Comments on: Highs and lows, creamy middles

By: More thoughts on staying home, etc. « incognitus scriptor

More thoughts on staying home, etc. « incognitus scriptor — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:57:05 +0000

[...] yet, I am doing laundry and washing dogs and, obviously, blogging. We’re about to enter what Sundry referred to as the “the long dark tea-time of the stay-at-home-mom soul”. God is she [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:15:19 +0000

I read this when it first went up, pregnant with my first. Now that he’s been here four weeks and I’m losing my shit, I came back for a little inspiration and encouragement. Thanks for showing me that I’m not alone. Seeing where you are today compared to where you were when you wrote this lets me know there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

By: Jessamyn

Jessamyn — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:38:51 +0000

This made me cry. My second kid’s not even born yet, and already parenting two (at this point, having the hormones of housing the second one in my body is counting, that’s how bad) is kicking my ASS, and I can’t tell you how many times I have just laid down my head and sobbed and felt like such a craptastic parent, and even worse, because I’m not appreciating what I’ve got, which is an AWESOME kid and a long-for pregnancy. I hope you have more of the highs, and that time goes faster on the crap and slower on the wonder.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:04:07 +0000

mrs. c led me to you – wish “my truth” could have been written as beautifully as yours. thanks for writing. thanks for sharing. thanks for understanding.

By: Chicken And Cheese Back In The Saddle

Chicken And Cheese Back In The Saddle — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:20:38 +0000

[...] It sounds like an easy assignment, but I’ve got this whole second-kid thing going on. I’m already tired, and I know from reading this and this and holy shit this that I’m in for some fresh hell when Shaggy is born. [...]

By: Where there’s a Willer…

Where there’s a Willer… — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:20:56 +0000

[...] Anyway, thisis perfect. Except for the bit where she crawls into bed and reads a book. I don’t feel like I have the luxury of doing that. Plus I should really buy some new books. Or even join the library. [...]

By: Daren

Daren — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:54:15 +0000

I love your honesty.

And, Amen. Right there with you, baby.

Also, the one arm for baby AND bottle does work. Just takes some practice.

By: Kristin H

Kristin H — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:43:50 +0000

Word, sister.

My dark moments stand out clearly in my mind. With child #1, I was sitting on the couch, crying hysterically because my husband was leaving. To take a load of crap to the dump. TO THE DUMP. And I was stuck at home with a baby my my boob.

With child #2, as she struggled and shrieked while to get away from me when I was trying to change a poopy diaper, I totally lost it. I started crying and screaming and thwapping the diaper on the floor, yelling, I JUST! (thwap) WANT! (thwap) TO CHANGE! (thwap) YOUR DIAPER! IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK?!?!??? (thwapthwapthwapthwapthwap)

Word.

By: breckgirl

breckgirl — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:46:00 +0000

I get it, totally. We are planning to “try” for number two here shortly and ugh – I dread the thought of all this shit.

My son is two right now and driving us batshit (we know all about NO NIGHT NIGHT RIGHT NOW) and I fully relate to resenting the man for “escaping.” This weekend my husband wanted to do some work from home and I “got to” take Wyatt to the mall – oh, whee! How fun – dragging him around after my sister-in-law, stuffing chicken tenders into his maw while he screamed about MY BA BOB (that’s “my Sponge Bob” for those not quite in the know). A woman offered me her 20% off coupons so I could “shop” and I fully realized right then that there is no such thing as “shopping” with a 2 year old – the mall really just serves as a big habi-trail for him to run around and expend some energy (it is still snowing here so outside is pretty nasty). Add another one? Not right now, sucka – it’s a good thing it take 9 months for the wee thing to bake in there – I’ll have more time to prepare myself (and stockpile a 2 year supply of Xanax). Anyway – I hear ya – hang in there.

And hey – if you think your crying thing was weird, get this – I cried the other day when I finished a Turbo Jam DVD and Chalene was telling me how great I did. Man, I am a total nut job…not even premenstrual, just a sap.

Hope your day today is wonderful and that you order that bottle holding apparatus suggested above.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:32:07 +0000

Raising my hand – I understand. XO