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If you are in your first few days of parenting, congratulations! Welcome to the club! 🙂 The newborn stage is exciting and petrifying. If you are a first time parent, you may be tested in ways that you've never dealt with previously. I hope the following tips will help you during these early days. The …
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Sure, you and your partner have talked about having a child. In theory, it seemed fine. But now that your baby has arrived, it feels harder than you ever expected. It is exhausting trying to connect with this unresponsive baby. It feels like everytime you pick up your child, he or she knows to scream …
When it comes to postpartum mental health, many parents struggle to building a connection with their little ones. There may be feelings of resentment that our lives have changed. You may feel too tired to want to play or sing nurseries. Your anxiety feels too high for you to be comfortable spending time alone with …
When it comes to some challenging relationships, we all recognize that miscommunications and frustration seem endless. It feels like every conversation hits a roadblocks, and both you and the other person walk away feeling hurt, pissed off, and unheard. So how do we work through these blocks so that we can improve our relationship with …
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How do you find your parenting style? Does it meet the standards you'd set out for yourself? Are there times where you look back and cringe, wishing things had gone differently? Are there moments where you're proud of how you handled a tough tantrum? In the next few posts, I will be sharing some strategies …
The beauty is in repairing our relationships, not about being perfect. This year, I began a new part-time job working with a postpartum mood disorder program. Surrounded by new parents, I couldn’t help but think about all the joys (and horrors) of pregnancy and that first year after my son was born. For those of …