Comments on: monday – thursday.

By: sara waffle

sara waffle — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:46:29 +0000

im almost 27 and sleep in the same clothes i wore that day….and wear them the next. does that make me a bad adult?

By: Jill Raymond

Jill Raymond — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:18:37 +0000

I love how detailed you are! You don’t forget a single one! It makes the reading that much more enjoyable! And your pics along with the stories…priceless! I’m a fan!!!!!!! Saw you on the Rachel Ray show today, my heart goes out to you and your lil sunshine. -Jill

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:40:52 +0000

Acutally I know a few people ( mostly single parents) whohave thier kids go to sleep in the clothes they will wear the next day. It lets the kids sleep in a bit. I don’t see that much differnet then letting them sleep in the clothes they wore all day. Espically if they fell asleep in them. Never wake a sleeping baby!

By: Jeffra

Jeffra — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:33:24 +0000

No it doesn’t make you a bad father, does it make me a bad mother? Funny, because I had been wondering the same thing but figured, nobody knows but me and McKenna’s father. It is just clothes, right?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:45:36 +0000

dad is a mechanic – plenty of shamwows around for washing up cars – i tried cleaning up puke with one once…….so so results..

By: Grieving Mom in Mass

Grieving Mom in Mass — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:51:15 +0000

Dearest Matt, I came across your blog via AOL and thought wow, I have got to see how this guy does it! Because I, too, lost my fiance of 12 years (a year ago Feb.) and have been raising our two children, eight yrs old and five yrs old, as a single parent. And I want to know how do I teach my children the coping skills to get thru life with out their dad if I don’t know how to do it either?! I often find myself getting upset and angry because I didn’t plan on being a single parent, he and I were suppose to do this together! That was the deal, you know? And while I was reading your (past) post about Maddy being sick and you feeling overwhelmed… I couldn’t help but cry because that is exactly how I felt when that same stomach bug whipped thru our house the night before Easter Sunday of last year! Picture my son laying on one couch that was covered with towels and sheets and his blanky and the same set up for my daughter on the love seat. Both with big buckets, on stools mind you, on the floor close to their heads (or mouths,) sippie straw thingy cups full of ginger-ale, tissues galore, and lysol spray and hand sanitizer on the coffee table. Oh and also three old milk gallon jugs full of three parts water and one part bleach willing and ready to be poured into those buckets for rinsing and repeating! All the while I am trying to sleep, sitting up, at the end of the couch that my son is occupying, evenly between both children, waiting patiently for the first sign of who was going to be sick next, trying to ward off my own symptons of an upset stomach! And I coudn’t help feeling overwhelmed, I mean the tears just poured out Matt and I couldn’t stop them! It was the first time since his passing, two months earlier, that I realized my life had really changed and that I was really in this for the long haul with out the help, support, encouragement, patience, words of reason, love (etc.) of the man I had trusted to be by my side thru it all… even throw-up! And there have been millions of times since then that I have become overwhelmed and upset because I just wanted to (and still do) feel his arms around me and hear him say “Everything will be ok, your doing a great job, I am so proud of you and I love you!” I just want to feel that security and that safeness that I felt with him because I knew that everything really would be ok as long as we had each other! The kids and I have amazingly some how made it thru the year of the firsts (aside from his one year anniv. that is a week away) which was no easy task and I can’t help but think of all the other milestones that he is going to miss out on and that we are going to miss him experiencing! For instance, I turn 30 this year (as would he) and we had been talking about going away to celebrate us entering this new chapter in our lives since we hadn’t really done much for ourselves in years and had committed ourselves to being the best parents we could be. And our daughter starts kindergarten in Sept. and it is going to break my heart with it just being me standing there smiling, waving, and taking pictures because that was def. something my fiance was good at, being there for his family! He never missed anything that had to do with our kids because he knew how important it was for us (we both had absent parents) and our children. Also our son, he was the star soccer player this year! I was so proud of him because he worked hard out there on the field, Coaches are still calling to see if he’ll be on their team this Spring. And I know that not having his dad there affected him, because he was our sons biggest cheerleader but, I think (or I hope) our son took that sadness and turned it into determination. Especially when at the end of the season he was recognized as the MVP, he asked me if I thought his dad would be proud of him right now? I guess I really need to know how to not be so angry at him for leaving us and to somehow be able to, not necessarily move on (I hate how that sounds) but, start to live our lives again and learn to live them with out him? If you have any advice please let me know, we could trade stories and I could possibly help you with the next time Maddy gets one of those (terrific) daycare/preschool sicknesses considering we have had them all. I have become a pro at those and boo-boo’s LOL! Hope to maybe hear back from you but, if not I wish you all the luck and you and Maddy will be in our prayers. P.S. I was telling my son about your blog and your story and my son said to me and I quote “That makes me sad because atleast I got to have 7 1/2 years with my daddy and she didn’t even get to be with her mommy! I hope her daddy will tell her that she will always have an angel with her to watch over her and to keep her safe like my daddy does for me!”

By: Rosann

Rosann — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:09:11 +0000

In the pictures your daughter looks so big. My niece Sophia is 8 months old and she weighs 15 pounds and is 26 inches long and when I hold her she is such a peanut. You didn’t tell us how big Maddy is. I would guess she is at least 16.5 lbs and 26 1/2 inches long. She is so beautiful. She has alot of hair too.

Rosann

By: becker

becker — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:21:07 +0000

Hey Matt. Stumbled on to your site and have been reading it for a few days over the weekend. You are doing a great job. Our daughter is 8 months old, 2 months younger than Madeline. She’s our first and we feel for you because we too are feeling the excitement, craziness and difficulties of raising a first child. I’m sure that Liz would be proud of the work that you are doing with Madeline and happy to see how well your little girl is doing. Keep your chin up and thanks for the heads up on the projectile vomiting…(oh, I’m thinking Madeline will be 16lbs and 26 inches) PS. She’s beautiful!

By: Ez

Ez — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:07:09 +0000

you are an amazing father! and maddie is beautiful!!
she always looks soooo cute i luv her clothes and shoes!! your doing great!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:49:29 +0000

Believe me, as a single parent myself, we need every single minute we can spare. As long as the outfit is clean, with no boogers or dirt, it’s perfectly fine to wear.