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    By Amanda Smyth 4 Comments

    7 things I learned about my daughters from sleeping on their floor for a month

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    Remember when our girls had whooping cough?

    Bearhands and I slept on the floors in their bedrooms for a month, so we could rub their backs and offer them little sips of water during their terrifying coughing fits.

    Well, I just found a little note I wrote one night lying on a single mattress, unable to go back to sleep after the Little Sister had suffered a particularly nasty bout.

    I don't remember writing it, but it's a lovely insight into our girls at that age.

    Finding that little note was like finding a little portal back to 2014.

    Back when the girls looked like this....

    ...and this...

    ...when getting them both to look in the same direction for a photo was almost impossible...

    ... and the Little Sister frequently looked like this.

    things I learned about my daughters from sleeping on their floor for a month

    • they fart in their sleep
    • they have nightmares about the other one getting the pink bowl, cup, drink bottle, <<insert other household items here and repeat>>
    • they teeter terrifyingly close to the edge of their beds, but rarely fall out*
    • they're old enough to have morning breath, but
    • their sweat still smells like sunshine and rainbows
    • like little monsters, they sprout sharp toenails at night
    • they kick like mules and squirm like Tony Abbott on QandA**

    Emma Ruddle Photography 2014

    It seems a long time ago - the laundry basket will attest that their sweat hasn't smelled like rainbows for a good long while.

    But I remember them like that.

    ever get a little glimpse into the past?

     

    *They still occasionally fall out of bed

    *Tony's not longer the PM but the squirming persists

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    1. Em says

      March 22, 2018 at 1:14 pm

      How sweet, it's true that the days are long but the years are short. xxx

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        March 22, 2018 at 1:17 pm

        The years are sort and the laundry is stinky! 😉

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    2. Dani @sand has no home says

      March 22, 2018 at 1:38 pm

      What a lovely treasure to find x

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        March 22, 2018 at 5:03 pm

        I know, right Dani! A little gift from former (super sleep deprived) me!

        Reply

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