Last week, as we joyfully celebrated my son's first birthday we also celebrated another milestone: another trip to the pediatrician's office. I'm really starting to feel like I should have a VIP parking spot or some kind of frequent visitor punch card. For more than half of my sweet baby's life, he has battled a multitude of illnesses. All of which my pediatrician says are normal for an infant in daycare and experiencing his first cold and flu season (not what any mom wants to hear). I'm just not really sure how much more my heart can take watching my son in misery with yet another illness. My husband and I are exhausted from sleepless nights, weary from rocking him...
When I tell people that our son is on medication for his ADD/ADHD, I usually get some kick-back. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need others' approval. I do want the people who inquire about it to know that our 7-year-old is on medication because we thought about it…a lot. We weighed the pros and cons. A lot of research and praying on our parts went into him taking his first dose. We had to put away our judgement of medication and do what was best.
Our son started showing signs of ADHD around 4 years of age. He was a very calm baby and BOOM…he turned 4 and never sat still. When he started kindergarten, his inability to focus...
With two young babies, I'm still fairly new to this mom thing. But for years even before I got pregnant, I loved listening to stories and experiences from my friends with babies. I had an idea about what kind of delivery I wanted and how I would raise my kids; but there was so much more than that. So many options. I didn't know about all the methods of delivery, decisions on certain things made immediately after birth, feeding and diapering options, different sleeping arrangements, and the list goes on. It's easy to be overwhelmed. Here are a few things I've learned so far from some great moms throughout this journey called motherhood.
1. There's always someone who won't agree with you.
It might...
Once upon a time, I had a rule. The rule was a good rule. It fit into our lifestyle and was not stressful to keep. When my seven-year-old was merely a tyke, when I was mothering one easy-going child, our rule was that my daughter would only watch one television show per day. This was a compromise of sorts. I didn't want her to watch any TV because of all those studies out there that recommend against children under age two having screen time. But alas, she enjoyed TV, so I figured one show a day wouldn't hurt too much.
But then the second child was born.
You see, the day before my youngest child came into the world, I thought...
I'm a perfectionist. I don't like messes. I like need things to be clean and organized. I pay attention to details. I try to be everything to everyone. Trying to be perfect drives me crazy, but it's just who I am. At least, that's what I tell my therapist.
However, I'm also a mom. And if there's one thing that motherhood has taught me, it's that it is messy. And I'm not just talking about sticky fingers and snotty noses. I mean that being a mom gets you into some messy situations. And I was recently reminded of just how messy motherhood can be when my son bullied another little boy at the mall playground.
Yep, I just said that. My son was a...
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