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"Yesterday morning I could barely muster the energy to get out of bed\u2014never mind write five blog posts, return a bunch of e-mails, and start a story on tax season. And on top of all that, I STILL have thank-you notes to write, holiday cards to send, and Christmas gifts to buy. And naturally we have back-to-back plans all weekend long\u2014including 9:45 p.m. dinner reservations on Sunday night. (Who makes a 9:45 p.m. dinner reservation? The visiting couple that doesn&amp;#039;t have kids!) Some days I just want to crawl under the covers and stay there. For like a week.  I kind of thought having a baby would be like having a new hobby. Or maybe a plant\u2014something I could schedule and organize and tend to when it suited me. I&amp;#039;m quickly learning that&amp;#039;s not how babies work! (Emmett&amp;#039;s crying-it-out for naptime as I type \u2026) Of course I knew having a baby was a commitment. But sometimes I&amp;#039;m overwhelmed by just how much it takes out of me! I&amp;#039;m really happy I waited &amp;#039;til I was 33 to have a baby. Younger Kim could NOT have handled all this!  How old were you when you had your first baby? Or how old do you think you&amp;#039;ll be?  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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