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If Only I Could Take Her Up On It

Said a nocturnal wee one at dusk: Now, Mommy, if you need me in the middle of the night to hold the baby, you can wake me up. Really. It’s okay. I can help.

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· May 16, 2009 · Tagged With: Sleep (Or Lack Thereof) · Filed Under: Child 1, Tales from the Trenches

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  1. ViolinMama says

    May 16, 2009 at 3:12 am

    Aww, what a sweet daughter – but then, she has a sweet model in her mother.

    I wish she could REALLY help too. I hope this week flies by for the reflux to ease!!!

    Many prayers!

  2. Shauna Okongo says

    May 16, 2009 at 3:50 am

    Oh how precious!! How are things going? How is the sleep coming along? Reflux issues any better? Praying you sleep tonight!
    Love,
    Shauna

  3. *Jess* says

    May 16, 2009 at 10:39 am

    what a doll!

  4. Kris says

    May 16, 2009 at 11:21 am

    She has such a beautiful heart! And she truly loves her mama.

  5. Mandy says

    May 16, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    That is the sweetest thing to say. LOL

    For whatever reason, your posts have not shown in my reader for sometime. When I logged on today, 15 of yours popped up. I have been catching up and needed to tell you congrats on your new addition! Your honesty is preparing me for what’s to come…our third baby in November. But it’s your way of focusing back on your faith that will guide me. I plan on rereading these in November as you snooze (because your baby will be 7 months) and I am pacing the floor with tired eyes rocking/nursing a baby. :)

  6. Jennifer says

    May 17, 2009 at 3:24 am

    How precious is that?!

  7. Lerin says

    May 18, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Sweetest big sister ever!

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

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―Flannery O'Connor

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