[jakie0406]

The first thing I hear when I wake up to is crying twin two month olds. (I have no idea if that is grammatically correct :P) Also a three year old want something, cereal or something. I hate being a big sister. Being much older ten my baby sisters, but still not old enough to move out, I have to help out. IF I don't I feel guilty, REALLY guilty. But then if I do help and they are crying at the same time (happends alot) I get SOOO much more stressed then I was just waking up and hearing them cry. I just don't know what to do.
To try and help myself I go for a four wheeler ride. So I did that like a week ago and had gone like two times in one day. Then when I got back to my house I decided that I would break in through my bedroom window. Then I was going to get in my bed sit under the covers and make ghost noises. Then when my three year old sister came in I was going to scare her. So as I just got the screen of the window my mom came into my room. She was kinda mad then she walk over to my window (that I had opened) and she smelt my hands and my breath. Yea, she thought I smoking. That made me so pissed off. I really could not believe my mom would think that. Anyway the babies crying makes me so stressed out. That's why I love going to my dads. Cause when I'm there I'm the middle child and nothing seems to bug me!! So yea.

[beingme]

Hi Jakie,
I don't know how old you are, but I do know how tough being the eldest can be. And I also know how hard it can be to have adult responsibilities when you're only a child. My little girl, although a middle child, looks after her brothers a lot because they have special needs.
In the UK, we have an organisation called Young Carers which gives kids a break who have extra responsibilities within their families... maybe you could look into something like that with your mum.
And it's always worth trying to talk to your mum and step dad and explain that you really want to help, but sometimes it just feels too much...
Good luck, and hang in there!
B

[justjoanie]

I can imagine your stress. I'm the mother of twins. (they are now 16) but I remember when they were babies, and they kept crying and crying at the same time, I would just sit down and cry with them sometimes. As an adult that's stressful enough, so at your age I can just imagine what you go through.
The only advice I think I can give is this: Enjoy the time you have away from the house. When you're home, help out when you can (that doesn't mean be their full time mom) And possibly invest in some good earplugs
When you're helping out with them, see if you can come up with something new that could calm them. Maybe a certain music, or a certain way you talk to them. YOU could just end up being your mom's hero!