It is 9:15 pm on a Saturday evening, and both boys are asleep. Ideally, I should probably be getting some sleep as well, but knowing that every day is different, that having a newborn means that routines and planning are only tools to make you feel frustrated when they don’t work, I am blogging while [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Parenting’
September 27, 2009
3 weeks old
This is about the most un-original thing a mom of a newborn could say, but I really am sooooo tired. I have several friends who have gone from one to two kids, but for the life of me, I don’t know how they stay organized enough to even get out the first couple of months. [...]
September 14, 2009
Just when I think I may be getting this “mom of two” thing down . . .
They really should have a board game for moms where you get points added and subtracted for things that either you’ve done or have happened during the day. For me, today would have started off with a lot of “move forward ___ spaces,” – I got maybe 4 hours of sleep last night, which is [...]
September 11, 2009
How is it . . .
. . . that something as painful as labor can produce something as soft and wonderful as a baby sleeping nestled in the crook of your neck?
. . . that being a parent can make you feel more powerful and helpless than you’ve ever felt before?
. . . that you suddenly feel like you’ve won [...]
September 10, 2009
Some brief thoughts
Going from one to two kids, I have realized so far that:
* I have regained my lap, but lost an arm – I am constantly learning now how to do everything one-handed!
* success is now defined as having everyone eaten breakfast and having fresh clothes and diapers on the boys by 9 am
* one 8 [...]
