A friend of mine is 7 months pregnant with triplets after years of infertility. Her doctor seems to think she'll deliver soon, so she invited me over to see her "plan books" that she's been working on.
First of all, she is an extremely (actually, over-the-top) organized person. She has a book for each of the 3 babies. In the books are the exact times that each baby will be eating, sleeping, sitting in the swing and having their diaper changed. These books go on up to about 4 years old so far. One of my favorite parts was some of the activities she has planned for them when they are 18 months old. She wants them to sit and color in one-hour blocks while she does her exercising! Have you ever seen a child sit at that age and color for an hour straight? Let alone THREE 18-month olds sitting and coloring for an hour straight??? It was so hard for me not to burst out laughing. She is so serious about keeping them on a very strict schedule that I don't want to burst her bubble. I was afraid to ask her what's going to happen if they don't dirty their diapers on HER schedule.
I am really happy for her that she's pregnant, but man is she in for a rude awakening!!
First of all, she is an extremely (actually, over-the-top) organized person. She has a book for each of the 3 babies. In the books are the exact times that each baby will be eating, sleeping, sitting in the swing and having their diaper changed. These books go on up to about 4 years old so far. One of my favorite parts was some of the activities she has planned for them when they are 18 months old. She wants them to sit and color in one-hour blocks while she does her exercising! Have you ever seen a child sit at that age and color for an hour straight? Let alone THREE 18-month olds sitting and coloring for an hour straight??? It was so hard for me not to burst out laughing. She is so serious about keeping them on a very strict schedule that I don't want to burst her bubble. I was afraid to ask her what's going to happen if they don't dirty their diapers on HER schedule.
I am really happy for her that she's pregnant, but man is she in for a rude awakening!!
I wish her all the best for three(!) beautiful, healthy babies. You really do need to talk to her so she doesn't completely lose it when the babies go "off schedule". Jeafl, she needs a good friend after those babies are born!!!
..... Activities for an 18 month old?? The only "activities" that my kids were interested in at 18 months were running and getting into everything they possibly could. 
