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As parents, because we strive so hard to do right by our kids, we sometimes focus on all the things we could do better and overlook the things we do right.  And sometimes the things that we do right seem to happen by magic.  But, parenting is not magic, it is hard work trying to […]

A Kangaroo carries her baby in her pouch right next to her body until her joey is ready to explore the world. When my daughters were first born we held them skin-to-skin on our chests, a technique called Kangaroo Care. Kangaroo Care helps a premature baby regulate it’s body temperature because the heat from the […]

When I first had my baby, my well-meaning grandmother asked how he was sleeping through the night.  At the time, we were having trouble getting him on a day-night schedule.  The silly boy thought that the hours of 10pm until 3am were the hours he was supposed to be awake, alert, and loved.
It was a […]

       
In real life you get to change jobs. In parenting your job changes you. (You thought I was going to say, “you get to change diapers”, didn’t you?)
In real life you get a salary. In parenting you try to serve celery.
In real life you wonder whether anyone likes you. In parenting you know […]

I had many fears about doing the triathlon. For example, I was worried about leaving a trail of vomit behind me and perhaps finding myself on a Youtube clip. However, my bigger fear was about what would follow the event. I worried that once the triathlon was over, so was my exercise […]