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Another body part is retiring. Well, 2 actually.

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March 16, 2014

I have made no secret about the fact that I am in a state of simultaneous mourning / elation this year. 2014: the first time in 6 years that I will not be pregnant or nursing — because we have decided to retire my uterus and declare that 3 kids in 5 years is probably […]

Categories: confessions, mommy life • Tags: 1-year olds, letting go, nursing • Permalink

Letting them be little. Well, trying at least.

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March 4, 2014

March 4, 2014 “Let them be little.” Such a good quote. So true. And so not easy to do sometimes. My 5-year old will be “Star of the Week” next week in his preschool class. One of the components of this honor is to complete a poster, in his handwriting, on which he answers all […]

Categories: confessions, mommy life • Tags: 3-year olds, girls, letting go • Permalink

The SHU

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October 28, 2013

I have watched the entire first season of Orange is the New Black on Netflix over the past few weeks. Like many (real life) prisons, inmates are put into solitary confinement for violent or unacceptable behavior. It is called The SHU (Special Housing Units — I googled it so you won’t have to). Lately I […]

Categories: confessions, mommy life • Tags: 2-year olds, discipline, failure • Permalink

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