Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
I always envied it when we were trying to get pregnant. The Mommy Pull. I know my daughter had it when she was young, to some extent, but those days are long gone now. I could not wait for it again. My eyes would watch with envy as the pull was created. A tugging force […]
I am not a hugger. I believe this is one reason why I am somewhat addicted to blogging and can easily pour my heart out with every tippity-tap of a key. I can handle a virtual hug. I can vent about the ugliness of grief or the insanity of day-to-day life and take in each […]
After my last pregnancy and subsequent life threatening delivery, I was told by my doctor that I should not have anymore children. Being one who does not like to be told what to do and who also tends to want another newborn the minute my last child (or children) drop the first sign of babyhood, […]
Life with Parker can seem like mommy bootcamp at times. The move has been no exception. We have yet to childproof to the full extreme and my little man is taking full advantage. In the last four days he has… let himself and his sister out of the house (one wearing nothing, one wearing a […]
He is a man of few words. So few that speech therapy may be in his not too distant future. I have been waiting to hear one word for 1 year 4 months and 25 days but I’m not counting or repeating it to him 10,000 times a day. “MOMMA” rolled right out of my […]
he’s big. He stopped nursing, dropped the baby toys, can throw a tantrum with the best of them and insists on feeding himself. No one told him that he is supposed to grow up very, very slowly for his Mommy. Oh and it is also official that he still needs meand not just for diaper […]
I have been looking for the explanation of the term “rainbow baby” since Sawyer’s birth. I was tossing ideas around in my head for his six month old post and stopped by a loss mom’s blog and there it was… In some circles, babies born to families after the loss of a child are referred […]
