I was having drinks with a few local friends last year when one of them, the mother of a newborn (her first), leaned across the martinis and whispered to me "How come everyone says it goes so fast? I just find it to be the EXACT opposite." Her face was awash in guilt as soon as she sent these words out there, and quickly hedged. "Oh my God! Is that a horrible thing to think? It's not like I feel that way all the time." I was shocked by the statement too -- not because she was confessing to what every parent thinks at one point or another, especially during the particular points when the baby is not sleeping -- but because she was asking me for advice. How was I suddenly the veteran with a third and fourth grader who had advice to dispense on parenting?
The Importance of Routine
The Importance of Routine
The Importance of Routine
I was having drinks with a few local friends last year when one of them, the mother of a newborn (her first), leaned across the martinis and whispered to me "How come everyone says it goes so fast? I just find it to be the EXACT opposite." Her face was awash in guilt as soon as she sent these words out there, and quickly hedged. "Oh my God! Is that a horrible thing to think? It's not like I feel that way all the time." I was shocked by the statement too -- not because she was confessing to what every parent thinks at one point or another, especially during the particular points when the baby is not sleeping -- but because she was asking me for advice. How was I suddenly the veteran with a third and fourth grader who had advice to dispense on parenting?