Comments on: Children Hurt

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:21:30 +0000

This post cracked me up! My sweetpea sounds like your poppyseed, almost the same age and climbing on everything! Yesterday I got a pretty good headbutt and earlier in the week an elbow to the mouth I thought for sure drew blood! I know I will miss it though, and for all the pain I love it!

By: bon

bon — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:08:28 +0000

i only have one to snuggle with and i still sometimes fear for my bones…but it’s a sweet pain, that incredibly intimate torture.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:13:22 +0000

My attempts to snuggle with my children go exactly the same, except both of my boys are over forty pounds now. YEOW!

By: Mozi Esme's Mommy

Mozi Esme's Mommy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:38:46 +0000

Awww! Keep that positive self-talk going!

And I loved your post on 5 Minutes for Parenting. I forwarded it to someone else to share . . .

By: Melanie @ BeanPaste

Melanie @ BeanPaste — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:12:45 +0000

I hear you. In the past four years I have suffered more blows to the head, nose, teeth, and larynx than I care to count.

We suffer for our art.

By: T with Honey

T with Honey — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:57:20 +0000

It amazes my that I have to teach my daughter how to snuggle without giving me a contusion or a concussion. But after 3 years it is getting better. Now I just have to deal with an occasional kick or two. No more punches or head butts.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:35:31 +0000

What a beautiful post. I love every second of cuddles that I can get from our 20 month old twin boys. But most of the time you nailed it, I’m a step ladder! Covered in bruises from head to toe, usually because we were having fun.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:28:04 +0000

My almost two year old son expresses his affection for me by head-butting. And the more affectionate he is, the harder the head-butt. Usually someplace that causes stars to swim in front of my eyes. And his version of snuggling is to mash his nose straight into mine, as hard as he can, with his little hands grasping my face.

Pretty weird to have to learn self-defense against a two year old.

By: Mama Hen

Mama Hen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:23:11 +0000

As my kids get bigger, the snuggles get fewer and farther between. Last night while I was making dinner my six year old hugged me so hard from behind it took my breath away. It’s those unexpected lovies that I look for now. Still, sometimes on the weekends they crawl into bed and I hold them close, wanting to stay like that forever.

By: Kelly @ Love Well

Kelly @ Love Well — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:35:06 +0000

“AMEN!” shouts the Mommy who’s still wincing from this morning’s cuddle session with a four-year-old boy pretending to be a falling tree (”Timber!”), a seven-year-old who wants to hold the baby and a six-month-old who believes Mom is a jungle gym.

Did I mention I was also engorged on one side? Oy.