Usually when people learn I’m a full-time working mom of twins, they say something like, “I don’t know how you do it.” Sis, neither do I, but here we are. Just like you, I’m totes making this up as I go along. But I’ve figured out a few things that work for me to help keep the chaos to a… Read more »
Dear Miles and Emmett, Twelve months ago today, I hadn’t met you yet. How is that possible? Because these days, and the last 364 days, I have breathed you. I have worn you and held you and rocked you felt you and loved you and breathed you every moment of every day, and it’s hard to remember what life was… Read more »
… as in “descending into.” The boys are 12 weeks and 1 day old, and I think I’m losing my mind. I don’t mean a bad case of mommy brain. I mean literally losing my mind. I hear crying constantly, even when they’re not crying. I’m in the shower on the other side of the house while they’re with the… Read more »
Yeah, that part was not covered in my childbirth preparation. No one told me about the part where one of my babies would be unable (or, as I’m convinced when I’m particularly tired, unwilling) to feed effectively at the breast and I would have to spend a huge portion of every day feeding the equivalent of four babies instead of… Read more »
Please know that I am very serious when I say this: The next person who tells me “Pregnancy is the easy part!” is getting punched in the nose. I can’t even say, “I’m sure you mean well,” because really, what is well-meaning about telling someone that their recently sucky life is going to suck even more once their long-awaited babies… Read more »