This quote by @DrShefali is gold! ✨Often our own expectations, experiences, thoughts, emotions, and triggers make us forget to see that we’re raising unique little humans with their own temperaments, personalities and psychological needs. #foodforthought#theconsciousparent
“What’s the golden ticket strategy?” is a question that we get asked often as if caregivers are looking for this fancy reward chart or something that will solve all their problems. Guess what? There’s no such thing. The ‘golden ticket’ is you.
How insanely magical, exhausting, beautiful, stressful, awe-provoking, terrifying, and incredible is it to have a little being depend on us to feel safe, secure, seen and soothed? #parenting
Remember when you thought before parenthood that babies were oblivious little creatures?! Babies can’t have mental and emotional health, can they? They’re fine as long as we change, feed them, and snuggle them to sleep, right? Boy, do these ideas change when we have our own!
2020 brought us fear, exhaustion, grief, and most of all GUILT. If we can bring anything into 2021, let it be giving ourselves some grace. #parenting#bye2020#HappyNewYear2021