Bobbie doesn’t want Mama, she wants Dad. I pick her up from school and she asks for him. I buy her a new pair of red shoes to match her brother’s, and she loves them. …
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no mama
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two kids, one tunnel
Bobbie wants to do whatever Joe is doing, wants to play with whatever he’s playing with. She wants to play with all of his toys, but Joe doesn’t want her to play with the Special …
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where’s my nose
POV: Bobbie, reflecting on her Mother. She’s a smart lady, very nice, warm, she smells like toothpaste and hard boiled eggs. She knows where all the snacks are and takes me where I need to …
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Daughter
I put her in her brother’s clothes but still she wants to be in the kitchen with me, wrapped up in my legs and apron strings. Maybe she wants to be close to Food or …
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cake: guilt
The important thing to note here is that MY BABY GIRL IS ONE, WHAT, what even is the passage of time, where did the days go, I guess we have just been living them? And …
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She walks
I watch a video of my daughter taking some of her first steps towards her babysitter, not me, it should be me, yes I WAS there to see her few first tiny ones, but now …
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where they are
One minute I’m walking to rehearsal and I feel my feet on planet earth and it’s one foot in front of the other, a leisurely point three miles downtown, twelve minutes door to door, but …
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a Mother of a Weekend
Popped home for 72 hours to see the kids! I accidentally let Bob drink a bottle of lemon extract, or at least dump it all over herself, and spent our first AM together on the …
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little dresses
My mom very thoughtfully saved some of my baby dresses for me, preserved them impeccably, and gave them to me for Bobbie to wear, but I can’t seem to find a moment to put one …
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Physical Therapy
If you’re finding it hard to find time to do your Physical Therapy, it’s possible to just do it on the floor next to your baby, as she’s sort of doing a PT of her …