tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29775657.post5278923232635405038..comments2023-07-04T04:08:13.875-05:00Comments on gris-grits: Motherhood BluesALMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11332007394769106255noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29775657.post-80202692261983629642013-09-01T08:17:02.162-05:002013-09-01T08:17:02.162-05:00This is honest, open and heartfelt. I came across...This is honest, open and heartfelt. I came across your blog while researching for a book I am writing on exactly the sane subject.<br />A journalist for 40 years and now retired I decided to write a book and chose this subject because, I, too, had the same issues when my three children were young. <br />I thought now is the time as I can look back in retrospect and it’s also turning out to be aAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686737546430265622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29775657.post-2531117085917545232013-03-05T14:38:43.125-06:002013-03-05T14:38:43.125-06:00Thanks for your post! I feel like I've been i...Thanks for your post! I feel like I've been in this state for years and after reading your post, I realize that I have. I have two toddlers and when # 2 was born, #1 was at this state. #2 is now 2, but #1 gets jealous of the attention #2 requires and behaves like a 2 year old instead of a 4 year old. No wonder I am exhausted! The good news is when # 1 acts her age, #2 tries to act 4,too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29775657.post-115336720762842342008-07-16T16:37:00.000-05:002008-07-16T16:37:00.000-05:00You're definitely not alone in feeling that way! I...You're definitely not alone in feeling that way! It gets better, I promise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29775657.post-18144606675101196782008-07-01T21:38:00.000-05:002008-07-01T21:38:00.000-05:00Every mother that I've spoken with who is currentl...Every mother that I've spoken with who is currently rearing a toddler feels this way in varying degrees. Every kid is different and every parent has their own set of limits -- but to a large degree, we are all banging our heads into the wall hourly. Collective headbanging -- that's going to be the title of the self-help parenting book that I'll never write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29775657.post-91911134028858507842008-07-01T19:19:00.000-05:002008-07-01T19:19:00.000-05:00Yes, it's okay to feel this way. Yes, nobody talk...Yes, it's okay to feel this way. Yes, nobody talks about it for at least two or three reasons that I can think of:<BR/><BR/>1) These moms are too busy to dwell on it.<BR/><BR/>2) Anybody like you mom or your grandma or anybody still alive from previous generations has conveniently put this stage out of their heads and is glorying in their grandchildren or great-grandchildren, knowing full well Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.com