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Sleep Regressions: How to Get Through Them Without Changing Everything
When sleep suddenly gets harder, it is easy to assume you have lost all your progress. Often the most useful response is…
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A selection of guides for the questions, changes and decisions that come with this stage.
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Parenting & behavior
Night Wakings: How to Respond Respectfully Without Burning Out the Family
A respectful response to night wakings does not require one parent to absorb every difficult night. The goal is a simple, predictable…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty for Wanting a Weekend Away Without the Kids
You can love your children, miss parts of your old freedom, and genuinely want a weekend where no one needs you. Those…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty for Enjoying Time Alone After Becoming a Mom
Sometimes the guilt is not that you left your children. It is that, once you are alone, you feel good. Enjoying silence,…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty for Not Missing Your Kids When You’re Away
You can spend a few hours or a night away from your children, feel completely fine, and then feel guilty because you…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty for Wanting Bedtime to Come Sooner
You can love your children and still look at the clock at 6:12 p.m. hoping bedtime will arrive quickly. Wanting the day…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty for Looking at Your Phone While Your Kids Play
Checking your phone while your child plays does not automatically mean you are absent or disconnected. The useful question is not whether…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty Because You Don’t Play With Your Kids as Much as You Think You Should
If floor play drains you, you are not automatically less connected to your child. Parenting offers many forms of closeness, and play…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Mom Guilt: Why Moms Feel Guilty Even When They Know They’re Doing Their Best
Mom guilt can show up even when there is nothing concrete to repair: working, resting, using childcare, setting a boundary or simply…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
Feeling Guilty for Needing a Break From Your Kids: Why It Happens and How to See It Differently
Needing a break from your kids does not mean you want to escape your family. Often what you need is a short…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
When Your Life Revolves Around Your Kids and You Don’t Know What You Like Anymore
After years of choosing schedules, meals, weekends, and plans around your children, a simple question like “What do you want?” can leave…
Motherhood, identity & wellbeing
How to Get Back to Your Hobbies After Years Focused on Parenting
Returning to a hobby after years away rarely means picking up exactly where you left off. It may mean accepting a smaller,…