My daugter and I went just talking a few days ago about how different each of her 4 children are from each other. Right now all 4 seem to enjoy being with each other. When my son was 4, he discovered that my daughter breathes. He would sit at the breakfast table, look at her and tell her loudly, “Don’t breathe on me.” He had discovered germs and thought most of them came from his sister. It got worse when they became teenagers. Then is when they didn’t like each other or each other’s friends. Thank God, today they like each other.

Children are payback for when we were kids. My daughter has 4 very strong-willed ones. I love it. I love them. I can’t wait until my son has some. For some reason, in my family, God thought it would be fun to give me a daughter that should have been my sister’s. Maybe because they throw sparks off of each other. They are so much alike. Again, I love them both.

Something my daughter taught me that little boys don’t seem to do is that little girls love to squeal at anything and everything. I don’t remember doing that as a child.

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Jamie – LOL! That’s a pretty disgusting list!

I think they have pica, we’re having them tested.

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Kyddryn – LOL, great comment! As for the cat suggestion, we already have two of them. While E loves to play with them, one in particular doesn’t care much for E, and has bitten him a couple of times when E harassed him.

Yeah, he’s just starting to get picky about some foods that he LOVED.

thanks again for stopping by and providing some wisdom and laughs!

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2. Umm, yeah…the Gorilla Glue can fix this, too. The right adhesive can cure many ills.

3. Like a pregnant belly invites stranger’s hands, little ones will bring out the elder folks…take advantage, let ‘em watch the sprite in the children’s section of Borders while you go somewhere (anywhere) else for some peace. Not that I ever did that or anything. Nope, never. It was a fourteen-year-old, and I (moderately) knew her, and I was only at the other end of the store in the cafe.

4. Save money – instead of daycare, get a cat. Trust me, until they are in the double digits, a cat (and the things that invariably come out of it) will keep them endlessly entertained. Not so much fun for the cat, though, so get a backup feline or two.

5. What works this moment probably won’t work in five minutes. You can also add a sub-heading about foods – the food that your child won’t live without right now, later on will be anathema.

As for your final question…sugar, I could teach a class. Oh, wait…I do! It’s like everyone’s afraid to tell you about the actual work involved, the mystery, the misery, the mess of having a child. Like if you know ahead of time some of the things that will swell, ooze, burst, bleed, dribble, run, stain, smell, erupt, splash, and otherwise alter your decor, clothing, and view on life, you won’t have one. Sigh. The thing is, you can absolutely love your sprite to distraction and still not thoroughly enjoy every aspect of their being. Heck, much as I love the Evil Genius (and I DO love him beyond word’s ability to quantify) there are times when I don’t like him much. He’s still completely worth it. I’m OK with that, and wish everyone else could be, too.

Shade and Sweetwater,
K (sorry I went all long and lecture-y, but not sorry enough to delete it)

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