Slowly Losing My Mind

No, YOU be the patient parent

December 19, 2011

When people ask me what it’s like to have two kids so close together and so young, I usually laugh and say that it’s wonderful.  Hard. But wonderful.  Then I tell them that someone is usually crying. I tell them I didn’t know children so young could fight so much.  I tell them that one [...]

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Sensory overload

April 18, 2011

The  dull but persistent hum of the fans drying our basement after it took on a few inches of water and destroyed months of work and thousands of dollars spent to refinish it. The TV, placed at a louder volume to compensate for the fans, obnoxiously playing Sesame Street songs at me.  Have you ever [...]

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Wish You Were Here! Postcards from Vacation

July 12, 2010

July 4 – 10:00 AM Dear Other guests of the Courtyard, I’m sorry.  I’m really, really sorry.  I know the screaming you heard coming from our room for an hour at bedtime last night was a big inconvenience.  I know that you were gritting your teeth looking at your wife, saying “can’t they get that [...]

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If there had been a tooth

April 20, 2010

If there had been a tooth when she woke up this morning I would be able to make sense of the two hours we spent walking and rocking in the middle of the night.   I would understand why my child didn’t want to be held and didn’t want to lay down. If there had been [...]

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The monsters in my TV

April 15, 2010

People warn you about all the ways your life will change when you bring a baby home from the hospital.  They forecast sleepless nights, missing out on happy hour and having spit up on your suit jacket.  They joke about toddlers coming into your room because they’re scared at 4AM and pacing the floor when [...]

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I need a baby instruction manual

February 28, 2010

I don’t even know what word I would use to describe this weekend.  Hard. Terrible. Frustrating. Painful.  There was fussing and crying and tears.  There was yelling and a head of lettuce thrown across the kitchen*.  There was bitterness and heartbreak at not understanding what she needed and pleading with her to just TELL ME what she [...]

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Where I whine about naps (or lack thereof)

February 27, 2010

Please stop, child.  Please.  I beg you to stop with the fussing and the whining and the crying. Please cool it with the kicking and the thrashing of your head and the spitting out of the paci.  You just ate and I changed your diaper.  It has been 2 hours and 25 minutes since you woke up [...]

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Cabin Fever is Worse than the Flu

February 19, 2010

It started with a little bit of itching and dry skin.  A few days later there was an ache in my stomach and an irritation in my voice.  A week after that it was full-blown fever with the urge to crawl out of my skin.  A look back at my calendar and taking the time [...]

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Grandma is hired… or not

February 17, 2010

As the first grandchild, I had a great relationship with all of my grandparents.  I was lucky enough to know almost all of my great grandparents and have really close relationships with my grandparents.  I remember baking cookies with one of my grandmothers, my pap “letting me drive” when I was four and going to [...]

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I Want My Maternity Leave Back

February 2, 2010

I feel awful saying this out loud but I really didn’t enjoy my maternity leave.  When I was nearing the end of my 40 week stint as a professional incubator, I had visions of snuggling with my squishy baby while watching TV and reading books.  Long chats on the phone with friends and family.  Shopping trips and [...]

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