Monday 16 March 2015

Never a quiet moment.

I kid you not! Sometimes it feels as if there is never a quiet moment in the household. Unless you count the lovely nap/sleep time we had yesterday afternoon and the odd moment now and again. Sometimes its the tv in the background - specifically now with rugby and cricket over weekends, at other times its the general noise of playtime and I guess soon, as it happens more often, it will be the sound of music from their rooms. All this I can deal with with a smile. It's the stuff our lives are made of - interspersed with the odd bark from the puppies. It's part of my happy space at home.

What does get to me however is that it seems as if there is ALWAYS at least 2 people talking at the same time. And by people I refer to little people. Gosh I wish I can get the message over that we need to talk one at a time. I do admit that with Mr L sometimes just impulsively talking and talking it does make it a tad more difficult that in the run of the mill household but he also needs to learn to be quiet at times. We have all had our fill of rugby and cricket and I am totally scared by the thought that the rugby world cup is also this year. And the others that just start to talk over his ramblings need to learn to take their chance. I once again on Saturday explained to them that I simply do not have the ability to listen to two people at the same time - although I have two ears -  I have one brain only.

It's like you live your life on running commentary - I guess I am not the only one that feels that way. Or am I?

12 comments:

  1. Oh my I know exactly how you feel. Even though the twins can't really say proper words yet, it definitely does not stop them from babbling to each other, to us, the dog or even a toy all at the same time. Some nights after the whole "bedtime routine", it actually feels like my ears have a strange buzz in them, I guess that's because its suddenly so quiet.

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  2. LOL! They never grow out of it until they are grown ups and get frustrated with the same thing.

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  3. Same over here - tell me if you find the cure. Although one day K told us, "at school, we're only allowed to talk if we put up our hand first" and D and I looked at each other and said, "GREAT IDEA!"

    (we've only ever implemented once or twice)

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    1. Mine often resort to waving hands in the air in desperate hope to be heard on their own.....

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  4. I only have one child but sometimes the chattering get to me. Although i must admit she talks enough for about 4 kids!

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  5. You're not the only one, haha!
    I can't go shopping with both my mom and N...it feels like they're both shouting questions at me all the time.

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  6. Our Little One also makes up for the rest! She gets extremely upset when we tries to talk while she is chattering away, but buds in all the time while we are talking ;-)

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  7. We never have quiet either - although I'm getting to the point where the hum of the TV but no shouting kids qualifies as quiet ;)

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    1. I am ok with the radio or music in the background as well as say sport on the tv but a movie etc has a different type of noise level.

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  8. I go into a little happy quiet place in my mind, drives the family mad when they realize I haven't heard a thing they've said

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