“for the most part, my peers, like me, have embarked on the eternal compromise that is dealing with a toddler. We are no longer inexperienced, we are no longer naively confident that our superb parenting skills will produce the perfectly… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Our staunch ideals of how we will raise our children get significantly reshaped by those very kids once they’re here in the world running us ragged, wearing down our defenses, leaving us no choice but to embark on that slippery… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“we all just figure this out as we go along. There’s no textbook, there’s no rules, there’s no right way to love her. You… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“In some ways love is easier as my daughter gets older. For one thing I have more feedback, more proof that my love is… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“But I know my real fear about your growing older is not only about the millions of things that could happen. It is about… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“motherhood is not a job at all. It is a full-time, all-consuming, life-subsuming career with no pay, no stock options, no social security, and… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Consider one study that estimates a mom simultaneously and often single-handedly performs as many as seventeen occupations in the course of raising a child,… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“So let’s imagine for now that our love for our children and our thankfulness for their existence is a given. Let’s imagine that no… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“for the most part, my peers, like me, have embarked on the eternal compromise that is dealing with a toddler. We are no longer… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Pre-baby I used to fantasize about winning the lottery, or becoming deliriously famous and rich. Now I fantasize about sleep. I fantasize about slumber… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“I will feel the pang of separation when she is two, when she is twelve, when she is twenty. My daughter will tackle other… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“It’s harder than you think to admit your even occasional dissatisfaction as a mother without feeling instant guilt, an immediate sensation of shame for… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Our staunch ideals of how we will raise our children get significantly reshaped by those very kids once they’re here in the world running… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“I swear over everything from being woken up in the middle of the night to realizing I’ve left the wet clothes in the washer… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“If there is anything that makes me not want to have another baby, it is this essential conflict, this hatred of being trapped in… — Andrea J. Buchanan Copy Share Image
