Comments on: The consistent character flaw

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:51:39 +0000

Oh, oops. I commented on the wrong post. I meant this for your work-family post.

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:50:56 +0000

WORD.

The idea of a “work/life” balance is a joke – there is no balance to it, it’s more like a seesaw perpetually in motion.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:27:50 +0000

Thank you for making me feel less alone as I navigate through this same terrain. “double-espresso Chatty McDonkey-Talk” is the only thing that has made me smile this week. It’s Friday.

The end.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:01:20 +0000

Oh man. My husband likes to groggily roll over and say “What’s her problem??” LIKE I KNOW??? IF I KNEW, SHE’D BE BACK TO SLEEP NOW, WOULDN’T SHE?

Definitely meat-of-upper-thigh-kick-worthy.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:34:10 +0000

You are, as always, hilarious! You’ve definitely captured the night-time moments/feelings/frustrations/love… I hesitated to comment, because I’ve got a non-sleeper too. He’s 3 and a bit and has only slept from 7 to 7 four times!! As he gets older the wakings are less bothersome. It also is not such a big deal as he is an only and we don’t mind bringing him to bed with us around midnight. Keeps the rest of the night quiet. sigh…

By: victoria

victoria — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:44:06 +0000

Maybe it takes a clueless childless commenter to ask this dumb question, but I’ll do it anyway: “Since you know he’s healthy, why not leave him alone? He’ll eventually fall back asleep.”

If the baby monitor is keeping you awake, then turn it off. (Before they were invented, people used to raise perfectly healthy kids without them. Turning it off once in a while wouldn’t make you a bad mom. Or, at least, not to me.)

By: Gleemonex

Gleemonex — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:15:45 +0000

“And by the way I already gave him some goddamned milk while you were lying there sawing logs like a tranq-darted grizzly bear, motherfucker.”

Oh my GOD — this right here! Simultaneous laughter/groans of painful recognition.

By: Catriona

Catriona — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:53:45 +0000

Sorry your little ones have been so barfy sick. Hope it’s not H1N1 – we three had it and it was notsomuchfun. Sending healthy vibes your way.

Oh, and Chatty McDonkeytalk? Priceless!

By: Kami Lewis Levin

Kami Lewis Levin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:26:32 +0000

yup. And just to add to the fun, try traveling with the kids, on a plane, to a different time zone. That’ll really be a riot. Sometimes in the wee hours I feel like my baby (19 mos) is my nemesis…Go the fuck to sleep!

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:39:33 +0000

Not much to add, except: You are a doll of a mum, and a great GREAT writer too! Lucky JB and sons!