Me and My Two Daughters

Stephanie Ammons
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Me and My Two Daughters

Raising two daughters is very hard work. It takes so much of your time and energy. Not to mention the sleep problems that comes with it. Also dealing with the education systems. These are just some of the difficulties that come along with raising two daughters.
Time is the most important aspect of having kids. Over the years your patience grows. I was twenty when I had my first child, at that time I had none. Its something I had had to learn over the years. My oldest has mental issues, making her mind it takes a lot of patience. The doctors say she has adjustment disorder with mood problems. It also can be very time consuming figuring out what works best for her. Waiting at the doctors that they have to go too, takes so much patience especially when they don't want to mind. Making time to spend with my kids is very important to me. They won't remember the things they had, but the time I spent with them. Kadence my seven month old she requires a lot of attention. You also have to make time to cook dinner, eat, give the kids a bath, and the bed time stories. In between all this also making time for your self. I swear sometimes that its never ending like the laundry, dishes, and playtime. Having a tea party, with my oldest Katlin, seems like it takes forever, because she has to make her tea and cookies just right. I can't forget the baby is constantly wanting fed or her diaper changed.
When it comes to sleep with me there is no such thing. Its late night study sessions and homework for me. Some times I wish my girls would go to sleep earlier, but that don't happen. Katlin wakes up a number of time during the night. She has night terrors, so her sleeping sound is not something I see very often. When she does sleep all the way threw the night its peace and quiet, well until Kadence wakes up. She still wakes up in the middle of the night wanting a bottle or sippie cup. That can at times be very frustrating to me. So when I finally get her back to sleep, the oldest usually wakes up. I'm constantly going with out sleep, I eventually get enough rest to make it threw the next day. To do it all over again. The days I have night class, are the days I take my naps.
Don't get me started about our schools. Katlin has to have a lot of special attention at her school. So I'm always talking to the teacher to find out how her day was. Some mornings its like pulling teeth to get her out of bed to get her to go to school. I'm always in the office talking with her councilors, to get her help. The councilors have classified her as a slow learner because of her mood disorders. That makes me highly mad, she is a very intelligent four year old. You can carry a full conversation with her. Now Kadence is not as much trouble, but her school needs her paperwork form the doctors every time she goes. Her teachers have goals for her to complete each month. In my opinion that is stupid shes only seven months. Both girls have to be at school by eight in the morning. Except Tuesdays and Thursdays because I have to be at my class at eight in the morning. I usually take them in earlier those days. I my self go to school four days a week at the local college. So I've constantly have homework that is due. Katlin's school sends her home with work to due as well. It feels like all I do is home work, either mine or my daughters. In between all this I still find the time to volunteer at the schools in their class, just to spend time with them. Managing your time is very important when you have kids. Sleep is something that your unfamiliar with. As well as dealing with the education systems. These are some of my reasons why I feel raising two daughters is very hard work.