Comments on: Falling Apart

By: Cottontimer

Cottontimer — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:54:23 +0000

river2sea72: The sad thing is, I remember being dissatisfied with my body at 16. Now I know better. GAH.

Deb: Stephen copied my “what the heck” comment the other day while we were over at a friend’s. I was so embarrassed. I wonder what it would be like it I routinely cursed!

Kristina: Life overall has definitely been better over the years but my body is still in decline. Guess we can’t have it all!

Donna: Awww. You’re so sweet. Thank you! I much prefer to use the sling because it’s easier to manage but I must admit to occasional stroller envy. hehe

Ruth: “joie de vivre” – I love it!

Slinging is definitely a good workout. Once I stop, I’ll have to find another way to strengthen my upperbody muscles. Blech.

Smitha: Fire in my belly. ROAR! But you totally got how I was feeling last week. Totally blah.

Snowy: AHHHH! Does that mean I have at least another year of slinging left? I can just imagine the stares we’ll get when I’m still caring him in 10 years. hahaa

BTW, using a buggy definitely does NOT qualify as a bad thing.

By: Snowy

Snowy — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:32:36 +0000

I didn’t spot any signs of ageing, you look great!
I think the sling is great, and I realised after, that I probably let both Raph and Polly use the buggy till they were nearly 5, so it comes down to the same thing. Memories are very unreliable when it comes to what we did or didn’t do with our children, I think we quickly forget all the bad things…

By: Smitha

Smitha — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:44:30 +0000

With that fire in your eyes and that beautiful smile on your face, you don’t have to worry about the rest! I guess we al have those days when you just want to wear a mask and walk around! sigh..

By: ruth

ruth — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:18:48 +0000

if you can still carry stephen in a sling, boy, you must be strong! i gave up the sling when my son turned a year and a half. my back just wasn’t up to it!

at any rate, you look so full of joie de vivre! at the very least that should more than compensate for the physical signs of aging

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:00:24 +0000

you are always so pretty, smiling and glowing in your pictures–you don’t need to worry about falling apart!

I love that you still use your sling. I still have mine, but got out of such the habit of using it. Ivy still wants to be carried whenever we go places, I just lug her about on my hip or if Brian is with me he carries her. She’s still not yet 25 lbs so pretty light–until you carry her a few blocks. I should start bringing it with us places, it would make things a lot easier.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:52:41 +0000

I’m too aware of my own aging, declining state vis ? vis my growing boy’s—-hence the need for “healthy,” “hearty” habits. So I can’t run as far as I used to but there’s more to life than that…….. Actually, I think each decade has been better for me, falling apart and all.

Older and wiser, if wearier.

By: Deb L

Deb L — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:35:00 +0000

ROFL!! When my oldest boy was about this age, he often drove me up the wall, and I’d tell him he needed to behave or I’d annihilate him. He didn’t know what “annihilate” was, but it sounded ominous, and usually was enough to earn some prompt obedience. I didn’t realize the extent of my usage of this threat, until we were at a friend’s one evening, watching movies, hanging out, eating popcorn, the usual. I don’t remember what my friend tried to get him to do, but his response? “Oh no, my mom would ANNIHILATE ME.” Everybody cracked up, I was fairly embarrassed.

By: river2sea72

river2sea72 — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:23:46 +0000

I’m usually pretty happy with my body’s condition overall. I had a harrowing experience the other day at the pool though. I was sitting on the wall of the spa with Sadie, warming her up. Then, the tennis camp kids came in and about a dozen 16-year-olds (maybe 9 girls and 3 boys) came in with their perfectly buff, tanned, flawless skin-covered bodies and crowded into the spa on either side of me. Talk about making someone self-conscious! No way can a 33-year-old compare to a 16-year-old body standard…

By: Cottontimer

Cottontimer — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:15:03 +0000

Deb: When isn’t this boy in the sling or in arms?!?! ARGH. He did walk a little more today because I told him his legs would atrophy if he didn’t. He loved saying “atrophy.” hahaha

By: Deb L

Deb L — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:10:48 +0000

Ahh, how sweet he’s in the sling! I bet you both will miss that when he gets too darned big for it.

As for aging, I’m making a grudging peace with it. Some days.