Love this, Amanda! I, too, am grappling with how to interact with the world (and Substack) in this new reign of shittiness. Book recs are always appreciated! I hope your new little one is farting with ease, eating like a gluton, and sleeping like, well, a baby (but not an actual baby - the kind they say that about).
1. I pre-ordered your book yesterday, and can't wait to read that!
2. You're getting shout-outs in the local newsletter for our small St. Paul suburb, keep up the good work! (West Saint Paul Reader Link: https://tinyurl.com/y2p9hvk4)
Awww, gosh, I remember when I had my second baby. My first was 2 1/2, and it was A LOT, but not. Like I knew how to care for a newborn because I had done it, so parenting a very tiny person was second nature, and I loved it very much. But it was parenting two people that was different. It was hard at first, quite challenging. But then, as the two of them began to connect, it became fun (still hard), and I think back, and those were genuinely the best (and most challenging) days of my life. I would think, "Wow, when they are teenagers, things will be easier," and now I have two teenagers, and I look back so damn wistfully at those days when they were little and miss it so much. (The teen years are hard and awesome too, though!) Anyway, I'm subscribing and looking forward to hearing more about you!
Love this, Amanda! I, too, am grappling with how to interact with the world (and Substack) in this new reign of shittiness. Book recs are always appreciated! I hope your new little one is farting with ease, eating like a gluton, and sleeping like, well, a baby (but not an actual baby - the kind they say that about).
1. I pre-ordered your book yesterday, and can't wait to read that!
2. You're getting shout-outs in the local newsletter for our small St. Paul suburb, keep up the good work! (West Saint Paul Reader Link: https://tinyurl.com/y2p9hvk4)
Awww, gosh, I remember when I had my second baby. My first was 2 1/2, and it was A LOT, but not. Like I knew how to care for a newborn because I had done it, so parenting a very tiny person was second nature, and I loved it very much. But it was parenting two people that was different. It was hard at first, quite challenging. But then, as the two of them began to connect, it became fun (still hard), and I think back, and those were genuinely the best (and most challenging) days of my life. I would think, "Wow, when they are teenagers, things will be easier," and now I have two teenagers, and I look back so damn wistfully at those days when they were little and miss it so much. (The teen years are hard and awesome too, though!) Anyway, I'm subscribing and looking forward to hearing more about you!