Comments on: Letting Go: Musings of a Mother

By: Bubba's Sis

2008-11-19T05:49:42Z

Yes - the Terrible Two’s have NOTHING on the Terrorist Three’s! Thank God we’re past that! Now I have a grown-up, a teenager and a pre-teen with sexy-smelling armpits, OMG. And the ALL go pee pee and poo poo in the potty! I have done my job well!!!!

By: greensullivan

2008-11-18T18:32:30Z

Head’s up on the D.O for the B.O. Try a Toms’ of Maine or Crystal brand. They do not contain aluminum. Aluminum is a cause of many things that go wrong. It enters your skin through D.O. and gets stuck in your tissues-even the brain. This is why for mammograms they tell you not to wear D.O. for a week prior. The aluminum shows up. Also alzheimers and aluminum have a link now…you check more out on the internet…

By: D...

2008-11-17T04:12:19Z

Oh yeah. You never know your limits until you become a mom. You never know the depth of true love until you become a mom. It’s the hardest. It’s the greatest. It’s the saddest. It’s the best.

By: Tasia

2008-11-17T03:09:36Z

OK, so I’m not a mom, yet. But I did raise my twin sisters their first six years of life and I can tell you that I gave in at about year four. No more “matching outfits” picked out by my mom. Snow white and Jasmine could always be found in the backseat of my car singing along to whatever Disney soundtrack was playing (for the hundredth time). AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. True, I would have loved to throw the Lizzy McGuire CD out the window but one look through the rear view mirror made me change my mind every time.

BTW, J looks so cute in his costume. Deodorant!?!? Ooh my…

By: jubilee

2008-11-16T20:53:34Z

The Cruise Director about had a meltdown when he couldn’t find any socks. When I suggested that he raid his brother’s sock drawer, he looked confused, then mutinous, then mischievous. Sometimes yo gotta think outside the box.

For us, year four (for each child) has been the most challenging. Makes me glad they didn’t all turn four at once.

By: jennielynn

2008-11-16T18:05:24Z

LMAO. As usual, you hit the nail on the head. I never thought I’d wish I had been sterilized at 18. But there are days…

By: Kim

2008-11-16T17:28:20Z

Amen! What a great list. My light bulb moment came when I realized that there isn’t a mother alive (well, maybe one or two judgmental ones) that looks at a mismatched 3yo and thinks you had any part in dressing them. What a relief!

Also, I didn’t know that underwear was optional until after the birth of my two girls. I think M was 9yo before she consistently wore underwear or socks.

By: Mrs. F

2008-11-16T16:26:45Z

Love, love, love this list!

Your superman kid reminds me of my Spiderman kid. What a memory!

By: evil chef mom

2008-11-16T15:27:07Z

can i add an amendment to one?

‘I’d really, truly… NEED a drink. A strong drink. A double strong drink.’

… at like 8 in the morning when all they have been doing is acting like ‘the little perfect angels they are’.

By: Michele

2008-11-16T13:00:31Z

Oh - I so remember those PJs and I’ll admit - I wondered WHY YOU LET HIM where them all the time! Oh girl. Now I know. NOW I KNOW!!! I’m telling you, I was the perfect mom - the best - perfection…until I had a kid. Then it all went downhill from there.