Tag: parenting struggles
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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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Parenting Struggle #2: Getting Things Done Around the House
When you have kids, trying to achieve what you used to be able to do is nearly impossible. You have to change your mindset and let go of certain things and change your standard quite a bit.
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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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Parenting Struggle #1: Sleep
Whether it’s the baby’s difficulty falling asleep or, as a parent, the lack of sleep, this seems to be an issue that as parents have in common.
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Deception
When you think you have it all under control, sometimes it’s just a deception and things go back the way they were. Kids can play tricks with you.
Melanie Bisson 