I married and had children young. It's not something that I regret; it's simply a fact. I was - and still am - young. I'm only 25. I've lived a quarter of the life I hope to live. Sometimes I worry that things are moving too fast. I'm afraid I won't be able to remember all ...
I think I am becoming a better mom. I know that I am trying. I know that my relationship with my oldest daughter is improving. I know that I am finally making up for mistakes made early on in motherhood. I am proud of myself. I am proud of her. I am proud of our family. ...
It's a phrase that has been playing in my head over and over for several days. Cautiously Optimistic. When people ask me how I'm doing, it's what I want to say. How do you feel? Cautiously optimistic. I had a very painful experience with my mother this week. Years of anger and resentment, hurt over slights ...
Things Geeklet will say, even though she won't say Mommy, Momma, or anything sounding like it: doggie ("doggah" kitty ("kee'ee") the dog's name Nana Daddy ("dada") Uh-Oh Thank You ("tankoooooo") Bottle ("baba") And hundreds of gibberish words that clearly mean something to her. Still, none of them are Mama. I mean COME ON. Dada? Baba? Nana? I can't get even ONE LITTLE "MAMA" out ...
From the moment you become a parent, bodily functions - pooping, peeing, and everything else - start to take up more and more of your time. A lot of women have trouble controlling their bowels on the delivery table. One of the biggest concerns when the kid pops out is for the first black, tarry poop. ...
Today rocked. I mean seriously rocked. In the morning I got to sleep in (after being up with the baby for an hour from 5am to 6am & then waking hubby to switch out). I was in bed until 8:30am and that rocked hardcore. The kids played all morning, inside & outside. I got some critical ...
Last night, Cupcake managed to dump a cup of water on her side table, where her nightlight lamp and the baby monitor reside, before I was suspicious of her whereabouts. She told me she was cleaning. I was on the phone with my mother at the time. Have you ever tried to teach your child something ...
We've always had trouble with Cupcake & naps. She's 3.5 now, and the mistakes that we made over, oh, the last three years are coming back to bit us in the ass, repeatedly, continuously. A few months ago we finally got to a point where she was falling asleep within 15 minutes or so. We were ...
Cupcake, You will be four years old in June, and you say the funniest things. Your vocabulary is growing in leaps and bounds (hell, you know what leaps & bounds means!) and you surprise me, all the time. It's little things. Today while we were going potty you put your hand on my knee while getting ...
I was not a great mother today. I was lazy, and a little bit selfish, and too angry. I was writing this post in my head earlier. I was going to write here that tomorrow ...
