I felt E move at about 22 weeks–hideously late. And I felt her move on the outside before I could feel her inside. R was a totally different story; I felt her at 12 weeks and it seems like we could feel her outside around 18 or so. So I thought, oh, first baby, feel late, how normal. Then I…
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.…
One of the major themes of larger-family life definitely seems to be chores. And, indeed, I want to teach E how to work and contribute to the home as much as she is able. But sometimes it’s hard to know how to use a two-year-old to actually accomplish anything useful. I can’t emphasize enough how much I’m still learning to…