patience – Page 2

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 […]

April 28, 2020Activity, adventure, change, communication, cooking, Creativity, date, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, learning, love, mental health, mother, patience, perseverance, positivity, relationship, self-care

We never change

Daf and I have never been particularly good at “date night”. Early on the pressure to do something super original and fun […]

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: […]

February 5, 2020February 16, 2020attention, attention-seeking, attunement, busyness, change, consumer, Creativity, emotions, empathy, expression, family, family time, feelings, grateful, individuality, negativity, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, self-care, thankful, tiredness, try

Be thankful

I feel confronted by a challenge at the moment, and one I have to admit, I don’t yet have the answer to. […]

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020anxiety, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, education, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Holiday, individuality, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, socializing, talking, tiredness, try, work

Whatever next?

I have been reminded this week of the importance of journeying through parenthood with others. It’s something I’ve mentioned before (maybe on […]

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020adventure, busyness, change, communication, community, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Goal, individuality, January, learning, love, mental health, mother, New Year, New Year's Resolution, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, Resolution, seasonal, stress, talking, thankful, try, winter

New Year; New You?

Who gets to January and thinks yey, it’s a new year…that means a new me? Or who gets to January and thinks […]

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019attachment, attention, change, family, individuality, learning, love, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, rapprochement, separation, separation anxiety

Only Mummy

It can be very challenging/frustrating when you just want to get something done so you give your bundle of joy to someone […]