By Veronica 1. When I was pregnant with my first child, I visited a friend who had two kids. She had a lovely home, and a dining room set that still looked like new. So new, in fact, that the upholstered seats of the chairs were still covered in their original plastic. She kept it…
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Written on
June 29, 2009 by
Megan
By Megan I went to find Bean in the waning hours of a neighborhood party last night, in the filtered, sparkling light of dusk, to take her home with us for the night. I crossed the grass of two back yards and saw her shoes haphazardly kicked on the back porch next door and I…
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By Mary The other day my nine year old was having one of those terrible horrible no-good days. He was picking fights with everyone in sight and complaining about everyone, whether they were in sight or not. I grabbed him and playfully wrestled him over to the couch to sit snuggled against me. He put…
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By Stephanie So, the other day Gray swallowed a penny. Darn it if I thought I’d get to bypass this milestone. What kind of Mother am I that my three year old was able to put a penny in his mouth and swallow it? On my watch! Well, I’m the Mother of a three-year old,…
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Written on
June 26, 2009 by
Rachel
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. Now you can…
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Written on
June 25, 2009 by
Beck
By Beck I was looking at pictures from a few years ago – and is this ever a good idea? I suspect not – and was just stricken by how small and child-sized my Boy was just minutes ago. Now, of course, he is as tall as kids in grades above him, tall and sturdy…
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Written on
June 24, 2009 by
Kelly
By Kelly I set my squirming, squealing 17-month-old daughter into the bathtub last night, then ducked around the corner to grab a towel and washcloth out of the cabinet. Her rage was immediate and deafening. I apparently didn’t have permission to leave her side – to split atoms, as it were. In her mind, we…
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Written on
June 22, 2009 by
Megan
By Megan My big kid’s growin’ up way faster than it ever occured to me she would, y’all. I think what brings it all home for me lately is watching my littler kid come into himself, as it were. He’s all laughter and mirth, my funny boy, full of mischief and chatty as the day…
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By Melodee At our private pool the other day, six-year old Grace asked me for $1.50 to buy a snack from the vending machine. She likes the process of choosing a snack and putting in the money more than eating the snack. Feeling generous, I gave her the dollar bill and two quarters. She was…
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Written on
June 20, 2009 by
Cassie
By Cassie I used to get lost when Aiden would go to his dad’s for the weekend. I would spend the weekend drinking with friends, shopping, and spending way more money than I ever needed to. I hated being home. The silence that filled the house drove me crazy. Knowing that he wasn’t going to…
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