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They Should Be Falling Off Any Day Now
By Gina Rozon
I fight an ongoing (losing) battle to keep our home as clutter-free as
possible. Surrounded by a family of pack-rats, I often find myself pointing
to faded crafts, dusty baby toys and various other neglected items and
saying, "We haven't used that in a long time. Isn't it time to get rid of
it?"
One day, my 4-year-old daughter finally caught the concept. I stepped out of the shower and found her standing inside the bathroom door, watching me emerge. She looked at my naked, dripping form solemnly for a moment and then, having weaned quite some time ago, announced, "I don't use those anymore, so they should be falling off any day now."
Gina Rozon of Saskatchewan, Canada was the grand prize winner of the Breastfeed.com Best Nursing Stories Contest. Gina is the mother of Denise, 9, and her clutter-reducing daughter, XXX, is now 6.
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