This causes her to neglect her daughter now, almost a vise-versa of how Donny was neglected when Amanda was small. Statements such as “Not now, honey.” (Tyler, 1984, p. 644) when Amanda attempted to tell her something about her day, and “There was no way, really, to convey how exhausting this all was.” (Tyler, 1984, p. 644) when attempting to explain how drained she felt when dealing with Donny to her husband, Matt. Her exasperation with two children is evident with comments such as “a new baby keeps you so busy.” and “she longed-she-ached for a time machine” (Tyler, 1984, p. 645) which would give her more time to spend with Donny also, instead of utilizing most of her time with the younger daughter, Amanda after she was born. Also evident of not being able to juggle two children is Daisy telling Amanda “Bye, honey. Sorry,” (Tyler, 1984, p. 646) when cutting dinner short to transport Donny to
This causes her to neglect her daughter now, almost a vise-versa of how Donny was neglected when Amanda was small. Statements such as “Not now, honey.” (Tyler, 1984, p. 644) when Amanda attempted to tell her something about her day, and “There was no way, really, to convey how exhausting this all was.” (Tyler, 1984, p. 644) when attempting to explain how drained she felt when dealing with Donny to her husband, Matt. Her exasperation with two children is evident with comments such as “a new baby keeps you so busy.” and “she longed-she-ached for a time machine” (Tyler, 1984, p. 645) which would give her more time to spend with Donny also, instead of utilizing most of her time with the younger daughter, Amanda after she was born. Also evident of not being able to juggle two children is Daisy telling Amanda “Bye, honey. Sorry,” (Tyler, 1984, p. 646) when cutting dinner short to transport Donny to