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Make friends, make friends, never ever break friends

Posted by on Dec 15, 2009 in Uncategorized | 45 comments

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  • http://themoiderer.typepad.com/blog the_moiderer

    A very honest and deeply moving post. I hope that writing this has also helped a wee bit.
    .-= the_moiderer´s last blog ..Help my baby is a teenager! =-.

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  • http://www.slugsontherefrigerator.com slugs on the refrigerator

    beautiful post…sending you lots of virtual TLC…

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  • http://yardarm.sparkgfx.com/ nomie

    A very honest post. I’ve been there… and all I can say is it does one day pass… they do one day sleep… sometimes motherhood is not fun… but over and over they melt your heart again.
    .-= nomie´s last blog ..Overload =-.

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  • http://www.mumstheblog.co.uk mumstheboss

    Don’t *ever* think you are alone with those thoughts and those feelings. Being a parent is the hardest, most exhausting and emotionally draining thing any of us will ever do xx
    .-= mumstheboss´s last blog ..Business Resolutions for 2010 =-.

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  • http://spongebobforpresident.blogspot.com Kelly

    Your vulnerabilty in this post is being sent out in waves. such raw emotion and honesty.

    I don’t think you realise how much your honesty is an inspiration to us all, even those of us without children.

    Keep your chin up Josie! *hugs*
    .-= Kelly´s last blog ..Moving On =-.

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  • http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com Laura

    I have just been trasnported back to the first two years of both my children’s lives. I remember the feeling so well.

    I love reading your posts, I love the way you write and take me somewhere else. A rare talent!

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  • http://makedomum1.blogspot.com/ Make do mum

    So well written and I can identify with the guilt of wishing your child away. Sleep deprivation certainly magnifies the stress.

    I just saw the movie of your little one having a boogie – he is gorgeous!
    .-= Make do mum´s last blog ..Weekend freebies =-.

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  • http://itsasmallworldafterallfamily.wordpress.com Victoria

    You took me right back to countless dark, cold winter mornings, me resentfully sitting with which ever small child it happened to be at the time, waiting for Cbeebies to start. There were times I hated them, but it does pass, painfully slowly and they do sleep better as they get older.

    I couldn’t sleep with mine, no matter how many times I had to get up in the night to stroke and pat them back to sleep or feed them, I still preferred to have my own space for the all too brief periods of sleep in between the cold sojourns in their room.

    Early waking is miserable in winter. Thinking of you.
    .-= Victoria´s last blog ..View from a London bus =-.

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  • http://drawingdad.wordpress.com/ Michael

    Beautifully written and painfully honest. I applaud you for putting into words those feelings that many parents would never even admit to themselves they have.

    Dads go there too. And those feelings can still surface when the kids are much older, although often for different reasons.

    I hope that Kai soon knows that sleep ISN’T for the weak, and lets both of you have the slumber you so desperately need.
    .-= Michael´s last blog ..My escape =-.

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  • http://WebsiteURL fun mum / glum mum

    you somehow manage to write exactly how i feel sometimes, i feel enormous guilt when i wish imogen wasnt there just for an hour of peace. i suppose thats what motherhood is, a rollacoaster of feelings and emotions, good and bad. the bad times make us appreciate the good times even more xxx

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  • http://themadhouse-themadhouse.blogspot.com Thema

    Oh Josie, I do know how you feel, how hard are those endless wakeful hours, when all you want is sleep.

    I hope that putting it on paper, has helped put things in to persepective
    .-= Thema´s last blog ..Childrens Craft Showcase – Fabric Painting on Bags for Gandmas =-.

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  • http://WebsiteURL Laura

    Oh Josie, that is just how i feel right now. But you put it so much better than i ever could x

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  • http://WebsiteURL Marianne, Lucy & Izzy

    Still in utter awe of your patience and inner strength with the never-ending ‘wide-awake-Bear issue’. You are a wonderful, brilliant Mummy Bear and I wholeheartedly salute you, my love XXX

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  • http://www.angelsandurchins.co.uk/blog angelsandurchinsblog

    Which mother couldn’t relate to this? Good thing biology invented unconditional love. Shame it didn’t also invent a special button to press whenever sleep deprivation kicks in.

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  • http://mochabeaniemummy.blogspot.com/ jay

    So amazingly and honestly written. And you are most definitely not alone, with any of those emotions. We are all human, and sometimes that’s just so difficult to cope with.

    Guilt. A Mom’s Best Friend.
    .-= jay´s last blog ..Mail for Noah =-.

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  • http://WebsiteURL Noble Savage

    Damn, you are good Josie. This one got me crying, knowing those feelings and early mornings so well. Sleep depravation is so cruel.

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  • http://WebsiteURL Ny

    Awesomeness! Wow..that was such a long time ago for me but that brought it all front and center! Nice job! I’m sorry I can’t tell you it get’s better. I eventually settled for longing for the time when they left home. One never has left home for long, and the menopause keeps me from sleeping like I dreamt of for years, but I remain hopeful. I love your writing and will try to subscribe. :)

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  • http://turtleturtleturtle.wordpress.com turtleturtleturtle

    I think we have all been here. Guilt just makes us inarticulate and tongue-tied.
    Thank you for articulating this for me.
    .-= turtleturtleturtle´s last blog ..Christmas traditions =-.

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  • http://www.metropolitanmum.co.uk Metropolitan Mum

    Gosh, that’s so beautifully written. It made me cry.
    xx MM
    .-= Metropolitan Mum´s last blog ..Malnourished Monday #5 =-.

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  • http://WebsiteURL queeneileen

    Oh J, that made me sob.
    I promise you it’ll get better. I promise you. xx

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  • http://leftofthepleiades.blogspot.com Ruth Moss

    Oh Josie.

    (((hugs)))

    I remember the line from the song, “no one ever said it was easy… no one ever said it would be so hard”.
    .-= Ruth Moss´s last blog ..Fun feminism and ladygarden topiary =-.

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  • http://sandycalico.blogspot.com/ SandyCalico

    I know how you feel. Being a parent is the hardest thing you’ll ever do and the most amazing too. Hope you get a bit more sleep tonight x
    .-= SandyCalico´s last blog ..The Misery of Being 15 Months Old and Poorly =-.

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  • http://WebsiteURL mrs_dennis

    Josie – what an amazing way with words you have.
    Nothing I can write here even comes close but will be thinking of you tonight as I battle to settle both of mine who are under the weather :(
    Sleep deprivation is barbaric, hope little man recovers soon.

    Xx

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  • http://westonsupermum.blogspot.com Weston-super-Mum

    Beautiful, Josie, and you must now know that you are not alone.

    Guilt hits me too when I think “Shit, you really are here forever, aren’t you?” or “That holiday, that complete break away from you isn’t ever going to happen, is it, My Darling?”

    Thank you so much. Motherhood has to be the hardest, most wonderful job we’ve all ever done xxx
    .-= Weston-super-Mum´s last blog ..Big City Lights (Writing Workshop) =-.

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  • http://stickyfingers1.blogspot.com Tara@Sticky Fingers

    For teh longest time I would watch my little girl sleeping and feel the huge weight of guilt on my shoulders because she looked so peaceful and gorgeous and yet during the day I would have my head in my hands wondering how the hell to handle her.
    As one who has been through it, it will pass. It never feels like it will, but rest assured that day will come! x
    .-= Tara@Sticky Fingers´s last blog ..Our Christmas tree tells the story of our family =-.

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  • http://americanmominengland.blogspot.com Erin

    :::hugs::: Josie, I remember those days well! There’s nothing like the way the little fingers can call straight to your heart and pull you out of it though. . . =)
    .-= Erin´s last blog ..What does Clever Preschooler’s Joseph wear? =-.

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  • http://www.yummymummytips.com MummyTips

    Josie, all I can say – is it does get better (in this way) your challenges as a mum simply shift. As a mum to a 19 yr old, a 6 yr old and a couple in between – you just learn what you already know – sleep is for the weak!
    xx

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  • http://lifeslightlyused.wordpress.com/ april

    In tears again – well done hon for keeping going – I know the numb, too too well.
    *hugs many*
    .-= april´s last blog ..Merrily eating a kit kat on my way home celebration – i got into a brilliant course :) =-.

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  • http://www.babybudgeting.co,uk Becky

    I send you big huge hugs and a wish for a good nights sleep x

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