Tag: milestones

Bittersweet Motherhood: When the End is the Beginning

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“All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.” -Mitch Albom from The Five People You Meet in Heaven It’s been several...

The Weaning Blues: When Breastfeeding Ends and Sadness Begins

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So much talk is focused on the early days and months of breastfeeding, as it should! Those days were so hard, but I was...

Our Children’s Lasts: The Overlooked Moments We Should Cherish

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My daughter was sick a few weeks ago and crawled into bed with us. The poor girl couldn’t breathe through her nose and wasn’t...

5 Tips and Resources For Keeping Up With Those Baby Books

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The first time I realized the importance of a baby book was when I watched my father-in-law comb through his. His mother was scrapbooking...

4 Reasons Why I’m Glad My One-Year-Old Isn’t Walking Yet

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"Is your baby walking yet?" I guarantee that if your child is at least 10 months you have heard this question. My baby is...

My Baby Started School and I DIDN’T Cry!

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I’m one of those mothers who looks forward to each new milestone, excited for my kids to reach them and move on to the...

My First Glimpse of My Child’s Sadness

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As I re-watch so many of the Disney movies from my childhood with my daughter, I smile or chuckle to myself at jokes I...

Mommy Milestones: 11 {Selfish} Moments that Matter

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Baby Books are all fine and good. It’s cool to have a record of when each of your baby’s teeth erupted, I guess. It’s...

I’m Never Scrapbooking Again: My Method for Remembering Milestones

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A friend who is a few years ahead of me as a mom told me, “Write everything down now. My kids ask me all...

Tummy Time Talk

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In my job as a pediatric physical therapist I often get to evaluate cute little babies. Some come to me because they have medical...