tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759813497004409554.post3054210555527578963..comments2023-03-28T12:41:45.894-04:00Comments on The Little Grape: He's a WatcherMari Passanantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899493114555183048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759813497004409554.post-21857780003250974542013-09-04T17:18:07.889-04:002013-09-04T17:18:07.889-04:00Exactly. While it's not intellectually demandi...Exactly. While it's not intellectually demanding it's exhausting. I challenge anyone who thinks it's easy to spend at least ten consecutive hours alone with a baby/tot.<br /><br />I've pretty much given up on working during school breaks. Someday maybe my books and writing in general will pay enough to compensate part time child care, but for now my work week is the preschool school week.Mari Passanantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899493114555183048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759813497004409554.post-17611041345373353812013-09-04T16:46:10.421-04:002013-09-04T16:46:10.421-04:00Ironic as just this morning I was considering my p...Ironic as just this morning I was considering my post from yesterday and wondered how many mothers felt that what they did amounted to 'child care' and not in any 'lesser than' or derogatory way. <br /><br />I sort of feel like a 'homemaker' in many senses of the word. My job, right now, is to keep our home and family humming along and there is a 'to do' list embedded in that.<br /><br />There is no doubt that for the huddled masses, parenting is HARD in the truest sense of the word.It Is What It Ishttp://itiswhatitisorisit.net/noreply@blogger.com