tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post2299781974165585346..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: ForgettingMimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-62861251746637543332007-09-02T17:09:00.000-04:002007-09-02T17:09:00.000-04:00It's remarkable how much we do 'forget' about the ...It's remarkable how much we do 'forget' about the first few months of our wee ones... to me, it does go by very quickly, though... especially with my almost 6 months old... I keep looking at their pictures thinking about how much they've changed in such a short amount of time!ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-12683061775990277732007-08-31T21:44:00.000-04:002007-08-31T21:44:00.000-04:00you gotta know how beautiful and sad that was don'...you gotta know how beautiful and sad that was don't you?<BR/><BR/>I know. It all seems so endless, and then all of a sudden you are straining to remember the things you swore you would never forget.<BR/><BR/>I love how which side of the bed you were on triggers memories for you, different light different smells.<BR/><BR/>What animals we all are for all of our higher evolution.crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-79018847141822245132007-08-31T20:21:00.000-04:002007-08-31T20:21:00.000-04:00Sinus infections are worse than newborns. Except t...Sinus infections are worse than newborns. Except they only last a week at most.<BR/>I have flashbacks too the same way you just described them, scary, but it keeps the baby hunger in check.moosh in indy.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12536663032282865725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-83604038544064253502007-08-30T22:25:00.000-04:002007-08-30T22:25:00.000-04:00i so felt this deep inside. i sometime sit in the...i so felt this deep inside. i sometime sit in the rocker in my son's room and remember nursing him late at night listening to muddy waters and I realize it is all gone now. <BR/><BR/>sigh.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-15566460268852986492007-08-30T21:32:00.000-04:002007-08-30T21:32:00.000-04:00I KNOW!And I hope you feel better soon!I KNOW!<BR/><BR/>And I hope you feel better soon!cinnamon gurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363288586285868779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-41107427341020414532007-08-30T14:36:00.000-04:002007-08-30T14:36:00.000-04:00I second B&P in that it's at that moment that peop...I second B&P in that it's at that moment that people begin to try for #2.<BR/><BR/>I have the same feeling you have, only added to that is the fact that I will have newborn soon. And I keep thinking - what the heck do I do with a newborn?? I don't know how to take care of babies! It's freaking me out a bit. Okay, a lot.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-45932465380276003712007-08-30T11:13:00.000-04:002007-08-30T11:13:00.000-04:00i too have that clear memory of staring agog at th...i too have that clear memory of staring agog at the old biddies in the store who would pat and coo and say "enjoy every moment. it goes so fast" while i was so sleep-deprived and stressed i could barely stand up. <BR/><BR/>but you're right. the immediacy of that feeling is gone. i do still have flashes of body memory, where i'm taken to places in my pregnancies or when O was a newborn, Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-51502083555618440142007-08-30T09:04:00.000-04:002007-08-30T09:04:00.000-04:00Yup. The amnesia - a biological imperative. You ...Yup. The amnesia - a biological imperative. You know what it was like, because you wrote it down at the time, but somehow you can't quite <I>recapture</I> that feeling. It's all just a bit hypothetical.<BR/><BR/>Time start trying for #2?Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-30599411997016827892007-08-30T08:09:00.000-04:002007-08-30T08:09:00.000-04:00Munchkin is so sweet!Graham wants to switch sides ...Munchkin is so sweet!<BR/><BR/>Graham wants to switch sides of the bed. I refuse. REFUSE!Amy Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011605158544190413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-16157954575783037702007-08-30T07:29:00.000-04:002007-08-30T07:29:00.000-04:00My kids are all EXACTLY three years apart. They ge...My kids are all EXACTLY three years apart. They get to about 27 months old and I start thinking "WE ARE OUT OF BABIES!".<BR/>The Baby is JUST that age right now... oh oh.<BR/>But I do think that we're so stuck in the DAYS that last for thirteen weeks, these horrible bogged-down hours, that we don't notice how years are fleeting by around us. My oldest is EIGHT now. My BABY.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-39404792776407329112007-08-29T23:24:00.000-04:002007-08-29T23:24:00.000-04:00I agree with Kyla and Sage. My kids, after all, ar...I agree with Kyla and Sage. My kids, after all, are 2 1/2 years apart...Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-8239848559483482052007-08-29T23:21:00.000-04:002007-08-29T23:21:00.000-04:00Today my children went to daycare while I stayed h...Today my children went to daycare while I stayed home. Sinusitis. I took a two-hour nap. <BR/><BR/>I relate to your memories thing. I scrapbook, I think, to hold on to some of the fading memories. I love to think back. But it is dulling around the edges. It's becoming less intense. I so totally get what you are saying. What makes up for it though, are how the kids are so much fun now. And it justMelanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-3916756140625846502007-08-29T22:46:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:46:00.000-04:00Oh, sinus infections. Ugh. I hope you feel bette...Oh, sinus infections. Ugh. I hope you feel better soon.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I'm with Kyla, it's the universe's devious plan to make us think, "That wasn't so bad! Let's try again." There's a reason that most siblings are 2-3 years apart in age.NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-44779809269146550252007-08-29T22:24:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:24:00.000-04:00OMG, I'm totally with you on this - I can barely r...OMG, I'm totally with you on this - I can barely remember it, it has gone so fast.<BR/><BR/>I hope you feel better soon.motherbumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053978199395919666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-39737900984380908722007-08-29T22:18:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:18:00.000-04:00She is a doll!I have a kidnergartener! Talk about ...She is a doll!<BR/><BR/>I have a kidnergartener! Talk about it going too quickly. I think forgetting stems from the biological need to procreate. If we vividly remembered what pregnancy, birth, and mothering a newborn was like; very few of us would sign up for it again.<BR/><BR/>Feel better soon.Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-15994797588951644632007-08-29T22:03:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:03:00.000-04:00And please, feel better! Sinus infections blow.And please, feel better! Sinus infections blow.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-67889396100921927732007-08-29T22:02:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:02:00.000-04:00Oh, yes. I have moments where I'm just done in by...Oh, yes. I have moments where I'm just done in by how fast it's all going.<BR/><BR/>But then something or other unimportant requires my attention, and I forget about my angst, until the next time it slaps me in the face.<BR/><BR/>She is still young, though. (In a relative sense.) And cute, too!Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.com