What I Meant to Say
I really meant to do a “Logan at 16 Months” post like I did for Forest. But I didn’t because I’ve spent the last two weeks in my own world of teeth and discomfort. I recently read another mom commenting in her blog about those series of days when we realize the kids are watching too much tv and we feel guilty for not giving them outstanding educational experiences every 15 minutes (I wish I could remember where I read that, sorry because it was a great post). Yeah, that’s how my recent weeks have been. My aching mouth and various appointments combined with rainy weather and we are struggling just to get out of the house every day. But this week has been better as my energy is renewed. But there is no going back to 16 months for that post as the boys turned 17 months old on Monday.
I’m probably going to write a lot about my experiences with braces. I know a lot of people had them already as teenagers or even in the recent past as adults so it may seem redundant. But it’s all new to me and so I must write about what I know, in this case being 35 with first time braces.
A friend commented on my recent “it’s all about me” post that she didn’t get it, I emailed her to find out what I needed to clarify and she said it just didn’t sound like me being all “it’s about me.” I was really just trying to keep myself from meandering from topic to topic when I said that in the post but it goes get me thinking. Recently, it has been all about me and I am grateful to have had Brad and Dusty around to help make things go smoothly and take such good care of me and the boys so that I could concentrate on taking care of myself.
But now my energy is up and I’m fighting through aching teeth with the aid of ibuprofen to entertain and stimulate my 17 month old toddlers. And I really do think that the past six months have been my favorite so far. This time last year was very difficult and heart wrenching to my emotionally but it’s an entirely different world now.
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i kinda’ think it is always about us because we are the mamas, we are processing and filtering and sharing our experiences, similar and different, through these blogs. hard to believe they are 17 months. i know it seems to pass quickly in our house and even quicker in my mama blog friends’ home.
hang in there with the braces, i had them at 21 and they eventually get a bit more comfortable.