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Kids/Parenting

Y is for . . . L, if you asked my kids

My kids have a few odd speech habits—”feww” for “smell,” “foon” for “spoon,” and today “ball” for “small” (while crying). But so far one of the most persistent impediments is saying Y for L.

  • yeyyow
  • yittle/yiddew (especially Rebecca’s favorite nickname for Rachel, “yiddew baby!”)
  • yeash (leash)
  • And my favorite: I yub you!

I also love little kids’ attempts to jump. Rebecca is obsessed with jumping over the cracks when we’re walking on pavement, but her little feet never leave the ground at the same time (though she actually can jump—just not while walking).

What are your favorite learning (yearning?) processes to watch?

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Kids/Parenting Fulfillment

Learning from motherhood

Sometimes, motherhood is a treadmill. I’m running myself ragged, but never really getting anywhere. (This is why I hate treadmills.)

Of course, as a mom sometimes the exhaustion goes beyond the physical. Sometimes I feel like as soon as I get a grasp on one age or stage, everything changes. The minute I accept Hayden’s three nap schedule, he grows out of his third nap.

I feel like a passage in Second Timothy, “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Or at least the children. (Don’t even get me started on the laundry!)

But for now, I feel rather competent—and I’ll enjoy it as long as I can!

Do you ever feel like you’re climbing a mountain of sand when it comes to understanding your job as a mother?