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Learning About My Child
If you have been following my past blog posts you know that my three year old has been quite a challenge lately. (Read more here!) Preschool has been a Godsend to our family and my son loves it there. His teachers are amazing. Remember, if you need info on preschool you can check out my…
Read MoreLove Recklessly
A few days ago I sat in an office of a highly respected doctor that I traveled 1000 miles to have evaluate my baby girl. She told me she didn’t believe my daughter would live past early childhood. I choose to love anyway. I’ve spent 6 days in a darkness that I can’t explain in…
Read MorePregnancy After Loss
Every pregnancy is different and my currently pregnancy has been difficult for a number of reasons unrelated to my previous miscarriage. A pregnancy after a loss however, has its own unique set of challenges. To begin with, for the first two months of my pregnancy I pretty much lived in a state of denial. It…
Read MoreLoss
October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month (it’s also babywearing month so if you interested in babywearing check out my post from last year here!). Miscarriage and infant loss is really difficult to talk about and often it’s considered a taboo topic – inappropriate for public conversation. The truth is that loss is very…
Read MoreLife with a Threenager
If you follow my posts, you might remember that my toddler just turned three in June. In the last three years I have heard time and time again that three is a difficult age but I never really paid any attention, after all, every age is difficult in its own way. That said, nothing prepared…
Read MorePatience
Patience. Patience isn’t something that comes naturally to me. When my children make poor choices my instinct isn’t to calmly redirect; it is to yell. When the car in front of my is going under the speed limit my instinct is to yell and pound on the horn (yeah I’m that person, sometimes). When the…
Read MoreIdentity
Who am I? I ask myself this question often. For the past almost seven years, the answer has been a mom. Breastfeeding and babywearing were my “thing” I found my friends through these things. I found a job. I found a volunteer opportunity. I created an organization. These parenting acts have been a large part…
Read MoreGrowing Your Family
One of the topics that pops up in my mom groups (both in person and on Facebook) all the time is how to know when the time is right to grow your family. When do you know it’s the right (or wrong) time to add another baby? The tough part about this question is that…
Read MoreHow To Fiercely Advocate
From the time my oldest child was an infant I have heard this phrase “you are your child’s biggest advocate.” I never understood just how true and vitally important that is until I had an infant with serious medical concerns. I’m 5 months in to my journey with Felicity and I’ve already learned a few…
Read MoreAcceptance
I have spoken a lot about my journey through various life challenges. Sexual abuse, pregnancy loss, allergies, and now my infant who is quite ill. One of the hardest things I’ve faced is acceptance. Accepting that my experience isn’t lining up with my expectation. Accepting that what I believe to be true may not be.…
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