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Parenting our two children is a wildly fulfilling experience. It isn’t, however, wildly fulfilling at every moment. Sometimes they just scream, for no reason, and can’t be soothed because they don’t know how.
When Bailey was changing, growing, we were fairly confident he’d have a sibling. So I let his changes roll on. Now that Alesia is also growing, leaving babyhood behind her and officially becoming a toddler, demanding to be called a big girl, potty trained, it’s harder. There won’t be another baby, another first step, another babble of sounds that become words.
I cling to Charlie.
“Too fast!”