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HI! I'm Meredith (mother of many, Saint devotee, sandwich enthusiast), and this is my blog
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“So, is six enough, or were you planning on having more kids?” (opens the original)
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Our sixth baby is now all pink ruffles and pigtails and little stubby toddler steps. She didn’t blow out any candles at her party, because she was napping when we had dessert. As on the day she was born, she was asleep during a lot of the action, including the part when an OB asked me the question that’s serving as my title.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WBEa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.
I changed my mind about Costco (opens the original)
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So I finally got a Costco membership.I’ve never been “above Costco.” The questions was not whether it could be a money-saving resource for someone, it was whether someone like me could save money there. I envisioned myself walking into that labyrinth with a list and good intentions, then panicking, stuffing my giant cart full of spinach and cheese raviolis and pesto, and escaping. I’m the only one in my family who even likes raviolis.When my neighbor found out about this, she started texting me
10 Rather Obvious Things About Housekeeping that Were Not Obvious to Me (opens the original)
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Just the other morning, my six-year-old said, “I love when socks don’t have holes in them.” Just the other evening, my eight-year-old said, “It would be so cool if there wasn’t so much stuff on the floor.” The housekeeping-related growing pains persist. Here are ten rather obvious things about the whole project that were not obvious to me (in addition to: toss the socks that have holes in them).The smudges all over the kitchen surfaces are fingerprints, specifically, my fingerprints. This gets i
Just Wait ‘Till You Have Teens: Q+A with Jenny Uebbing (opens the original)
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Welcome to the first ever edition of “Just Wait ‘Till You Have Teens,” a once-monthly Q+A series in which I ask another mom for some of her hard-won wisdom. I’m ten years into parenting, and I only have one piece of parenting advice left: beg, borrow, or steal friendship from a woman whose children are older than yours. There is nothing more consoling or genuinely helpful. To learn more about the teen years, I’ve been reaching out to women who I know will say so much more than “Just you wait!” a
Extracurriculars When You Have a Billion Kids (opens the original)
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“How do you manage it all?”My neighbor and I were chatting while my little boys rolled up the hill on their bicycles. After I told her how many children I had in all (six, the other three are in school), she asked this familiar question.I gave her same answer I always give: I don’t. I’m not just a “you.” We have in-town family and a community across multiple Catholic parishes. And I do a whole lot less “all” than people are generally thinking of when they ask me this. If something is not in the
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