Second kid I prioritized my sanity and comfort.
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There’s a few months where they’ve figured out how to pull themselves up but don’t have the balance for walking yet. Now, every grownup is a walker.
Trying to give my kids the tools to deal with their mom’s inability to leave them alone. I’m sure this isn’t going to come back to bite me in the ass.
The beaches in northern Oregon are so huge, the ocean feels like half a mile away from the dunes. Sneaker waves are actually quite scary. The beach we go to has trucks driving by. You have to look both ways before walking to the water.
There’s nothing quite like seeing a mirror of your previously unobserved habits in someone else and having to wrestle with both. “Why don’t you have shoes on?!” I say, shoeless and washing dishes.
Well, a lot of them do try to be nice. And then a lot of them really really don’t.
Obby and I take turns cleaning up dinner while the other puts the kids to bed. Turns out he’s much better at getting these kids to sleep than I am.
This was actually someone else. I saw a mom just walking through the parking lot with a flailing kid over her shoulder and another under one arm and she got one into the car and chased down the other. I was thoroughly impressed by her calm. I had to yell across the parking lot my support of her situation.
I have since gone through the house with Draino and a pot of boiling water. But sometimes the sinks just get backed up. The kids sink gets this pink grits build up.
Don’t Drink the Water (Your Butt’s Been In) by Matt Heaton
