Comments for Two Makes Four http://www.twomakesfour.com Twins + singleton = losing count Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Gimme Three Steps by JILL http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/02/05/gimme-three-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-3717 JILL Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:44:46 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2286#comment-3717 WTG Amaia!!! What a great report! She has come very far very fast!!! You better watch out - you won't be able to keep up with her soon! ♥ How wonderful that you all were there together to witness it, too. :-) WTG Amaia!!! What a great report! She has come very far very fast!!! You better watch out – you won't be able to keep up with her soon! ♥

How wonderful that you all were there together to witness it, too. :-)

]]> Comment on Gimme Three Steps by Erica http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/02/05/gimme-three-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-3715 Erica Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:41:05 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2286#comment-3715 Atta girl!! My recent post <a href="http://www.erica.nikolaidis.us/?p=341" rel="nofollow">OFF MY CHEST</a> Atta girl!!
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]]> Comment on Gimme Three Steps by Melissa http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/02/05/gimme-three-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-3714 Melissa Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:28:18 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2286#comment-3714 Hooray Amaia!! My recent post <a href="http://jibberblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/darn-they-grow-up.html" rel="nofollow">Darn. They grow up.</a> Hooray Amaia!!
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]]> Comment on All Spiritual and Stuff by Jessica http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/01/19/all-spiritual-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-3708 Jessica Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:47:12 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2284#comment-3708 Some people are depressed or anxious and shut themselves away from the world. They don't have personal relationships. They eat and drink too much, gain weight, become alcoholics or drug addicts, internalize their sadness, and spiral into depression. You're doing everything you can to avoid that trap, which means you are on the road to happiness. Achieving complete happiness and satisfaction, I am guessing, requires a combination of actions, and it's different for everyone. Perhaps finding hobbies, taking classes, or any education for self-improvement that will boost your self-confidence as well as exercising and eating right, talking to a therapist (if you're into that thing, can find the right therapist, and find it helpful), taking medication, and eating well will eventually get you there or at least prevent you from feeling worse. Take time for yourself. Likewise, spend quality time with your family. Avoid the couch. Avoid negative people and depressing movies or television. I have absolutely no experience in psychology, psychotherapy, or psychiatry, but I'm pretty sure no one has THE answer, and different tactics work for different people. I don't know much, but I do know you have a beautiful family, you are surrounded by people who love you, and you are intelligent enough to know what's good for you. So I think you're doing all the right things to feel great one day even if you don't feel great right now. At the risk of sounding like a wall decal you hang in a guest bedroom, every day presents new gifts, opportunities, and possibilities. Just take it a day at a time and before you know it this slump will be a distant memory. Some people are depressed or anxious and shut themselves away from the world. They don't have personal relationships. They eat and drink too much, gain weight, become alcoholics or drug addicts, internalize their sadness, and spiral into depression. You're doing everything you can to avoid that trap, which means you are on the road to happiness. Achieving complete happiness and satisfaction, I am guessing, requires a combination of actions, and it's different for everyone. Perhaps finding hobbies, taking classes, or any education for self-improvement that will boost your self-confidence as well as exercising and eating right, talking to a therapist (if you're into that thing, can find the right therapist, and find it helpful), taking medication, and eating well will eventually get you there or at least prevent you from feeling worse. Take time for yourself. Likewise, spend quality time with your family. Avoid the couch. Avoid negative people and depressing movies or television. I have absolutely no experience in psychology, psychotherapy, or psychiatry, but I'm pretty sure no one has THE answer, and different tactics work for different people. I don't know much, but I do know you have a beautiful family, you are surrounded by people who love you, and you are intelligent enough to know what's good for you. So I think you're doing all the right things to feel great one day even if you don't feel great right now. At the risk of sounding like a wall decal you hang in a guest bedroom, every day presents new gifts, opportunities, and possibilities. Just take it a day at a time and before you know it this slump will be a distant memory.

]]> Comment on All Spiritual and Stuff by tammy http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/01/19/all-spiritual-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-3706 tammy Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:46:02 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2284#comment-3706 time to go for a swim with the dolphins! time to go for a swim with the dolphins!

]]> Comment on All Spiritual and Stuff by Erica http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/01/19/all-spiritual-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 Erica Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:47:06 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2284#comment-3705 Dude, I'll be the weird Irish (?) girl in flowy skirts and dumb hats to your Della Reese any day. One thing I've learned is that happiness takes effort, which may seem obvious but is hard to internalize. In other words, I feel you. Have you read The Happiness Project? I wasn't crazy about it, but I appreciated the premise and got some good insights out of it. Check it out! Love you. My recent post <a href="http://www.erica.nikolaidis.us/?p=325" rel="nofollow">E.PIPHANY or WHY COPYEDITING WITH A HEAD COLD IS A B</a> Dude, I'll be the weird Irish (?) girl in flowy skirts and dumb hats to your Della Reese any day. One thing I've learned is that happiness takes effort, which may seem obvious but is hard to internalize. In other words, I feel you.
Have you read The Happiness Project? I wasn't crazy about it, but I appreciated the premise and got some good insights out of it. Check it out! Love you.
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]]> Comment on All Spiritual and Stuff by Rebecca http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/01/19/all-spiritual-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-3704 Rebecca Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:12:28 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2284#comment-3704 You know what? I really wanted to meet you when we went to Orlando in October. My recent post <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/wgnDE/~3/8Rc9e7ZSHKU/new-time-sucker.html" rel="nofollow">A New Time Sucker</a> You know what? I really wanted to meet you when we went to Orlando in October.
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]]> Comment on On Weight. And Boobs. by 2makes4 http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/01/05/on-weight-and-boobs/comment-page-1/#comment-3699 2makes4 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:18:07 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2273#comment-3699 I do pump. Or rather, was pumping/sometimes still pump. But my milk, when frozen and then thawed, lets off a really strong lipase taste (tastes like metal -- it's gross). And, of course, Amaia doesn't like the taste. (I had the same issue with the twins, but they got a lot more bottles of expressed milk, so they were used to it.) I do pump. Or rather, was pumping/sometimes still pump. But my milk, when frozen and then thawed, lets off a really strong lipase taste (tastes like metal — it's gross). And, of course, Amaia doesn't like the taste. (I had the same issue with the twins, but they got a lot more bottles of expressed milk, so they were used to it.)

]]> Comment on We Like to Party by sleeplessatsunset http://www.twomakesfour.com/2011/12/19/we-like-to-party/comment-page-1/#comment-3698 sleeplessatsunset Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:33:44 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2256#comment-3698 I'm laughing so hard right now and so is my husband. You are too funny! Happy late birthday to your girls and good job mom. I'm laughing so hard right now and so is my husband. You are too funny! Happy late birthday to your girls and good job mom.

]]> Comment on On Weight. And Boobs. by Perpetua http://www.twomakesfour.com/2012/01/05/on-weight-and-boobs/comment-page-1/#comment-3697 Perpetua Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:16:44 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=2273#comment-3697 Possibly dumb question, feel free to hit me: no pumping? I understand it's about the breastfeeding relationship (well, no, I don't understand, because I couldn't provide for my child in that way, but whatever). If you want her to have the milk for the nutritional and "meant for her gut" qualities, why not pump? Which is not to say that stopping isn't okay, too. What is most okay is what makes you feel content. Because honestly, you've done an amazing, stellar, hands-down wonderful job with your kids. But you have to know that and feel that, too. And as someone who has been through the "he isn't gaining enough" thing for, oh, about a year: I'm so sorry. It's horribly stressful, panic-inducing, Christ, I think it gave me PTSD. I remember screaming at people for giving E mum mum because "It has no calories!!! Are you fucking kidding????" Babies. Sigh. Hang in there, lady. Possibly dumb question, feel free to hit me: no pumping? I understand it's about the breastfeeding relationship (well, no, I don't understand, because I couldn't provide for my child in that way, but whatever). If you want her to have the milk for the nutritional and "meant for her gut" qualities, why not pump?

Which is not to say that stopping isn't okay, too. What is most okay is what makes you feel content. Because honestly, you've done an amazing, stellar, hands-down wonderful job with your kids. But you have to know that and feel that, too.

And as someone who has been through the "he isn't gaining enough" thing for, oh, about a year: I'm so sorry. It's horribly stressful, panic-inducing, Christ, I think it gave me PTSD. I remember screaming at people for giving E mum mum because "It has no calories!!! Are you fucking kidding????"

Babies. Sigh. Hang in there, lady.

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