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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm

1264 Posts

Laurie
Montrose CO

Posted - Dec 17 2011 :  08:12:13 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You figure out how to go to the bathroom with an infant in your arms.

It's the little things that amaze me through this new adventure. What made you finally say "this is real and I'm a mom"

Laurie

http://www.inntheorchardbnb.com/

oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl

1201 Posts

tina
quartz hill ca
USA

Posted - Dec 17 2011 :  10:37:30 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
and you will figure out how to do many, many things with an infant in your arms...

"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"
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knead2garden
True Blue Farmgirl

358 Posts

Ashley
Spring City TN
USA

Posted - Dec 17 2011 :  2:17:27 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Haha! I remember the first time I refastened my belt while holding a baby! I'm pretty sure I broke a sweat..lol.

~Ashley
#1677
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl

1108 Posts

Jen
Tonopah AZ
USA

Posted - Dec 17 2011 :  5:49:31 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
When you can't even GET to the bathroom during daylight hours without child younger than 6 (or more than one) demanding to follow you in to the toilet. Children 7 and up are more subtle... they talk to you through the door or slip hand scrawled notes underneath the door to answer burning questions like "can I go ride my bike?" "can I pet the cat?" "Can I have some juice?" "where was I born?" "What color is the wallpaper in heaven?" etc.

"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

2192 Posts

marianne
medical lake WA
USA

Posted - Dec 18 2011 :  03:20:00 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I remember so many times when I had left the baby with my husband for a quick trip to the store or whereever. As soon as I walked in the door, he would (grab a magazine) and dash to the bathroom saying he had been waiting for me to get home because he couldn't go while watching a 2-, 3-, 4-month old baby.... Are you kidding me? How did he think mothers got through our day? What did he think the 3-month old was going to report ( and to whom!!)

It is so fun to think back to those days!

marianne
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm

1264 Posts

Laurie
Montrose CO

Posted - Dec 18 2011 :  08:17:48 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jen that is so funny.

Marianne, I can so see that.

... a very loud burp now makes my day.

Laurie

http://www.inntheorchardbnb.com/
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Farmer Judy
True Blue Farmgirl

411 Posts

Judy
North Aurora IL
USA

Posted - Dec 18 2011 :  10:27:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You know your a mom when you can walk thru the house and not notice all the kid stuff all over and you only see their faces (hopefully smiling to see you).

God bless,

Judy
Farmgirl #3666

Born a city girl but a farm girl at heart!

http://farmtimes.blogspot.com/
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter

7473 Posts

CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores Colorado
USA

Posted - Dec 18 2011 :  11:56:00 AM  Show Profile  Send ceejay48 a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
I agree with Tina . . . when you have to do anything and everything with an infant in your arms, or a one year-old pulling at your clothes all the time, or an older toddler clinging to your leg all the time.
Ahhhh . . motherhood!
Such fun!
CJ

..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl

1414 Posts

Judith
Nora Springs IA
USA

Posted - Dec 18 2011 :  10:02:01 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I used to walk through the front door after work and right away hear "cookie, cookie, candy, candy?" And then the kids would start in.

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru

2389 Posts

Nicole
Sandy Hook CT
USA

Posted - Dec 19 2011 :  05:52:48 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
...When you step barefoot on a Lego! :)

Nicole

Farmgirl Sister #1155
KNITTER, JAM-MAKER AND MOM EXTRAORDINAIRE
Chapter Leader, Connecticut Simpler Life Sisters

Suburban Farmgirl Blogger
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Farmer Judy
True Blue Farmgirl

411 Posts

Judy
North Aurora IL
USA

Posted - Dec 19 2011 :  06:40:43 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
When your child eats a lego and you need to "take care" of the problem, icky!

God bless,

Judy
Farmgirl #3666

Born a city girl but a farm girl at heart!

http://farmtimes.blogspot.com/
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

1710 Posts

angela
morgantown indiana
USA

Posted - Dec 19 2011 :  08:57:52 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
When u learn how to 'properly' remove something from the nose of a child too small to use tweezers on! I would also add when you hear screaming while your in the bathroom and you don't open the door without askin if there is blood first. That's my big rule with the girls!

Farmgirl Sister #1438

God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important?
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl

1108 Posts

Jen
Tonopah AZ
USA

Posted - Dec 20 2011 :  12:58:16 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You're a mother when the biggest concern is not how big a mess a project will make, but if it will be engrossing enough that you might get 20 minutes of relative peace.

"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers
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coaloha
True Blue Farmgirl

400 Posts

Pam

USA

Posted - Dec 20 2011 :  5:48:12 PM  Show Profile  Send coaloha an AOL message  Reply with Quote
You know you are a mother when your baby smiles at you for the first time and your heart burst with joy as if you were witnessing the first sunrise.

Pam Barnes-Palty
Phoenix, AZ
Farmgirl #1075
Happy member of the Southwest Henhouse

Be distracted by joy
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princesspatches
True Blue Farmgirl

285 Posts

arttie
iron mountain michigan
USA

Posted - Dec 21 2011 :  03:58:05 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I bought a 'baby sling'. LOOOOOVED it. I was able to do things with 2 hands and still hold the baby. It was my lifesaver. Hubby and I were talking about this last night. About how the first shower without children in the shower with you is the greatest feeling.

Good Luck.
Arttie
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl

1085 Posts

Julie
TX
USA

Posted - Dec 21 2011 :  11:54:36 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I agree, Jen. Today I had to weigh the pros and cons, but the pros won. Yes! Please cut up all these magazines and decoupage those pictures!

~FarmDream is Farmgirl Sister #3069

Live Today, Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow

http://naturaljulie.etsy.com
http://julie-rants.blogspot.com
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