I've been mulling over a conversation with some friends I had a while back regarding how wildly capable and resilient children are. Somehow, the conversation always ends up coming to Bowen- probably because he's one of my favorite topics. One friend who sees Bowen every day at school mentioned how capable he is, and in … Continue reading I ‘baby’ my youngest, and I’m not ashamed
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An Elephant in the Room
I want to write about and discuss a topic that I find to be an "elephant in the room" so to speak... implicit bias even as SN caregivers. Toward the end of last year, I went through 2 ECE college courses and also took a training through Parent to Parent (which I plan to spotlight … Continue reading An Elephant in the Room
A (hopefully) Easy-To-Understand Breakdown of How to be a Paid Caregiver in Colorado
Did you know that the month of November celebrates over 35 different National observations?! I didn't either until I did a little bit of research and one thing I learned was that November recognizes the month as National Family Caregivers Month and Home Care and Hospice month! As we fast forward to January (yes, I … Continue reading A (hopefully) Easy-To-Understand Breakdown of How to be a Paid Caregiver in Colorado
The Discipline Dichotomy: parenting two separate humans, equally
Do you ever find yourself ready to pull your hair out because as you just finished getting one child straightened out from a meltdown, your other one starts to act out and you end up repeating the same process? But then, that process you tried with #1 suddenly isn't working for #2, so you have … Continue reading The Discipline Dichotomy: parenting two separate humans, equally
In the world of medical complexity, I recognize our privilege
Our family is lucky... like damn lucky... to be in the position we are. How can that be? A medically complex/medically disabled kid, job loss, and multiple other laments I've written about and journaled about. For everything we've fought for and been through with Bowen, he is a resilient and happy toddler. Every day is … Continue reading In the world of medical complexity, I recognize our privilege
“I Don’t Know How You Do It!”
I got thinking that as much as I don't like people saying "how do you do it?", I wonder honestly, "How do I do it?"
Somewhere In Between 