TBH commented that my nieces’ repeated slang (Sweeet! — the antonym of which is Nasty! — and a constant peppering of Ya Know) sounded like it would be cute on the first day, but would annoy the hell out of her by Day 5. Did I give the impression that I found it cute?

Actually it is already annoying as hell, but I am trying to be kind of zen about it.

F seems to think it’s ‘cute’ to do this motor mouth thing, where she just goes on and on and on about nothing, or for example, television shows.

After a while, I interrupted her and abruptly changed the subject. “Wait,” she cried, “I wasn’t done talking about Big Brother!”

“Yeah,” I answered, “But I was done listening.”

But hopefully it didn’t come out in a mean way. She laughed. Earlier in the day, J told me “You’re sooooo nice… like, you never yell!” I know her mom yells at them a lot. I think kids really need to have limits set and then enforced on them; but minus screaming and yelling. If I’m ever yelling or screaming (it happens sometimes) then I know it’s me who needs the time out the most.

I believe my nieces are both starved for real attention. Unfortunately, my own kids seem to be finding it a bit taxing to have their mom’s attention be constantly drawn elsewhere.

And it’s a wee bit taxing on me as well. I am so exhausted. But all in all, Day 1 of my “having four children” experiment was pretty successful. I figure that any mindless hormonal cravings I may feel about having another child will be pretty successfully squelched by then end of the week. Yet there’s something kind of fun and rebellious about walking around with a gaggle of kids. Some of the looks I got in public today were utterly unlike any looks I usually get. Some looks seemed to say, “Doesn’t that lady know what birth control is??” and other people looked at me as if to say, “Aw… how cute… that lady had four daughter, like, in a row… guess she was trying for a boy”.

And guess what!? Somebody actually said “You’ve got your hands full!“