I really lost my cool on my toddler yesterday! A simple task like strapping him into his carseat spiraled into what felt like an MMA fight. His desire to escape led him to bite me, hit me, and grab my eyeglasses in order to accomplish it. My desire to get him home led me to …
Prepare for birth I once heard birth compared to a marathon. No athlete would arrive at a 26.2 mile race without training their bodies and mind for the physical exertion ahead. Instead, they would train for months, focusing holistically on what would be required to accomplish this noteworthy feat of strength. Entering motherhood is no …
I remember being appalled, her child was old enough that she could grab her mother’s shirt, pulling it down as she wrestled to get what she wanted— milk from her mother’s breast. I walked away from the evening dinner with our friends affronted by the child’s display of will, and by the mother’s calm acquiescence …
At 11 weeks into my first pregnancy, I was feeling pretty amazing other than some fatigue here and there, My best friend was visiting us in Florianopolis and on the morning of her last day we set off on a hike that we knew had a small waterfall at the end of it. In the …
