Comments on: My last baby

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:12:50 +0000

Samantha! Did I ever respond to this amazing comment? I am re-reading it now and I’m so grateful for your words.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:11:02 +0000

I hear you, sister. We are just at the beginning stages of the big train. I am SO not into it. And, of course, I can’t run to her right away like I could with the other two. I have a feeling she’s just going to have to do it herself. Make a decision to just give up diapers and use the potty. I’m seriously considering letting her go bottomless as soon as the weather is warm enough.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:09:31 +0000

Thank you, friend.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:09:07 +0000

Cute indeed. And yet, after more than seven years of diapering, I am READY for no more!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:08:26 +0000

You’ve said it all. My littlest will enter preschool next year. And I’m trying not to think about it too much, because I’m not ready. SHE’S clearly ready, of course. And that is what it’s all about. The conflicts of mothering are not so different from the shared cheek muscles that generate our smiles and hold back our tears. Love that!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:06:45 +0000

Ros! Thank you for this comment. It really made my day. Congrats to you and your soon-to-be family of three children! It’s great fun, really! The logistical fears are good to have. Believe me. But soon you just may realize that there’s no time for them anymore. You just do what you need to do when you need to do it. And before you know it, that littlest one will be two-and-a-half and you’ll be looking at her wide eyed wondering where her babyhood went. (For instance!)

By: Ros King

Ros King — Sun, 01 May 2011 10:11:08 +0000

A lovely post, and I read it at a lovely time for me. I am pregnant with my 3rd (last) child and have all the little logistical fears about it, but then i think of all the magic that you mentioned and i’m so happy. Then to read it (how I think i’ll feel) from an experienced mum-of-3 inspires me and makes me so excited that I get all that again. Thankyou!

By: Meagan

Meagan — Sun, 01 May 2011 05:01:19 +0000

My third is my final too, and she and I are now navigating that step out of preschool and on to the kindergarten bus next fall. I was weepy for moments, during her first year, when I knew it was my last round of firsts, and we are nearing one more. I’m thrilled she is becoming so big, and so much a part of the expanding dialogue in this house, but she will forever be my baby too. I have to stop writing…the part of my cheeks that tightens for both tears and smiles is getting a bit overworked right now.

By: Brook

Brook — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:01:29 +0000

I love the image of the diapered bottom wedged under the couch. I thought a lot about it before deciding to only have my one.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:55:01 +0000

You say so much with so little.