Before I became a mom, I had never heard of self-soothing, much less worried about it. If you told me that I would spend hours and hours discussing it with other parents, I would have been about as credulous as if you’d told me I would someday be able to spot different baby brands on sight or that I would really, truly love making baby food.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about self-soothing over the past 19 months. I’m […]
Quinn is madly in love with me right now. Randomly, throughout the day, she will grab hold of my arm, or stroke my hair, or touch my face while proudly proclaiming “MY mama.”
It is the cutest, sweetest thing, ever.
She also loves to give me kisses and hugs, to point at my nose and her nose, solemnly informing me “noe.” She is also really into nursing right now, though she’s still only doing it 3-4 times in a 24 hour period. […]
For the past few months of Quinn’s life, I have been trying to get her to fall in love with something besides me.
Not that our love should dim in the slightest, but a lovey to cuddle when she wakes in the middle of the night might mean mommy could actually get more than three hours of sleep in a row. That’s what the experts say, anyway.
I tried numerous soft blanket squares, a hybrid blankey/bear that we called Minty Bear, and […]