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Thanks everybody for the responses. I guess I just mostly wanted to connect with others in the same boat. I have been putting the boys in their crib awake more often lately. I still try to get in a couple of minutes of snuggles before if I can. I don't worry too much about leaving a single child alone for a few minutes. At this point, our play area is pretty solidly child proofed. It does worry me to leave two kids together on their own though. It's just such an unpredictable situation. It only takes a split second for someone to get hurt. I remember with my daughter I would literally follow her around on my hands and knees when she started pulling up on furniture and learning to walk. That's just not feasible with my boys.

The shopping thing still irritates me. I have plenty of "time" during the day to run errands. And for the most part my kids are really good about that. So I feel like my only limitation is that they don't make shopping carts with three seats. That means I have to give up time with my husband after the kids go to sleep to run to the grocery story. AAAHHHH! Annoying.

mmdd2b - I read your post to my husband and his response was "wow, they've got us beat!". For all but about 5 weeks of my pregnancy, I had two babies in the house. And my bio son was born in mid-Sept so I was pretty pregnant during the summer. I'm feeling exhausted just thinking about your situation. Congrats to you!!!!!