Parenting – Page 3

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020autumn, baking, blackberries, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fruit, mother, Outdoors, Parenting

Brambly hedge

As a kid, I have a fond memory of going blackberry picking with my mum the first weekend after school had started […]

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 […]

July 8, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, calm, change, emotions, family, feelings, labour, mother, Parenting, peace, pregnancy, rollercoaster

Life is a Rollercoaster

On the 21st May, I started preparing to write a blog entitled Life is a Rollercoaster. Seven weeks later, I am finally […]

May 12, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, labour, love, mother, Parenting, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, relationship, self-care

Canvas of Life

After a chat with my family last night and having been asked the question “have you got any news” and finding the […]

April 21, 2020attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, grateful, mental health, mother, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, self-care

I will survive

A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those […]

April 8, 2020Activity, adventure, birthday, change, Creativity, emotions, family, family time, grateful, indoor, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, socializing

Make a memory

So here we are again. The days are long, the weeks even longer, but the moments are still there. As we battle […]

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, Creativity, education, emotions, Exercise, family, family time, feelings, Hope, individuality, indoor, learning, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, play, positivity, self-care, Uncategorized

What I go to school for

To encourage you all, this week has been significantly better. Having taken my own advice last week we have gotten off to […]

March 18, 2020communication, community, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, Hope, love, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, socializing, stress, thankful

Hope

I don’t want to say much today. I feel too much is being said. So just a very little pause for thought: […]

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020adventure, attunement, change, communication, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, Parenting, play, play therapy, positivity, Uncategorized

Learnin’ the game

Today I am sitting looking at the laptop and having what I’m going to call a “blogging blank”. I feel that this […]