{"id":6491,"date":"2010-10-27T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T23:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2010-10-27T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T23:14:16","slug":"some-thoughts-from-mom-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=6491","title":{"rendered":"Some thoughts from mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been single-parenting it a bit lately: Q’s gone to a few baseball games (go, Giants!) and I’ve been home with the kids. Whenever I’m alone with the girls, I tend to reflect on parenthood and all that has changed since Avery’s arrival – and I’m happy to report that things continue to get easier. Taking care of two is no longer the exhausting event that it once was: I’ve learned how to juggle the girls’ various demands, and double tears or tantrums (which, thankfully, aren’t terribly common) don’t stress me out like they used to. Another bonus: The girls are becoming more interactive by the day, which means they can entertain one another while I sneak away for a few minutes of quiet (or, relatively<\/em>, quiet) time. And, unless someone is sick or there’s some sort of fluke, the girls sleep long and well at night – which means me and Q feel, for the most part, well-rested and emotionally strong.<\/p>\n

With that said, I don’t remember ever feeling so busy – or feeling like life was moving so quickly – as I have since Avery was born (or, more specifically, since I returned to work a year ago). It’s not all bad – I’m the type of person who thrives on being on the go, and I get great satisfaction out of my job and the activities we do as a family – but I don’t want to be moving so fast that I miss out on the amazing little moments that make raising small children (and life in general!) so wonderful. (My biggest fear: that I’ll look back and regret not slowing down and savoring this amazing time.) And I do<\/em> wish I could have a bit more time to myself or time with each of the girls separately: time to breathe deeply and soak in my surroundings and just be<\/em>. (Perhaps I’d even blog more!)<\/p>\n

But while a bit of calm, and a little bit of down-time would be welcomed in my life, I can’t really complain. I have it pretty good, and – on my good days, at least – I feel like things will only get better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been single-parenting it a bit lately: Q’s gone to a few baseball games (go, Giants!) and I’ve been home with the kids. Whenever I’m alone with the girls, I tend to reflect on parenthood and all that has changed since Avery’s arrival – and I’m happy to report that things continue to get easier. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-51-two-kids-october-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6500,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/6500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}