tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post327335139515617243..comments2023-10-20T07:27:30.939-04:00Comments on clueless but hopeful mama: I'll have perfected my "going off" explanation by the time you're a toddlerclueless but hopeful mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-56250001233385910762009-01-08T15:51:00.000-05:002009-01-08T15:51:00.000-05:00For the record, I think your mom is so, so right. ...For the record, I think your mom is so, so right. There is a blessing to being the firstborn, undoubtedly, but I think overall the second and third and so on tend to be a little more... Well, normal. And I'm saying this as an oldest kid myself. You just feel so much like an adult from the time you're little, what with all that adult interaction and close observation of even the little details of your life. And so you put that same pressure on yourself, sometimes, to be grown up. This is only made worse if you have a slightly compulsive personality to begin with.<BR/>Not that now you should feel badly for Zoe! But just don't worry too much about that bebe numero dos. She's gonna be so chill, having another kid around to absorb some of that excess parenting!<BR/>But that said, I felt guilty a lot when preggo for Eli. I wasn't writing in his journal! I wasn't reading the pregnancy books! I wasn't scrapbooking his ultrasound pictures! Like he'll ever give a crap! ;)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141742419364168878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-85854028056381338002009-01-08T08:55:00.000-05:002009-01-08T08:55:00.000-05:00One evening at dinner, not long before our second ...One evening at dinner, not long before our second was born, I looked across the table at my older daughter and out of nowhere began to cry. I was, of course, excited for the second. I had gone through a lot to get pregnant again, and was certain that we wanted a sibling for my daughter. But somehow at that moment, I needed to mourn (even if only for five minutes) the closing of a chapter and leap into the unknown.<BR/><BR/>When our new daughter arrived, I was surprised at how quickly our new family of four seemed like the only family we had ever been, and how rarely I looked back to (or could remember) the feeling of being a threesome. <BR/><BR/>You'll find one on one time with each of them, and eventually they'll have plenty of happy one on one time with each other, too. The end of one chapter, but the beginning of another even richer one.<BR/><BR/>Come on in, the water's fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-67852001384637792652009-01-07T21:51:00.000-05:002009-01-07T21:51:00.000-05:00well "Lima bean" would have her friend "baby siste...well "Lima bean" would have her friend "baby sister in mommy's belly" if none of us can come up with names. <BR/><BR/>With just a bit over one month left as a family of three I can officially say I am in full freak out mode as I realize I will have more than double the diapers and half the sleep. Zoiks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-73751492444367052132009-01-07T19:06:00.000-05:002009-01-07T19:06:00.000-05:00Awwww... It does work out somehow though. There ...Awwww... It does work out somehow though. There are those rare moments when Mimi is happily occupied and I can devote 100% of my attention to my second child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-78380865728285942992009-01-07T16:49:00.000-05:002009-01-07T16:49:00.000-05:00Lovely post and so very, very true. Having a two y...Lovely post and so very, very true. Having a two year old seems to get more and more challenging just as I want to focus on each little kick from my belly. But soon enough the little one will just be able to kick her sister when she wants more attention!Kathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298200321804570788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-82956769827888711232009-01-07T16:40:00.000-05:002009-01-07T16:40:00.000-05:00I think Lima Bean would be adorable as a name! Pr...I think Lima Bean would be adorable as a name! Probably not past young childhood, though, I suppose.Astartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337583910910454897noreply@blogger.com