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I don’t feel like being witty, coherent or organized, but I have a bunch of would-be posts accumulating in my head so I just need to get something written. Feel free to comment on any, all or none of the following topics: Why won’t my children sleep? The girls are just about 16 months old. For the past [...] I’ve hesitated to post about this because I thought it was just some random thing. But it’s lingering — no, festering– so I need to share so that I might help other clueless, first-time parents. The girls’ first year was full of plenty of tribulation, but overall, it was relatively easy as far I imagined raising [...] I like shopping. Oh sure, I hate the part where I catch a glimpse of my dimpled ass illuminated by a flickering fluorescent light. But since I generally don’t shop for clothes, this isn’t much of an issue. What is an issue is that I like shopping — I like to spend money in general — but I don’t have a job. These [...] The girls are teething. Really, really teething. With the bottom two teeth, Althea suffered badly while Elise hardly complained. As you might have guessed, Althea’s hardly bothered while Elise is a VERY miserable little baby. She purses her lips together in a way that makes it look like she has a mouthful of braces. She moans [...] I’m so f’n busy. We’re so f’n busy. Most recently, I decided that, just before having family stay with us in August, it’d be a super fantastic idea to take on a serious painting/redecorating/summer cleaning (because I was way too lazy in the spring) project. It’s genuinely needed but horribly badly timed. Do I care? No. [...] Today, I saw Althea learn to sit up all by herself. She was on all fours. Then she slowly tilted her body toward the back left so that she sat on her left butt cheek. Then she teetered into an upright position and found herself happily sitting up. All by herself. Things are a little rocky right now. [...] I’m having a tough time, guys. I’m stressed, sad and tired. The latest events with our cats is wearing on me. Kramer developed a fever and I took him in to the vet. The way he has his jaw wired in place makes him drool and backwash everywhere, including into his food bowl. He drips and [...] Week Three: I’m still trying to find my balance at the whole stay-at-home mom thing. The first week at home, as I reported earlier, was really lonely and slow and weird and emotional. Then, on Wednesday of week two, I discovered Mommy Group. Mommy Group is hosted by the hospital where I delivered. The first group is for [...] After one week of staying at home with the babies, I feel, in (mostly) no particular order . . . Guilt. I think this has been my overarching emotion this week, creeping up unexpectedly throughout the day. The first couple of days were the worst. I cleaned, did laundry, made mental to-do lists, over-played with the [...] I’ve been writing and rewriting and editing and deleting this post over and over in my mind. It’s kinda sorta big news, I guess, at the same time that it’s not really news. It happened several days ago but I just haven’t had the time or the words to say it. So I figured I’d just [...] |
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