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  • Welcome to my blog!

    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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taking separation anxiety to new levels

We were warned about sibling jealousy…but in this family, it’s the BABY who is jealous and unreasonable!

Ellie is a hard core momma’s girl.  And we seem to be experiencing it at its peak (or I sure hope it is at a peak—Will really didn’t go through separation anxiety, so this is a new pain-in-the-arse territory for me)!

Last week I was holding Ellie and Will came up and hugged my leg/waist.  Ellie reached down, put her hand on his face, and PUSHED HIM AWAY.  Then she buried her face into my chest. 

The message could not have been clearer:  MY Mommy.