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Category: Parenting as Competition

Parenting as Competition

  I first noticed this phenomenon when my daughter was only weeks old.  It would have been impossible not to!  How long was my labor?  How much did Sara weigh at birth?   Was she sleeping through the night?  Was she breast feeding?  Successfully?  The competition grew more obnoxious as she got older.  Can she sit up by herself yet?  Has she crawled?  Is she showing signs of walking?  And The Holy Grail:  How many…