Tales from the Trenches

Just Say No

After a long day of dealing with a tenacious antagonist, I asked Madeline if she was going through her 2-year-old negativism developmental phase. To which she replied, “No way!” I think I got my answer.

Little Mother

I caught Madeline “nursing” for the first time. After she finished feeding her baby I watched her change her diaper. “Big poopy!” she exclaimed. She proceeded to wipe her baby girl (front to back, of course) and then asked me for a clean diaper. Watching her imitate me was both fun and humbling. It madeRead the whole post >>

Who’s the Boss?

Madeline was saying, “NO!” and “NOW!” the other morning. My patience was short-fused after getting a total of about eight hours of sleep over the past two days. I was trying to keep my cool, but I finally told this tiny tyrant that “Mommy’s the boss” and this simple fact means she cannot (and willRead the whole post >>

A Mommy in the Making

This morning I was nursing Rachel Marie and Madeline looked at us wistfully and said, “Mommy, when I older and bigger, carry baby sister downstairs and nurse her because when I older and bigger, I make booby milk.”

Adventures in Grocery Land

I was feeling smug carrying a sleeping Rachel Marie in a sling snuggled close to my chest and pushing Madeline around in one of those hybrid shopping cart-race cars, especially after a woman said, “Good for you for getting out already!” Both girls were cooperating. Madeline was pretending to drive us around the grocery storeRead the whole post >>