Tag: mom
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Mom struggle #2: Trusting your child is eating enough
As a mom, you always want to make sure your child has enough to eat. You tell yourself that if he doesn’t eat, he doesn’t get the nutrient he needs to be healthy. My son has been a picky eater ever since he was ready for solid food. It has been a challenge and hard […]
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Mom Struggle #1: Leaving your child with someone else when he’s crying
Nothing worse than leaving your child when he’s crying.
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Daycare in Covid Times: A Challenge
A Difficult Decision Sending my son to daycare was a hard decision. We didn’t have another alternative and it wasn’t by choice. I had already extended my maternity leave and it came the time that I needed to go back to work. It is harder for me than it is for my husband. If I […]
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Parenting Struggle #4: Stress and Anxiety
Never in a million years would have I thought that having a child would change the way I react to different situations.
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Parenting Struggle #3: Not Having Enough Eyes
Mom’s guilt has great power over us. You always worry if your kid is alright. You do whatever it takes to keep your kid safe, but you know that you have to step back one day so they learn to make mistakes. Once you loosen a little bit, something happens. Your kid gets hurt. You […]
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You’re 10 months old…
Wow! How time is flying by so fast. In 2 more months you will be 1 year old. This makes me sad because you will no longer be considered as a baby. You will be graduating to toddlerhood. In the same time, I am so proud of you. You have accomplished so much! You are […]
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The Mom Win Wasn’t a Win After All…
Well, that was disappointing. The sleep through the night was just one-off. He woke up a 2 am as usual and didn’t just want his pacifier, he wanted his bottle. The good thing is that on weekends, my husband wakes up to do the night shift and lucky for him, after his bottle, he went […]
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Mom Struggles: Why don’t you wanna sleep?
Today was quite challenging mentally for me. Of course, being tired doesn’t help. My son decided that he doesn’t want to sleep from 2 am to 4:15 am. And over that, he’s fighting his naps during the day. He has been doing this for the past week or so. Sometimes I wish he could tell […]
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Being your own imposter
I have recently started to listen “The mom room” podcast and let me tell you, Renee, the host, is spot on and so real about the subject of being a mom and how we can bring ourselves down easily. As a new mom, I have been putting a lot of pressure on myself. I have […]
Melanie Bisson 