April 9, 2010
Updates and a Call for Advice
Oh my golly, kids. I’m seriously contemplating hanging up the keyboard. I cannot seem to get my butt over here to blog on a regular basis. I don’t know what the deal is. Truthfully, I spend so much time living and being and doing and seeing, instead of writing.
Writing was my passion, once. That flame has long been put out. Perhaps it happened when I stopped working online. Maybe I just don’t feel motivated. I don’t know. I do know that when I think about quitting I get very sad, because this blog was my place for so long.
I suppose I just need to go with the feeling and see what happens. I shall rethink this later.
Tonight I went out to dinner with my bestest (as Dawson would say) friend ever. Miss ‘Manda and I had fajitas (okay, she had fish tacos, I had fajitas) at El Mezcal, our favorite little Mexican restaurant. Amanda is expecting her first child in July and we discussed baby names and baby registries and breastfeeding and every other baby related topic one can think of.
My friend has not had much experience with children and she had lots of questions about cribs and changing tables and if childbirth really is as painful as they say. I’m no expert but I did try to fill her in on the good as well as the not so good. I gave her as much honest information as I could without scaring the pants off her. Then a light bulb went off! Since I know so many awesome parent bloggers I decided to ask you for your help.
Share your parenting advice with Amanda in the comments. What is one thing you think she really needs to know?
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April 10th, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Julie Says:
As a mum of 4 (ranging in ages from 21 to 4) I have two pieces of advice which I always pass on:
1. NEVER do something once if you are not prepared to make it a habit for the next 4+ years (and here I am thinking of rocking/walking to sleep, co -sleeping etc. SERIOUSLY, when you are doing something for the FIRST TIME with your little one, ask yourself if you are prepared to do this SEVERAL TIMES DAILY FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, and if the answer is NO, then stop right now!!!
2. Offer bottles (whether breast milk or formula) at ROOM TEMPERATURE. No further explanation required – you will thank me later
April 10th, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Headless Mom Says:
While you will always love your children, you may not always like them, and that is ok. My mom told me this and it helped me get rid of the guilt of not liking my toddlers/preschoolers. I was a good mom to them but I didn’t have to like that stage. Luckily, when they hit Kinder I liked them a lot more.
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