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Week One Post-Partum Advice
I hope these little snippets of advice don’t seem like I’m trying to proclaim myself some sort of expert.… Read MoreHa!
I’m just trying my very best and jotting down my thoughts about it, in case it’s helpful to any of you out there.
I’ve been at this motherhood thing a little over a week now. I was taken off-guard by some things and well-prepared for other things.
Here are some of my thoughts about how to have the best possible first week at home with your infant (of course all of our babies are different in many ways, so take my advice for what it’s worth!):
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Henry J.’s Birth Story
It seems that writing one’s birth story is a little like looking at a piece of Pointillism art, something along the lines of Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. The closer you stand (to the painting and the birth experience), the more raw, unfinished, discrete, and incoherent the separate pieces are. The farther back you stand from the painting (and the more time and emotional distance you put between yourself and the birth), the more it starts to blend into a cohesive whole. By writing about the experience so soon, I worry that I haven’t given myself the distance and space I need to smooth out the experience. … Read More
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Implementing Change in Your Life
I have two areas in my life that I’m really working to change:- I want to do a better job of keeping our house clean throughout the week. We do a good job of doing our chores once a week, but we let things get cluttered throughout the week.
- I want to put forth a concerted effort to speak Spanish fluently, so I can communicate better with many of my students’ families.
Unfortunately, I’ve made a habit of telling myself that I want to change these things, instead of actually making it a habit of doing them.… Read MoreI tried to think back to times in my life when I have
