My son is almost 14 months old, and he's finally sleeping through the night (11 hours) and taking 2 one-hour naps a day! Our road was a long one, fraught with uncertainty, guilt and exhaustion but looking back on it I don't have any regrets and I really don't think I made too many mistakes. Maybe that's just my optimistic predesposition, but I know my son and through it all I did what was best for him.
Here's our sleep story. I hope my personal experience can encourage someone else because I believe the biggest mistake I made was to second guess myself.
Before he was born, I read Babywise and I knew that's what I wanted for my child. I wholeheartedly agreed...
Recently my little girl and I attended a birthday party for one of her buddies, a sweet boy turning 3. One of the extended family members of the boy, a lady in her 60s whom we had never before met, watched my daughter interacting in some way for a few seconds and commented on her calm and confident demeanor. I of course said "thank you" and proceeded to casually brush off the compliment with "she's calm now, but you should see her at home..." or some humorous-slash-attempt-at-modesty retort of the sort.
The party was at one of our local parks, and later on my daughter was attempting to climb down a rather complex obstacle, one that is probably a little beyond...
Childhood Cancer. These are scary words, but until recently they have not held any real meaning for me. I would see commercials for St. Jude; those commercials with celebrities playing with sickly yet smiling children. I would say a quick prayer for those children and their families, and perhaps donate when extra funds were available. I never thought pediatric cancer would touch my circle.
Until it did.
A short three weeks ago my friend took her daughter to the doctor because she had hurt her leg. We had a homeschool co-op class the day before the appointment, and we gave our well wishes, and said we’d pray it wasn’t something major like a break. April and her toddler daughter, Laina, went into...
I'm pretty sure our bedtime routine saved my life.
I like to be melodramatic when I think I can get a laugh, but it's true. Our routine has been super great for the kids and all, but I feel like I've been the major benefactor since its inception. I don't dread bedtime. (I look forward to it most nights.) If you're over there hating me right now, I don't blame you. I can take it.
It was hard for me to get my bearings after we had our first child. I felt a complete and utter loss of control in everything. In a fit of early parenthood desperation fueled by a significant lack of sleep, my husband and I tried to buy...
As I sit in the darkened silence nursing my infant son once more before bedtime, I realize that another day has passed. Another day at his age means growing leaps and bounds, and way too fast for this momma's heart to handle. In the past few days he's turned 6 months old, mastered rolling in both directions, started daycare and eaten his first baby food - lots of milestones for a little fella. I watch him and my 3 1/2 year old daughter as we go about our day and sometimes seriously contemplate Googling methods on how to make time stand still.
Why does growing up have to be so tough on us as mommies?? Isn't that what we want...
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