Comments on: Love knows what you mean

By: Asianmommy

Asianmommy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:45:23 +0000

Hee! Love the door sign.

By: Half Assed Kitchen

Half Assed Kitchen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:59:26 +0000

I have a girl, 4, and dude! I already have whiplash.

By: becky

becky — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:06 +0000

OMG, yes, the Jekyll and Hyde. It was tough during the teenage years. But we got through it. You will, too. Maybe with a little grayer hair…

By: Katie in MA

Katie in MA — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:16:11 +0000

My mom would tell us when we were being difficult, “It’s a good thing I love you!” That sounds rotten when you read it, but if you heard the tone…yes, I see you mommies understand. I find myself saying the same thing to *my* little girls. THe other day, 4-yr-old Gracie said to me, “I know, Mommy, it’s a good thing you love me, right?”

It’s hard(er) to be upset when they’re so gosh-darned cute. (And usually when you so want to be upset!)

By: daring one

daring one — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:31:05 +0000

I often comment incredulously on the apparent schizophrenia of our children, especially Laylee. Sometimes I just can’t keep up with the whiplash of her moods but it all comes back to this fierce sort of need/love and I almost forget how angry she was at me 10 minutes earlier.

By: mom, again

mom, again — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:40:36 +0000

I’ve correctly guessed 3.

My girls & I survived their adolescence. They are surprisingly nice adults. Competent even. I sometimes feel so immature in comparison!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:10:05 +0000

“Adolescense” (I had to look up that word, as I try not to think about it) seems to be starting earlier and earlier–this is so NOT a good thing. I still maintain that the worst years are grades 7 and 8 — I have two classrooms full of students I’d like to send off somewhere–Arctic Circle?–until they’re once again tolerable. However, I’m noticing the same distressing behaviors beginning in 4th and 5th grade, mainly among the girls. One of my teachers says they are “transescents”–revving up for adolescense. Personally, my boys were easier as adolescents–but certainly had their moments.

By: mythoughtsonthat

mythoughtsonthat — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:06:17 +0000

I have only a boy so I don’t know what it’s like to have a girl. But my boy can have his emotional moments, too. Peace for all of us, trying to raise these kids!

By: Musings from Me

Musings from Me — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:45:32 +0000

I have 10- and 13-year-old girls. I’m in year 4 of preteen and not loving it. My youngest is quicker to reach the preteen milestones than her sister was. Great!

My oldest is a force to be reckoned with. We go from having wonderful adult-like conversations to tense arguments where I lecture and she pouts. Never a happy medium with her, but she has been like this since birth. At least I am used to her by now.

I think it is the bright kids — in this case girls — who are so difficult to manage. There are times when I know my daughter is sharper than I am. I don’t resent her. It’s just that it makes it more difficult for me to manage her. I have to make sure I am one step ahead of her in an argument. She wants to have an explanation for everything. Frustrating. She’s very bright–took her SAT just as she turned 13. I know she will go far…I just have to survive her childhood!

By: carrien

carrien — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:01:40 +0000

My I remember laying there after my girl was born, I was sure she was another boy, and thinking, “A girl! But I don’t know what to do with a girl. Boys I have figured out, but what do I do with a girl?”

Five years later… I still don’t know what to do with a girl. She already has me spinning. Sigh.

But she is the most beautiful thing, bursting with life and affection. I wouldn’t trade her for anything.