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compassion, emotions, expectations, friends, Jasmine Wood, keeping calm, newbabynewpaltzblog, Rita, tantrums, toddler -

“I’m always gonna be your friend, always!” Rita exclaimed in her sing-song toddler speak. With those few simple words my heart melted. Lately, Rita and I have had our fair share of battles. Mini battles which stem from day-to-day tantrum prompters like brushing her curly locks, getting shoes and a coat on, or, our latest episode: who gets her out of her crib in the morning, mom or dad.

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creation, emotions, empowerment, gratitude, Jasmine Wood, joy, love, mama, mothering, newbabynewpaltzblog, parenting, pregnancy, Rita, warrioress -

This morning I woke up a warrioress!

When I looked in the mirror my face looked the same, my hair was falling in its typical messy, uneven way, yet something had changed…. As I looked deeper into my own two eyes I could feel the change deep down inside me, deeper than my bones.

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emotions, expectations, gratitude, Jasmine Wood, mama, memories, mothering, newbabynewpaltzblog, Rita, snow, toddler, winter -

Sometimes I want to cry and freeze time.

I exclaim, “Stop growing! Just for a little while! You’re so perfect just the way you are!” What I really want is not for Rita to remain a toddler forever, but rather I want to remember with every fiber of my being what these amazing years are like.

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2014, bed sharing, bedsharing, breastfeeding, Donna Bruschi, emotions, empathy, exhaustion, fear, home, meltdowns, separation, sleep -

My mom (who had three kids, and apparently amnesia) asked more than once how I could stand it when all three kids were all crying. I would said, "This is nothing. I don't think it's bad until I'm crying."

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accidents, compassion, emotions, expectations, imperfection, Jasmine Wood, mothering, newbabynewpaltzblog, potty, Rita, toddler, toilet learning -

I never could have dreamed that the sound of a “Plop” and a “Tinkle, Tinkle” would be like music to my ears. These, of course, are the sounds that fill our home when my daughter goes in her potty pot. 

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