Well for those who don’t have more than one child …. a new post as requested (you KNOW who you are! 
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A day in the life of an insane mother of three…
7am before the alarm goes on insane mother of three’s mobile, the squirms of a healthy weighty wee man can be heard but are attempted to be ignored as he is not screaming … then a wee blonde head peeks over the side of insane mother of three’s bed … “Hello mummy!” this wee blonde head is attached to a wee body that is clutching something from insane mother of three’s dressing table that is ‘forbidden’. A groan is elicited and out of bed insane mother of three gets. (on a RARE occasion insane mother of three is able to hit snooze twice and this happens at 7.45am).
7.05am amid numerous SHHHH’s to the wee blonde child (whose volume happens to be stuck on LOUD!) to be quiet, oldest large child is raised out of bed, her uniform gathered up and three of us go down stairs. (most mornings the healthy weighty wee man has gone back to sleep)
7.15am cereal is poured and oatmeal set to cook in the microwave as the school uniform gets put on the heater to warm before wearing.
7.20am school lunch is started between getting oatmeal out of micro wave & cooling it while setting kettle to boil a couple times in a vain effort to get a cup of coffee poured before its time for insane mother of three to leave for work.
7.30 to 8am school lunch is made and put into school bag, consistent nagging at oldest large child to finish breakfast and get uniform on as lady from two doors down will be arriving soon to collect her to go to bus pick up, amid constant shhh’ings to wee blonde child to be quiet as healthy weighty wee man is sleeping and so is daddy most mornings at the moment. also during this time work clothes are sought out and pressed as need be and clothing for healthy weighty wee man and the wee blonde child is collected and set out for the daddy to dress said children if not enough time is had before leaving for work.
8am to 8.15 oldest large child is bustled out door to wait at gate of neighbour lady two doors down that walks oldest large child to bus pick up coz she already goes with her own two children. this is amid constant shhh’ings and chastisings of wee blonde child to get out and off of cupboards.
8.15 to 8.30 healthy weighty wee man is brought down stairs to join mayhem of wee blonde child and have his breakfast. also during this time insane mother of three’s face is washed in kitchen sink for convenience of watching & feeding children as well as tap is easier for washing face as only one spigot and the bathroom sink has two …. not all that easy to wash face with warm clean water …..
8.30 to 8.35 wake up daddy to mind children as insane mother of three gets dressed to go to work.
8.35 to 8.40 reminder to daddy that insane mother of three is leaving for work and wee blonde child and healthy weighty wee man are loose on ground floor of house
8.40 to 8.45 brush teeth (if insane mother of three remembers to!) and run out door to car to go to work to start at 9am
8.45 to 8.50 run back in to house to grab kettle to use warm water to melt thick layer of frost that has formed on car over night.
8.50 to 8.55 drive like insane maniac (usual for over here!!!) up to work car park
8.55 to 9am run at break neck speed into building up stairs and to desk to log on to phone before scheduled start time has expired on clock.
9am to 5.15pm answer calls from people looking for information about bank insane mother of three works for as well as take in the occasional personal loan or savings account application. Calls are very slow this time of year and more time is spent on limited surfing the internet (many web sites are blocked), passing bad jokes between co workers via email, web texting husband & sister-in-law out of boredom.
5.15 to 5.30pm drive home (at a normal pace this time) and occasionally make stops to get things needed at home for evening meal etc.
5.30pm to 9pm make evening meal as needed, feed children, bathe children, eat own dinner, visit with husband, read homework with oldest large child, fold laundry & put more wash on, if lucky check email, and read blog(s) of friends in Canada before being evicted from computer by husband in aid of of the guise of looking for work while he is really shopping on eBay for christmas pressies!
9pm to 10pm get children off to bed in varying stages while trying to continually visit with husband and trying to stay wake.
10pm to 11pm fall asleep in arm chair while holding either wee blonde child or healthy weighty wee man, to be woken by husband and sent to bed.
11pm to about 7am ish get broken sleep as one child or another (usually wee blonde child and healthy weighty wee man) or both will wake at one point in night only to be tucked back up in bed usually happening about 3am.
7am start day over again …
