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This? Is Not OK: Children In My Marital Bed

by Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on April 21, 2011

in Being Mom,Family,Kiddos,Pictures,This? Is Not OK

I’ve written ad nauseum about the challenges of my children sleeping in our marital bed. However far we’ve come with incentive charts and bribes and calm explanations and begging and pleading and flat-out yelling, the girls still come into our bed at some time during the early morning. They’re supposed to wait until the sun [...]

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Mama ain’t happy, so NO ONE WILL BE HAPPY.

by Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] on January 7, 2011

in Family,Kiddos,Pictures

Yesterday, I announced an epiphany: I come first. The gist: my needs come before my kids’ needs. No one’s happy if mama ain’t happy. You’ll eat what I give you. You’ll solve your own problems. You’ll sleep in your own bed. Until last night. My epiphany lasted all of 12 hours. Now? Mama is irritated. [...]

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