Moments

Sisters & Socialization

Julie / August 15, 2010

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…

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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…

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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.…

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