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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:05:25 +0000newsletterphotobreastfeeding battlesvideosleep traininglife beyond Gwenmilestonesdaycarechristmaspotty trainingbookschiropracticcontesttraveladvent conspiracylanguageparenting is hardsicknessworkadhdcraftsmoviesteethbirthing from withinmiscarriageschoolwritingbloggingfeminismmarymy big opinionspreschoolwordsbabywearingbirthdayfamilygratitudenameriesave the planetsubversive mommiesworking mother guiltblogging for twohttp://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)Blogger777125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-2080712165195426227Wed, 24 May 2017 16:00:00 +00002017-05-24T09:50:29.997-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month One Hundred and NineDear Gwen, Today, you are one hundred and nine months old. Around the time of your birthday, the carnival came to town. Grannie and Grandpa, feeling like they had not bought you enough birthday goodies, put some cash in your birthday card for the express purpose of sending you to the carnival. When the day arrived, you and your dad set out after school to go check out the rides - with a brief http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2017/05/dear-gwen-month-one-hundred-and-nine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-1484476325012229039Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:52:00 +00002017-05-24T09:50:38.501-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month One Hundred and EightDear Gwen, Today you are nine years old. Just like I feel every year on your birthday, I'm so proud of you and love you so much that it's hard to articulate just how glad I am to be your mom. These days, I don't love you just because you're my kid - I love you because you're an excellent person in her own right! Your desire for responsibility and independence is growing in really cool http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2017/04/dear-gwen-month-one-hundred-and-eight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-8237876513076521467Sun, 26 Feb 2017 00:56:00 +00002017-02-25T16:56:20.467-08:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month One Hundred and Six Dear Gwen, Today you are a hundred and six months old.   This past month has been characterized by a few very specific events. First of all, it snowed. A lot. And then again. And then some more. SO much snow. We spent a lot of time inside, watching movies, playing board games, and doing puzzles. Because snow SUCKS.   Except one day, for about five http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2017/02/dear-gwen-month-one-hundred-and-six.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-7650998024831170066Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:22:00 +00002017-01-24T09:22:04.997-08:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month One Hundred and FiveDear Gwen, Today you are a hundred and five months old. I was hoping that nine years old would be the age of more independence, and though your birthday is still a few months away, that hope is being strengthened week by week as you continue to impress me with your willingness to learn new habits. The latest addition is that you are now willing and able to dress yourself in the mornings. http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2017/01/dear-gwen-month-one-hundred-and-five.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-4207034712381649867Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:32:00 +00002016-12-26T10:32:26.334-08:00newsletterDear Gwen: It's ChristmasDear Gwen, Merry Christmas! I haven't written here in a while. On November 24th your Dad and I were in Mexico for a much-deserved holiday, and December 24th is always a challenging time to sit down and write. So today I'm throwing out my usual 24th-of-the-month schedule and writing to you on Boxing Day. In no particular order, here are several stories and memories of the last two months. http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2016/12/dear-gwen-its-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-4970371557671261395Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:30:00 +00002016-10-24T10:30:11.413-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month 102          <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2015/10/dear-gwen-month-ninety.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-2355096876138425911Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:35:00 +00002015-09-24T07:35:00.300-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month Eighty-Nine Dear Gwen, Today you are eighty-nine months old. It has not been an easy month. Your temper is on a hair-trigger right now and anything can set you off. Once you’re off, it takes up to two hours to get you back to normal. It’s incredibly draining. I just realized the other day that I am now dreading our evenings and particularly bedtime with a sense of foreboding similar to what I felt http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2015/09/dear-gwen-month-eighty-nine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-4667983964355082127Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:19:00 +00002015-09-04T08:20:01.099-07:00The Shower Curtain Conundrum Gwen’s current fixation is the movie “Hotel Transylvania”, which is about a young vampire girl, Mavis, who longs to explore the world outside her castle. Gwen is no stranger to this dark/spooky aesthetic: the very first movie she loved enough to call her favourite was “The Nightmare Before Christmas” – a movie most two-year-olds, as well as kids much older, find too scary. She also adores “9” http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-shower-curtain-conundrum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-5118629330254814213Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:00:00 +00002015-09-04T08:19:35.185-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month Eighty-EightDear Gwen, Today, you are eighty-eight months old. It's been a hard month. We've been in our new house for a full month now, and the last week has prompted your dad and I to realize - and to admit to each other, and ourselves - that you are struggling. I guess we didn't allow ourselves to understand how massive these changes would be, for you, or how rocked you would be by them. We told http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2015/08/dear-gwen-month-eighty-eight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-9137723126075862812Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:34:00 +00002015-07-24T08:28:15.424-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month Eighty-Seven Dear Gwen, Holy moly, didn't that month just fly by? You are eighty-seven months old, summer is in full swing, and we are DAYS away from moving to our new house. Life is crazy and time is flying by! Last month we took a brief trip to the Lower Mainland to enjoy Playland and Science World. You surprised us a lot with the rides you did (and didn't) want to go on at Playland. Last time we http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2015/07/dear-gwen-month-eighty-seven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847296404725244881.post-3927705981043693950Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:57:00 +00002015-06-24T08:57:00.393-07:00newsletterDear Gwen: Month Eighty-SixDear Gwen, Today you are eighty-six months old! As your parents and grandparents comment to each other constantly, there is no more "little kid" about you at all. You are a big kid, and being a big kid is awesome! Let's start with your reading. You are fully unstoppable as far as the written word is concerned. Pretty much anything that you can get your eyes on, you will read. And you would http://bloggingfortwo.blogspot.com/2015/06/dear-gwen-month-eighty-six.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (adequatemom)1