I am what one might call a sociable introvert. I do like people and I do enjoy having friends and going out and doing things, but I’d be happiest if I could limit all interaction to email, text message, and Facebook, with the occasional phone call. Then I wouldn’t have to worry about things like tone of voice, pace of… Read more »
A fellow multiple mom one of my Facebook groups posted today about feeling frustrated with her 3.5-year-olds and feeling like she needs a break. I could read the guilt in her post as clear as if “GUILT” had been every other word she wrote. The only thing worse than feeling like you want to throttle your kids is feeling like… Read more »
It’s been a long week for the Family-in-Training. The boys haven’t been sleeping well thanks to all of us basically being sick since we moved here, so Daddy-in-Training and I are also exhausted. Add to that a crazy-busy work week for both of us, and we’re all a little cranky. Last night, though, during a much-needed Facebook break for some… Read more »
Emmett and my boobs have a love-hate relationship these days. He was still breastfeeding pretty well in December, but somewhere between moving into our new place and learning how to walk and, thus, run away from me because it’s funny, he seems to have forgotten now to nurse. That would be no problem if he didn’t still WANT to nurse…. Read more »
A friend and fellow mommy blogger (see her awesome In Love and Words) posted this on her Facebook wall this week, and debate ensued. I consider myself a gentle parent, but I have bad days. I have yelled at my kids on two different occasions. (I do not include the times Emmett bit me while nursing and I screeched involuntarily… Read more »