Comments on: the first cut is the deepest http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/ i will NOT scribble on the children Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sweed Test http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-333500 Sweed Test Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:27 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-333500 hey... this post is excellent for my brain lol hey… this post is excellent for my brain lol

]]> By: edj http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283968 edj Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:29:04 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283968 Loved this post. I miss their toddler years, but not cuz they were easy--cuz they were so intense I rarely got to enjoy them! But I have 12 year old b/g twins and a 14 year old, and I love this age. They help out around the house (note: you must start training for this much earlier) and they're really fun to talk to and they still like to snuggle next to me on the couch. We've had a few eye rolls but nothing too bad. Loved this post.
I miss their toddler years, but not cuz they were easy–cuz they were so intense I rarely got to enjoy them! But I have 12 year old b/g twins and a 14 year old, and I love this age. They help out around the house (note: you must start training for this much earlier) and they’re really fun to talk to and they still like to snuggle next to me on the couch. We’ve had a few eye rolls but nothing too bad.

]]> By: Sarcastica http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283301 Sarcastica Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:33:49 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283301 I loved this post, a lot. Your writing is amazing and I'm addicted, just so you know. I have a sister named Josephine, and aside for an elderly woman on my older sisters street, I've never heard it used...it's a gorgeous name! I loved this post, a lot. Your writing is amazing and I’m addicted, just so you know.

I have a sister named Josephine, and aside for an elderly woman on my older sisters street, I’ve never heard it used…it’s a gorgeous name!

]]> By: Loukia http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283237 Loukia Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:20:14 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283237 Great post. You write beautifully. As my oldest son is 4 years old, I can say that his age, right now, is the best (so far, of course.) And by 'the best', I mean the 'easiest'. I can go anywhere with him, with him walking along side me, no complaints. He is patient, understanding, fun to talk to. Conversations are easy, he's so smart. He sits down with the entire family for dinner. He lets us finish eating, and he'll go watch TV on his own. Brushes his own teeth, goes to the bathroom alone, etc. I remember a friend said to me, "Loukia, when your youngest is 5 years old, things will get so much easier!" And I can totally see that now. My youngest is 22 months old, and is at such a beautiful stage now, too. Such a darling, innocent, lovely, smart boy, who has learned everything all too quickly because he has an older brother. However, his patience is not as great as his brothers! Great post. You write beautifully. As my oldest son is 4 years old, I can say that his age, right now, is the best (so far, of course.) And by ‘the best’, I mean the ‘easiest’. I can go anywhere with him, with him walking along side me, no complaints. He is patient, understanding, fun to talk to. Conversations are easy, he’s so smart. He sits down with the entire family for dinner. He lets us finish eating, and he’ll go watch TV on his own. Brushes his own teeth, goes to the bathroom alone, etc. I remember a friend said to me, “Loukia, when your youngest is 5 years old, things will get so much easier!” And I can totally see that now. My youngest is 22 months old, and is at such a beautiful stage now, too. Such a darling, innocent, lovely, smart boy, who has learned everything all too quickly because he has an older brother. However, his patience is not as great as his brothers!

]]> By: Bon http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283233 Bon Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:05:31 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283233 Christy, i think you need to tell me something about your grandmother that will quell the dirty green tide of jealousy that rose in me when i read that. like, maybe, she now has terrible varicose veins as punishment? i do love the love the little ones give, the sheer sweetness of it. yesterday, Posey was all drive-by leg hugs, and i nearly swooned. but we didn't need anyone ELSE falling over and getting purple goosebumps, after all. Christy, i think you need to tell me something about your grandmother that will quell the dirty green tide of jealousy that rose in me when i read that. like, maybe, she now has terrible varicose veins as punishment?

i do love the love the little ones give, the sheer sweetness of it. yesterday, Posey was all drive-by leg hugs, and i nearly swooned. but we didn’t need anyone ELSE falling over and getting purple goosebumps, after all.

]]> By: Must Be Motherhood http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283230 Must Be Motherhood Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:05:20 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283230 I also suspect that the nostalgia older mothers have for the baby years is for the sweet, single-minded-lovefest the little ones have for us. If you are a person who barely needs a wink of sleep and doesn't mind applying mascara or shi*ting with a child in one arm day after day, the baby years are a dream. Like you, I know they are slipping away, but I look foward to a conversation with my husband, a full night of sleep, and more intellectual endeavors with my children. I think it will get easier too. I also suspect that the nostalgia older mothers have for the baby years is for the sweet, single-minded-lovefest the little ones have for us. If you are a person who barely needs a wink of sleep and doesn’t mind applying mascara or shi*ting with a child in one arm day after day, the baby years are a dream.

Like you, I know they are slipping away, but I look foward to a conversation with my husband, a full night of sleep, and more intellectual endeavors with my children. I think it will get easier too.

]]> By: christy http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283161 christy Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:20:25 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283161 I definitely think older people forget how demanding little kids are. According to my grandmother, all of her kids slept through the night at 6 weeks and walked independently by 9 months of age. And she had 5 kids! There is NO FREAKING WAY. I definitely think older people forget how demanding little kids are. According to my grandmother, all of her kids slept through the night at 6 weeks and walked independently by 9 months of age. And she had 5 kids! There is NO FREAKING WAY.

]]> By: mimi http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283137 mimi Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:33:17 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283137 Funny, I wrote about much this same thing last week sometime, and for me it's more sweet than bitter, this "I'll do it myself" stage. I sometimes get to put on my makeup without someone attached to my leg, but my situation is a little different: my girl is a MAJOR unstoppable SNUGGLER. And the more independent she gets, the more, paradoxically, she gets to be a better proactive hugger / snuggler / smoocher / hair patter. Funny, I wrote about much this same thing last week sometime, and for me it’s more sweet than bitter, this “I’ll do it myself” stage. I sometimes get to put on my makeup without someone attached to my leg, but my situation is a little different: my girl is a MAJOR unstoppable SNUGGLER. And the more independent she gets, the more, paradoxically, she gets to be a better proactive hugger / snuggler / smoocher / hair patter.

]]> By: Andrea Hildreth http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283082 Andrea Hildreth Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:55:43 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283082 You are my new best friend. Thank you for reminding me of these simple and profound joys/sorrows. You are my new best friend.

Thank you for reminding me of these simple and profound joys/sorrows.

]]> By: Manda http://cribchronicles.com/2009/12/10/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/comment-page-1/#comment-283003 Manda Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:51:59 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=714#comment-283003 Having 13 9, 8, and newborn in my house, all I can say is all have unique challenges and rewards...the biggest pushing his independence, the smallest utterly dependant and the others trying to find their own spot in between. I love it all, but in the baby days they're so much further from pushing you away.... Having 13 9, 8, and newborn in my house, all I can say is all have unique challenges and rewards…the biggest pushing his independence, the smallest utterly dependant and the others trying to find their own spot in between. I love it all, but in the baby days they’re so much further from pushing you away….

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