I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family by Kate Gosselin

Author:Kate Gosselin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Women, Family, Religion, Pennsylvania, Multiple birth, Medical, Christian Life, Women's Issues, Gynecology & Obstetrics, United States, Parenting, Twins, Spiritual Growth, Motherhood, Biography & Autobiography, Siblings, Sextuplets, Mother and child, Family & Relationships, Popular works
ISBN: 9780310318965
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2010-05-01T19:59:38.070430+00:00

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TOWER OF BABEL

In our house when everyone started talking, it was like the Tower of Babel—a noisy Tower of Babel. Everyone was trying to be heard, but when I couldn’t understand eight out of ten words, everyone became frustrated. As twins, Mady and Cara have always been glued together and communicated with each other very well. When the little kids started talking, they tried to communicate with me, but not really between themselves, aside from Hannah and Leah.

Hannah and Leah were the first talkers and they translated as well as spoke for the group.

“Hannah, what does he want?”

“Mommy, he wants milk on his cereal.”

Mady and Cara also translated for the little kids. Cara’s translation was accurate; Mady’s translation was what she wanted them to say. And she made it sound so good!

Collin spoke a lot, but I didn’t know what language he spoke. It was always sing-songy with a lot of “mommy’s” sprinkled in. Collin had a lot to say, even if I didn’t understand it.

Alexis also spoke a lot, but she frequently butchered words, so we couldn’t understand most of what she said. She took longer to walk or crawl when she was a baby, so she shrieked when the others came up and took her toys. For Alexis, shrieking was a tried-and-true method that she frequently fell back on. She tried so hard to be understood, but she would quickly become frustrated and then say, “Never mind.” Even now she butchers words sometimes. She’ll say, “What did we have for lunch, Mom? That word I can’t say.”

“Quesadillas.”

“Oh, yeah!”

Aaden didn’t talk much and Joel didn’t talk at all. Hannah talked so much for Joel, in fact, that our pediatrician told me to ask her to stop.

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