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You won’t. OK hear me out before you immediately click close on this blog post. I loved my first son from the second he was born and I couldn’t even believe that I could experience something like that. The immediate connection was so strong and powerful that I never even worried when I was pregnant…
Written By Jill from Lessons From The Minivan It appears that all documents requiring personal information such as address, phone number, and email also inquire about the applicant’s marital status. Why on earth is that information relevant? And the questions do not merely seek to know whether or not the applicant is married. It is…
Written By Michelle Dempsey-Multack / Masks for Heroes As of just a few days ago, the United States became the country with the most confirmed cases of the Coronavirus. More than China, more than Italy, yet somehow, not enough to even come close to the peak of this crisis. And a crisis this is. Whether…
Trigger Warning: This post shares breastfeeding information, but also mentions miscarriage. Breastfeeding. There is so much controversy surrounding breastfeeding. I feel fortunate that I was able to breastfeed both of my children. It wasn’t always easy. Far from it. Two weeks in with my first I cried in pain every single time he nursed. I…
I haven’t written much about my youngest son recently. The old adage is true I guess, no news is good news. The truth is, he’s been doing fantastic and I feel such an amazing connection to him that makes my heart want to explode with love and joy. It wasn’t always this way. I’m fact,…
Sensory or Behavior? What I wish I knew during the most challenging year of my life.
This morning I sobbed uncontrollably when a Facebook memory popped up of my son’s birth announcement. He’s four years old today and the last year has been one of the hardest years of my life. I look at that first picture we ever took of him, and I wish so badly that things wouldn’t have…
My younger son takes so much of my effort and energy that I frequently worry about accidentally neglecting my older son. This was a big fear of mine going into the summer because we’re doing a lot of new therapies for my younger son and I felt bad that my oldest son is going to…
Today was rough. It didn’t start out that way, it was actually a really good day. Then on the way home from the park my 3 yo ran into the street. He *technically* stopped first for like a millisecond and *technically* looked both ways as he was running toward the street and there were THANKFULLY…