How to Find Life-Saving Friendship With Small Children in the House

She wasn’t a likely candidate for friendship.

More like a cousin. And a cousin by marriage at that.

You know, the kind of relative that you normally only see at weddings, funerals, and the occasional family reunion.

But she turned out to be much more.

A cousin. A friend, And a gift.

I can’t say exactly how it began but this spark – likely at the summer family reunion at Aunt Nancy’s farm – started us talking about how overwhelmed we were both feeling with several young children apiece. How the babies kept us up at night and how hard it was to get anything done. And how we couldn’t help wishing we could get some help.

Not sure who had the idea first, but I can remember how our eyes lit up at the thought.

We decided we would have our own kid-swap.

Once a week, one of us would take ALL the kids for a big chunk of the day. We dropped them off mid-morning, and the other mom served them lunch and even put them down for naps.

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