I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I really love watching our girls together. Today they fell asleep at naptime with their arms literally wrapped around each other, and I just kept thinking about how if anyone else was “in” their personal space that way, they’d never be able to go to sleep. And how amazing it is that a…
Category: Moments
The Adventures of R and E
Today was one of the (many) days when the awesomeness of being a mommy to two little girls is nothing short of overwhelming. The girls played so very, very many games today that I lost count. There was “boo,” which they played over and over again, switching the instigator; then they had a couple games that involved screaming similar sounds…
the weaning of R
I am one of those mothers who “plans” to breastfeed to age two–as per the World Health Organization’s recommendation (amongst many others)–and is pretty militant about going to at least a year. E lasted until seventeen months, and I thought that was a little short. R was weaned, completely, by nine months. I have very, very mixed thoughts about this.…