Comments on: Going It Alone: Single with Infant http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/ Adventures in post-partum recovery. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:45:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: An Update from A Single Mom http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-3002 An Update from A Single Mom Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:04:13 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-3002 [...] Solomother was the rockingest single-parent blogger on the block. As part of that posting project, I conducted an email interview with fellow B5 blogger Gloria. Well, Gloria has recently reached a milestone: her son is almost 5 [...] [...] Solomother was the rockingest single-parent blogger on the block. As part of that posting project, I conducted an email interview with fellow B5 blogger Gloria. Well, Gloria has recently reached a milestone: her son is almost 5 [...]

]]> By: jennifer http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-2135 jennifer Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:36:29 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-2135 ive been a single mom since finding out about the pregnancy. my son is now 9 months old and im 17 years old. i have no help from anyone. i buy milk, pampers, clothes, shoes, all by myself. i have to buy clothes for me as well. its hard being a single mom, and a teen at that. i had to drop out of school because i have no babysitter, i live with my cousin because my family kicked me out. i wish i could change the hands of time. the father isnt around and hasnt tried to step up or buy anything for my son. i cry sometimes about my predictament but then i look at the bright side and think about the good times i have. ive been a single mom since finding out about the pregnancy. my son is now 9 months old and im 17 years old. i have no help from anyone. i buy milk, pampers, clothes, shoes, all by myself. i have to buy clothes for me as well. its hard being a single mom, and a teen at that. i had to drop out of school because i have no babysitter, i live with my cousin because my family kicked me out. i wish i could change the hands of time. the father isnt around and hasnt tried to step up or buy anything for my son. i cry sometimes about my predictament but then i look at the bright side and think about the good times i have.

]]> By: TARA http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 TARA Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:43:45 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-1384 I am a single mom to a newborn...I've been single since I was 8 weeks pregnant. My ex hasn't paid any child support or hasn't even met my baby yet, who is almost 5 mons. Being strong and having family/friend support is so imporant!! I am a single mom to a newborn…I’ve been single since I was 8 weeks pregnant. My ex hasn’t paid any child support or hasn’t even met my baby yet, who is almost 5 mons. Being strong and having family/friend support is so imporant!!

]]> By: Daragang Magayon: The Life and Loves of a Single Mom (ex-Chemist) Turned Problogger » A Solo Mother and the Babylune Interview http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Daragang Magayon: The Life and Loves of a Single Mom (ex-Chemist) Turned Problogger » A Solo Mother and the Babylune Interview Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:24:30 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-1139 [...] And so here it is, Kate’s unedited single mother interview of yours truly with this last note: [...] [...] And so here it is, Kate’s unedited single mother interview of yours truly with this last note: [...]

]]> By: Gloria http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Gloria Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:48:01 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-1121 thanks kate, thanks everyone. i just got online and found this. thanks kate, thanks everyone. i just got online and found this.

]]> By: kbaggott http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 kbaggott Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:55:51 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-1055 Christina, they say it takes a village to raise a child for a reason! I think my marriage would be a lot easier if we had family or a strong community to support us. Christina, they say it takes a village to raise a child for a reason! I think my marriage would be a lot easier if we had family or a strong community to support us.

]]> By: Solo Mother » http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Solo Mother » Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:55:26 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-1054 [...] Thank you, Kate and Gloria, for such a thoughtful conversation about the real life choices mothers make every day when we’re left to raise our children more or less by ourselves. I was particularly struck by this passage: When it was just my son and me (before we moved in with my mother) and I didn’t even have tiime to do things for myself like the simple pleasure of going to the grocery on weekends in peace or spending a little outside the house just to get a decent pedicure. During that time I felt like I was always running against time. Mostly, especially when my son was barely two…ah terrible. I don’t want to go back to that time when I was too tired to sleep or even eat dinner while doing the laundry at midnight. [...] [...] Thank you, Kate and Gloria, for such a thoughtful conversation about the real life choices mothers make every day when we’re left to raise our children more or less by ourselves. I was particularly struck by this passage: When it was just my son and me (before we moved in with my mother) and I didn’t even have tiime to do things for myself like the simple pleasure of going to the grocery on weekends in peace or spending a little outside the house just to get a decent pedicure. During that time I felt like I was always running against time. Mostly, especially when my son was barely two…ah terrible. I don’t want to go back to that time when I was too tired to sleep or even eat dinner while doing the laundry at midnight. [...]

]]> By: Christina http://www.blisstree.com/babylune/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 Christina Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:45:45 +0000 http://www.babylune.com/going-it-alone-single-with-infant/#comment-1053 Hats off to Gloria for doing such a fantabulous job with such a great attitude. I hope I do as well. I ran back home to be near friends and family, too. My ex thought I was being selfish. I don't think so at all. I knew he wouldn't help with half the responsibility; I also knew there was a place I could go where dozens of people would gladly help share the load and raise this precious little guy. Hats off to Gloria for doing such a fantabulous job with such a great attitude. I hope I do as well.

I ran back home to be near friends and family, too. My ex thought I was being selfish. I don’t think so at all. I knew he wouldn’t help with half the responsibility; I also knew there was a place I could go where dozens of people would gladly help share the load and raise this precious little guy.

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