tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post912155791589463554..comments2023-11-03T02:51:37.788-05:00Comments on 24/7: Baby Boy BluesBinkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161541480469324280noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-53794628168436904692008-04-29T00:53:00.000-05:002008-04-29T00:53:00.000-05:00Congratulations and go easy on yourself. Some part...Congratulations and go easy on yourself. Some parts are easier and some are harder... but it just keeps getting better. I could not cut myself any slack those first couple of weeks. Though I really wanted to, I just thought, "I've been through this before, snap out of it". It sounds like you're already way smarter than me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-46042910086892122552008-04-26T00:30:00.000-05:002008-04-26T00:30:00.000-05:00Congratulations! And Welcome back! I keep poppin...Congratulations! And Welcome back! I keep popping back by to see if you're posting! So exciting! The second one is a whole NEW journey - you will love it just as much but DIFFERENT! <BR/><BR/>Crazy thing motherhood!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-78600014082774793942008-04-25T10:43:00.000-05:002008-04-25T10:43:00.000-05:00Yes, having more than one focuses you on the day-t...Yes, having more than one focuses you on the day-to-day, the reality, in such a way that I find it hard to wallow in anything too much anymore. This was driven home yesterday when I was explaining their aunt's cancer to them---they looked serious for a moment and then asked, "Can we go play outside?". Live in the moment---that is the message I get from them.Fairly Odd Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974404093257620566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-3507573092155514222008-04-25T10:13:00.000-05:002008-04-25T10:13:00.000-05:00There will be blood and poop and infinite wonder t...There will be blood and poop and infinite wonder that makes life, even as short as it is, seem longer for the richness of the experiences.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your baby. And here's to hoping the blues go away with the pads.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864631532886681402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-20867862642102178052008-04-24T19:26:00.000-05:002008-04-24T19:26:00.000-05:00And pee. Don't forget the pee. After all, you've...And pee. Don't forget the pee. After all, you've got a boy now.<BR/><BR/>xoShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-60386801045091187192008-04-24T17:53:00.000-05:002008-04-24T17:53:00.000-05:00I heart you, and your vajay. Tell Chris that.I heart you, and your vajay. Tell Chris that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-22270929357262860972008-04-24T16:44:00.000-05:002008-04-24T16:44:00.000-05:00I know that feeling. I seem to get it while I'm st...I know that feeling. I seem to get it while I'm still gestating though, then the fog afterward I just sort of wallow in the yellow showers (with my son) and poopies-shot-up-the-back blowouts (both of my first two).<BR/><BR/>I hope that your blues is short-lived so that you can find even more joy in your son.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979925607834752536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-58542410671973238332008-04-24T16:35:00.000-05:002008-04-24T16:35:00.000-05:00my god.can I just foam at the mouth for a moment w...my god.<BR/><BR/>can I just foam at the mouth for a moment without anyone thinking too much of it, for want of anything really consequential to say in regard to what you manage with your words?Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163363926316904033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-58650302611418238362008-04-24T16:08:00.000-05:002008-04-24T16:08:00.000-05:00I have missed your profound reflections. Your writ...I have missed your profound reflections. Your writing is really as miraculous as what you are writing about.toyfotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925976386177377987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-87858535678289027762008-04-24T14:17:00.000-05:002008-04-24T14:17:00.000-05:00It's the idea that life is so damn short and there...<I>It's the idea that life is so damn short and there's nothing that can be done about it.</I><BR/><BR/>That's not the baby blues, that's growing up. Either that, or I've had the baby blues for the past decade.<BR/><BR/>But hey, like you said, nothing like the distraction of the little ones to keep us from becoming suicidal from excess introspection, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com