You feel everything so deeply, so it's hard not to notice. You wear your heart on your sleeve about almost everything.
During the waiting, time changes shape. I can wait for half an hour and think it's been five minutes, and it happens the other way around too. I always feel like I should be using my time more productively, but I'm afraid to make a sound and I can't focus on anything anyways.
While sometimes it can feel selfish or even indulgent to take time for ourselves, no one wants a sad, broken mama. We need to take time to do the things that heal us.
"Clearly we do this often because look how comfortable my son is," Donte Palmer wrote in his caption. "It's routine to him!!!! Let's fix this problem!"
Working parents are stronger when their working environments allow them to be whole people. Sometimes, that means a baby is coming to a meeting. Even if it's at the UN.
When can we go?
My wish is that you will always be best friends. That you always look out for each other. Continue to be each other's biggest fans.
"I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead," he said in his farewell broadcast. "But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger. I like you just the way you are."
15. "You've made this day a special day by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you. And I like you just the way you are."
Spoiler alert: My mom.
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Rather than viewing these outbursts as wholly negative experiences, I try to see them as a vital part of how my child communicates with me.
2. Cook anything other than toast
I wasn't sure how to accept and make sense of my new identity.
There is a very specific ratio that makes love last.
If I spent all my time dreading the "wait untils" or worrying about the next difficult thing around the corner, when would I have time to enjoy all the wonderful, amazing, incredible things that a child brings to a parent's life?
And today, at this moment, I would LOVE a second of quiet.
At its essence, attachment theory focuses on the emotional bond between caregiver and baby, not just the physical interaction that occurs through feeding, changing diapers, etc.