Throughout my pregnancy, I knew that I wanted to try breastfeeding, but I frequently heard how difficult it could be.
After listening to stories from friends and family, I was a bit nervous about breastfeeding in general.
After my son was born, I had written down some small breastfeeding goals; things like ‘make it through four weeks of breastfeeding,’ then 12 weeks, and then six months.
Having two children can be quite difficult.
You are probably worried you wouldn’t be able to do it.
But don’t worry!
Where did this myth of Mom perfection come from?
The comparison of baby sleeping habits in antenatal classes, or maybe the beautifully styled images we see on Instagram of gorgeous playrooms, healthy homemade snacks and happy and smiling children?
Or maybe it’s the sudden shock that this parenting stuff is not exactly what we had pictured.
This post is not to discount that parenting is easy—it is not.
In fact, I deem parenthood as the most difficult job I’ve ever taken for it goes without a written script and one in which I need to confront uncertainties all the time.
It is difficult to be a parent, but every parent will agree with me that it is very fulfilling.
I have been a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing for 10 years now.
I am still astonished at the statistic that 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents but most of those parents will never learn to sign.
Before I had kids, I would have had as many kids as possible.
And I would have had them as close together as possible.
Nothing crazy, but you get it. As a teacher and someone who overall loves kids, it was a pretty simple thing to say.
Motherhood is like getting on a never ending roller coaster ride – it has highs and lows, some of it you will love and if you are an honest mama some of it you will hate.
Before becoming a mum I didn’t know you could love and hate all at the same time.
I will always love my children but some days being honest you just want to walk away, but we won’t… because as hard as motherhood is… we love it.
I have been a family medicine practitioner for 19 years and have seen a lot of pediatric patients for the entirety of my career.
In the first fourteen years, I delivered babies and continued to follow them through their early years of life.
During the first 18 years, I observed obesity rates continually rise, but never at the rate I did during the COVID 19 pandemic.
We are living in greuling times. We are smack dab in the middle of a pandemic that has worn our patience thin.
As we poke around for ways to shelter from the Coronavirus pandemic, we can’t help but fret about our kids.
Children are born with immature immune systems, as fragile as lilies. With time, however, their immune systems toughen up.
One of the best things I started doing as a mom was unconsciously implementing rhythms into my day.
Rhythms are habits meant to create fluidity.
They’re things that trigger other things or things triggered by other things.
