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Learning Curve
There is a huge learning curve in becoming a parent. There is an even bigger, steeper curve in learning how to parent a fussy or high-needs baby. I am still in awe of how much my life has changed. I lost
Continue readingClarity, Nine Months Later
I’ve always been a people pleaser – the laid back peace making joker. The latter is more so in recent years but even so, it’s all related. So when it was time to go to my doctor 6 weeks
Continue readingChristine’s Story: Surviving Silent Reflux
Before my baby was born, I spent months in search of the perfect everything: The crib that would be the perfect size to wheel into our bedroom, an organic mattress that would ensure no toxins be near her
Continue readingKristin’s Story: “My Son’s Colic and High Needs Contributed to My Postpartum Depression”
My seven-month-old son, C, looked at me and cried. He wanted me to interact with him constantly, and I just didn’t have the energy. I didn’t have much energy anymore. It seemed like my energy was being
Continue readingSoo Jin’s Story
In May 2010, the worst and yet best thing ever happened to our family of two (the Mister and me). I got pregnant. Unexpectedly, unplanned, without maternity insurance. My husband was a graduate student.
Continue readingGiving Up Control
Sometimes in life there are things we cannot control. We cannot control the weather, for example, but we can control our preparation for rain or snow. Fussy and high-needs babies are out of our control.
Continue readingHeidi’s Story: A Hard Earned Love Story
About two weeks after her birth, my husband found me within her nursery weeping in the rocker, desperately trying to get her to latch. He promptly got a bottle, handed it to me and spoke three words: “Feed
Continue readingRejoining the World
Sooner or later it will be time – perhaps not yet, but one day you’re going to recognize that it’s time to come out of your hole. You’ll step tentatively at first, maybe squint a bit. You might
Continue readingThe Colic Agenda
From the moment Tyler was out of the womb he had his own ideas, and we soon found that us even trying to do things the way that we had planned was just not going to work. It became such a frustrating time
Continue readingLooking Back on Colic
I find it somewhat therapeutic to revisit some of the horrific memories from the past 7 months. Adjusting to mommyhood was tough for me and on top of that, Greta was/is not an “easy” baby. Yes,
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