So, the day I have dreaded since I found out I was having twins has arrived. We've started potty training. I hate potty training. Truly, I do. I almost had a nervous breakdown when my oldest was potty training, and I am not exaggerating. My son was easier to train though everyone told me it was more difficult to potty train boys. (I don't know who thought that up, but in my ...
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Thursday Thoughts: There’s No Comparison
You know how when you have your second child, you tend to compare everything to the first? Like how he cut his teeth at this age or she walked at that one. It can take a while to realize this new child is not the same as the one you already have, and he isn't going to behave like it. I was able to avoid some of these comparisons with my first two kids because I expected a boy to ...
A word from the “worst mom ever”…
I am the "worst mom ever." My son told me so. Just now. And, he's not the first. His older sister has told me the same thing. His younger sisters will, too. I've even told myself a time or twenty. The thing is: we have vastly different opinions on what makes me the "worst." I feel "worst" when I know in my heart I've been bad. Bad temper, bad mood, bad mouth. Angry, ...
And then I heard….
Just the other day, I was sitting in my chair, sipping coffee and having a relaxing moment while my son, his cousin and his sisters all played nicely on the floor behind my chair, when all of the sudden I heard the unmistakable sound of slicing scissors. Very near my head. It took just a moment for my brain to register the only possible reason for such a sound. And I ...