Tag: milestones
Bittersweet Motherhood: When the End is the Beginning
“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
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
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
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
"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!
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
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
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
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
In my job as a pediatric physical therapist I often get to evaluate cute little babies. Some come to me because they have medical...