neonatal

May 24, 2021anxiety, attachment, bonding, communication, community, connections, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, flashback, grateful, Hope, loss, love, memory, mother, neonatal, Parenting, Process, trauma

I’ll cry if I want to

So, little Awena turned one at the weekend. The sun shone, which sandwiched between two horrendously wet days, was a great blessing. […]

May 10, 20212020, anxiety, birthday, body, change, choice, communication, community, connections, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, learning, memory, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance

Memory

August 31st 1997. Who were you with? September 11th 2001. Where were you? March 23rd 2020. How does that make you feel? […]

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020anxiety, attachment, attunement, bonding, bravery, emotions, empathy, family, fear, feelings, labour, learning, loss, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, pregnancy, premature

Peace, be still

Time is definitely a healer, right? This may be so but it’s definitely not a remover. Yesterday was national premature baby day. […]

August 6, 2020anxiety, attachment, breastfeeding, calm, change, emotions, empathy, family, feelings, learning, love, mental health, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, premature, relationship

To boob or not to boob

Too much, too little, on-demand, engorged, painful, sore nipples, forever hungry, mastitis, blocked ducts, embarrassing leakage, breast pads, exhausting, emotional, frantic feeds, […]

July 20, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, guilt, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, premature, relationship, rollercoaster

You just gotta ride it

Neonates. What an all-encompassing, all-consuming, emotionally exhausting experience. I’m finding it hard to find the words to say to describe the 19 days Awena […]