tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post5144840401814838379..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: And then, sunshineMimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-90694614196876579972009-02-07T10:55:00.000-05:002009-02-07T10:55:00.000-05:00I want that machine.It is a fascinating age where ...I want that machine.<BR/><BR/>It is a fascinating age where so much is happening for them internally. The loving holding environment is the best thing and you're doing that so well.the new girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947910641549198688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-8098216036075717062009-01-29T08:05:00.001-05:002009-01-29T08:05:00.001-05:00It's worlds different when they actually cooperate...It's worlds different when they actually cooperate isn't it? Hope it happens more often than not.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-67188293963738837502009-01-29T08:05:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:05:00.000-05:00It's worlds different when they actually cooperate...It's worlds different when they actually cooperate isn't it? Hope it happens more often than not.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-9658320409846646132009-01-27T20:51:00.000-05:002009-01-27T20:51:00.000-05:00Wild ride indeed.Glad she didn't put you in the ma...Wild ride indeed.<BR/><BR/>Glad she didn't put you in the machine. I get a variation of that every so often and I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt.motherbumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053978199395919666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-14718750812289535102009-01-27T16:47:00.000-05:002009-01-27T16:47:00.000-05:00Oh lord yes. This morning started with a tantrum ...Oh lord yes. This morning started with a tantrum in my bed. I left and went downstairs. She came down, all sweetness and light, only to have another tantrum on the way out the door to the bus. ROLLER COASTER.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-12715726624749095292009-01-27T14:00:00.000-05:002009-01-27T14:00:00.000-05:00I never take what Miss M says personally but OH MY...I never take what Miss M says personally but OH MY the unpredictability of the day, of her emotions, of my emotions... Sometimes all that leaves me flattened. Even though 3 was hard, it (motherhood, our children) keep getting better and easier. Hang in tough.Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-70320802343481024782009-01-26T10:50:00.000-05:002009-01-26T10:50:00.000-05:00Seriously? As the mother of three? You need anothe...Seriously? As the mother of three? You need another kid because...somewhere, sometime, somehow, they learn...it's not all about them. And the best way to learn that is when there is someone else who is JUST AS IMPORTANT. If you're like me? The only way you can shut the door is to protect the other child.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831442592233150729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-85535067204570059502009-01-26T09:09:00.000-05:002009-01-26T09:09:00.000-05:00Wild and entertaining... and sometimes seemingly c...Wild and entertaining... and sometimes seemingly cruel.<BR/><BR/>My Ramekin is much the same... I get told all the time he's going to put me in the bin, that I am Evil Mommy, and then laughs hysterically... grain, salt and all that.ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-31630562419573900482009-01-26T08:37:00.000-05:002009-01-26T08:37:00.000-05:00I was pretty thick-skinned to start with, which he...I was pretty thick-skinned to start with, which helps parenting tremendously. But the first few times that each of my kids said something awful to me, I was still pretty gutted.... well, not with The Baby. With her, it was "Yeah, yeah, kid, get moving."<BR/><BR/>Even though I don't work, mornings still freaking SUCK here. You'd think they'd be all relaxed and stuff, but noooooo. I think mornings Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-67614166611867880772009-01-25T19:22:00.000-05:002009-01-25T19:22:00.000-05:00just...i want that machine whenever you guys are d...just...i want that machine whenever you guys are done with it. and if you're still here. and if Munchkin promises NOT to tell Oscar about it, 'cause then i'll be gone too. and then he'll cry to bring me back.<BR/><BR/>they're two. i think two is a state of nature before our human bipolarity learns balance. if it does.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-11099966292212791252009-01-24T17:53:00.000-05:002009-01-24T17:53:00.000-05:00One of my best friends never got mad at her toddle...One of my best friends never got mad at her toddler/preschool-aged children. Her mantra was that they didn't know any better. I always envied her calm disposition because, even though I have been through it twice already, I still get so caught up in the shit storm of emotions that swirl around 2- and 3-year-olds.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567374243896229606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-82256865016988988982009-01-24T16:41:00.000-05:002009-01-24T16:41:00.000-05:00Parenting is hard. Kids aren't perfect and neither...Parenting is hard. Kids aren't perfect and neither are we, but we all do the best we can. It is a beautiful, messy, painful, joyful, wild ride. <BR/><BR/>She is SUCH a doll, Mimi.Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-14695945598236875162009-01-24T13:30:00.000-05:002009-01-24T13:30:00.000-05:00Kittenpie: that's so weird -- exactly the same ha...Kittenpie: that's so weird -- exactly the same happened her. She wants me to go away forever, I tell her I love her, she completely collapses and needs more snuggles. So wild.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-77577823360194383282009-01-24T11:48:00.000-05:002009-01-24T11:48:00.000-05:00They get themselves so confusedwith the storms of ...They get themselves so confusedwith the storms of emotion sometimes. The other night, Pumpkinpie screamed at me that she hated me, and when I mildly replied that I was sorry to hear that, but that I wanted her to know I loved her, she broke down even further, sobbing pitifully that she loved me and I was her favourite person in the world. I noted that she seemed a bit confused and she snuffled kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-89153670058579222772009-01-24T08:10:00.000-05:002009-01-24T08:10:00.000-05:00I know exactly what you mean. Swee'pea will be thr...I know exactly what you mean. Swee'pea will be three in a couple of weeks, and sometimes I find myself thinking, "I LOVE this age! This is so much fun." and then the very next moment I'll be all "ARGGGH! This age will be the DEATH of me!" I think the word ambivalence was invented just to describe motherhood.cinnamon gurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363288586285868779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-66165650698311813142009-01-23T18:22:00.000-05:002009-01-23T18:22:00.000-05:00OM -- that's exactly it with me too! I love her t...OM -- that's exactly it with me too! I love her to bits, but all my posts are coming out angry and she sounds like a real jerk, which isn't fair ... and I'm afraid of 3, too, for the very same reasons.<BR/><BR/>Bea -- yup, i have asked her where she keeps this machine and if i can borrow it ...Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-543469858247326842009-01-23T17:34:00.000-05:002009-01-23T17:34:00.000-05:00Wow - look at that gorgeous blonde hair. She's suc...Wow - look at that gorgeous blonde hair. She's such a big girl suddenly. Soon we'll be swapping stories about our preschoolers.<BR/>Honestly, I haven't posted a lot about my little guy lately because I can't seem to stop the urge to write all about how nasty he is. Nasty, nasty, nasty. With the hitting and the kicking and the screaming. He's trying it all out. Sometimes I handle it well, Melanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-87046963345046271382009-01-23T17:28:00.000-05:002009-01-23T17:28:00.000-05:00That's one dangerous machine you've got there. Do...That's one dangerous machine you've got there. Do they sell those at Future Shop?Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-44722876992932262032009-01-23T15:35:00.000-05:002009-01-23T15:35:00.000-05:00Sometimes I think I should not read these posts, s...Sometimes I think I should not read these posts, so that I won't know what is coming!<BR/><BR/>But then I think: forewarned is forearmed. <BR/><BR/>I have a stubborn little girl, too (she gets that from her Daddy- honest!) who is coming up on 2. Gulp.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-8056072469689518772009-01-23T11:44:00.000-05:002009-01-23T11:44:00.000-05:00Oh Mimi, if I had a nickel for every lousy thing m...Oh Mimi, if I had a nickel for every lousy thing my kids said to me I would be rich and to be fair I have said my share too...I think I am the adult! I should have the thick skin! I should know better than to engage with a child! And then I do.<BR/><BR/>We all have our moments and the good (or bad depending) thing is Munchkin is better able to tell you what is bothering her. <BR/><BR/>I was told Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-2138801382913260282009-01-23T10:33:00.000-05:002009-01-23T10:33:00.000-05:00Ugh! We parents must be thick of skin, mustn't we?...Ugh! We parents must be thick of skin, mustn't we?<BR/><BR/>Love the flower dress.11111111https://www.blogger.com/profile/10642068570509276596noreply@blogger.com