Facing Parenting Fears – We Went to Toddler Time
A couple of weeks ago, I meant to go to toddler time at the library, in spite of the parenting fears associated with it. The last and only time we went before? Yeah, I spent hours at the hospital due to a toddler injury. I felt like a bad parent and didn't want to ever, e...
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Sucking Up Parenting Fears – It’s Story Time
Today is toddler time at the library. I've been saying that I was going to go back every week for the last month now... and I never do. I always chicken out for one reason or another. Quite simply, I'm letting my parenting fears hold me (and Norton) back.
I know the ca...
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Parenting Stress and the Pressure to be a Perfect Parent
I know that there is no such thing as a perfect parent. I know that every parent has bad days when things go wrong. But still, that doesn't help me feel any better. I feel like I need to be the perfect parent in order to be good enough.
This pressure results in more pa...
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Overwhelmed Mom Survives Strong Start
I'm an introvert by nature. I'm not dealing with some sort of social anxiety thing or whatever. I can handle people just fine, and have had to work with them in some capacity or another since I was sixteen. I'm finding, though, that there's a difference between doing a jo...
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Who Knew a Library Trip Could Cause So Much Parenting Stress?
For two weeks now, I've really wanted to go to toddler time at the library. I don't have much in terms of real life mommy friends, and we only know one other couple with kids around Norton's age. I'm pretty introverted, so I'm perfectly happy to skip doing social things. ...
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