the mix. I have chatterboxes and non listeners too!
Do you have a harness for them? I'd be using on if they are taking off into traffic.
The talking thing- oh man, I hear ya- I have four that do. not. shut. up. EVER. It's fine for a bit but after a while...yeah well...you know.
TripleTime
14-09-2011, 13:26
Do you have a harness for them? I'd be using on if they are taking off into traffic.
The talking thing- oh man, I hear ya- I have four that do. not. shut. up. EVER. It's fine for a bit but after a while...yeah well...you know.
Yea, I have they're puppies. He had it on, told him to stand still while I put A in the car. Normally he would, yesterday he took off.
TripleTime
14-09-2011, 13:30
Please tell me the nonstop talking stops? At some point in the near future?? Please.
Lock and Lu
14-09-2011, 13:42
Weeellll....not really. My DD is 3.5 and she never, ever, ever stops talking. If she's not talking, she's making some kind of noise. My experience is that you've got a few more years of it yet. Sorry.
TripleTime
14-09-2011, 13:44
Weeellll....not really. My DD is 3.5 and she never, ever, ever stops talking. If she's not talking, she's making some kind of noise. My experience is that you've got a few more years of it yet. Sorry.
Shoot me now!
monnie24
14-09-2011, 13:45
TT- I think you and krystallxx are super mums! seriously younger mums with multiples!!!!
Inspiring :)
ICanDream
14-09-2011, 14:22
Please tell me the nonstop talking stops? At some point in the near future?? Please.
DS is 5 and honestly he never stops talking, from the minute he's awake until he drops at night and then sometimes in the night he still talks. Most of it is inane chatter and drives me mental. I don't have trips but a 5 yo and nearly 2yo are doing my head in too, they won't play on their own, won't play together, constantly ask for food and don't eat it, god I wish I could resign some days!
TripleTime
14-09-2011, 14:35
TT- I think you and krystallxx are super mums! seriously younger mums with multiples!!!!
Inspiring :)
Thank you.
We do what we can with what we have.
waterlily
14-09-2011, 14:38
No judgment here. I think your are an utter amazement to me! Sometimes I pull my hair with ONE!
I'm always so impressed with how great a mother you are.
:hugs:
TripleTime
14-09-2011, 14:52
I'm always so impressed with how great a mother you are.
:hugs:
Thank you.
Some days I really wonder what the heck I'm doing.
Hey seriously, I think you're doing a wonderful job. Up until 2 or 3 months ago, I would still strap the boys into the pram and push that heavy thing around because I just couldn't keep up with their boys and their constant need to touch everything, take everything, look everywhere type of behaviour...! :o
Of course all this will pass, but you'll most likely become preoccupied with some new annoying behaviour... :hugs: BUT- eventually it will become easier. (It won't happen overnight, but it WILL happen ;))
heeeeerekittykitty
14-09-2011, 15:04
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heeeeerekittykitty
14-09-2011, 15:08
TT, if ANYONE rolled their eyes at this thread they would need their head examined !!!!
I often think of you on my tough days and think my lord , TT is amazing .
I know you just do it because you have no choice, but you do it WELL. That's the difference . Your a really really good mum and you have it three tines as hard with triplets.
Your entitled to your vent any damn time you like and then some .
We live 20 minutes apart , if your ever up for a catch up with all our kiddies or need some company feel free to PM me!! Xoxo
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mum2bubba
14-09-2011, 16:13
I think you're doing a great job. I have three kids and no how hard it is, but you have three toddlers. Triplets. I can't imagine what that's like.
Lemonhead
14-09-2011, 16:16
It does suck and I have a small pity party for myself quite often with 2 bubbas, let alone 3 all going through the same horror age at the same time :freakingout::freakingout::freakingout:
Does it stop? Hmmmm well, the ages of my kids, 10, 8, 6, and 4 and they're all still talking my ears off. so that'd be a 'not in the immediate future'. However, I'm told, that once they get into their teens they get to a poit where they dont actually WANT to talk to you. Bring that one on please!
tootiredtosleep
14-09-2011, 16:43
:hugs:I can't imagine how you do it.
The talking I understand, both my girls love to chat or give me a constant running commentary of their day, it goes on and on and on.
I really envy DH, he can filter it out and completely ignore it until they start to yell "Dad are you listening?". I've tried to do that and I just can't!
trishalishous
14-09-2011, 17:14
i stress with one, no way could i cope with three!
and im 20 something and still dont stop talking!
TripleTime
14-09-2011, 20:31
TT, if ANYONE rolled their eyes at this thread they would need their head examined !!!!
I often think of you on my tough days and think my lord , TT is amazing .
I know you just do it because you have no choice, but you do it WELL. That's the difference . Your a really really good mum and you have it three tines as hard with triplets.
Your entitled to your vent any damn time you like and then some .
We live 20 minutes apart , if your ever up for a catch up with all our kiddies or need some company feel free to PM me!! Xoxo
Well the woman in the town centre needs her head read. I have my money on her being mid 20's & kidless.
You name a time & place & we'll be there :yes:
CluckyMummy
14-09-2011, 22:25
Far out DD is almost 5 and she is the biggest chatter box, I do most of the time filter out all the chattering which I feel terribe about but I do not have the mental capacity to converse with her all day everyday especially with my lack of sleep lately due to our newborn. I cant imagine having 3 of her, its just so constant, I wouldnt change anything but this parenting thing is hard.
LilliansMum
17-09-2011, 17:35
Weeellll....not really. My DD is 3.5 and she never, ever, ever stops talking. If she's not talking, she's making some kind of noise. My experience is that you've got a few more years of it yet. Sorry.
Yes OP same with my daughter. We have come to the conclusion that if she stops talking she might just cease up and stop altogether.
Yeah, my ds at nearly 5 talks nonstop but I think I've got better at zoning out of endless chatter a lot of the time. Of course when I just want a moment's peace and he's talking and asking a million questions it does get on my nerves. Mind you, he's asking more interesting questions now than he did at 2 (eg. How many different types of burps do you think there are Mummy?) :D
At 2, my ds was definitely still in the pram at the shops, or in the trolley. I wasn't game to let him walk with me unless it was a really short shop. He got to walk along the trolley at maybe 3.5. Mind you they don't make trolley's to handle 3 2 year olds do they? Pity.
My ds has 2 cousins born without a few months of him and we all see each other weekly. I remember them at 2 and they were a challenge. Now, at nearly 5 they are still challenging, but very different. They will all sit down at the table & eat dinner together and they go off & play with minimal intervention from us. Sure, things do end in tears quite often, but before that they'll often play for some time without any issues. If they get together during the day, rather than in the evening (when we usually meet for dinner) they are even better and will run around and be quite content on their own without getting into too much mischief.
I hope it gets better for you soon. :hugs:
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