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Tiiiiiiiiiimmmmeee ISN’T On My Side, No It Isn’t
What is free time? I have no idea anymore. At any point during the day when I’m not working, cooking, or cleaning, my time is occupied by the boys. I don’t know why I thought about this the other day, but I don’t think I ever really appreciated all the free time I had when Read more
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The End of the Baby Era
Last week A went under the knife, and we officially closed the baby shop. The permanent closure of the factory — yes, I just referred to my reproduction system as a factory. It’s been shuttered for a while (birth control for the win), but this was the death knell. Having babies came easy to us. Read more
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Sometimes I Just Want to be a Lazy Mama
A lot of being a toddler mama is constantly on the move. Just when you think you can take a break and sit, you have to get up and keep going. It isn’t always directly related to the kids. It’s all the little things like switching the laundry, loading the dishwasher, or running errands. Sometimes Read more
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Is Acceptance the Same as Defeat?
C is a terrible sleeper. He wakes up in the middle of the night and STRUGGLES to get back to sleep. The struggle is really mine. He’s just hanging out, reenacting episodes of his favorite TV shows and movies…loudly. At the end of last week, though, we seemed to turn a corner to where he Read more
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Wins Will Come, and They Will Definitely Go
Some days, I feel like I have this mom thing down. Everyone sleeps through the night — not in their own bed — but through the night nonetheless. Then there are other days when everything I thought I knew goes flying out the window and I realize I’m Jon Snow beyond the Wall. Thursday was Read more
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The Love & Hate of Motherhood
Last Sunday, I hit the ceiling of my patience. Between a lack of sleep and feeling overall run down, I couldn’t deal with the screaming-jumping-running-around of it all. I locked myself in my office for a few hours to snack and decompress. And it got me thinking. There is so much to love about being Read more
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Just Call Me Stuck-in-a-Rut Mama!
Originally, this post started as me venting about how stuck in a loop I’ve been feeling. How much some days I want to let the kids take control. Nothing will shake you out of a routine like a winter in New England. C came into our room around 1 AM — not really that abnormal Read more
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The Burden of Being the Favorite
Sometimes I envy my husband’s position as the second parent in our family. In every family, one parent is always to go-to. The one the kids find first when they’re sad, when they’re happy, or when they’re tired. More often than not, moms are that person. I’m for sure the preferred parent in my house. Read more
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