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The one thing I used to think about grief pre-loss was that people just get over it eventually. That time will heal all ...
04/22/2021

The one thing I used to think about grief pre-loss was that people just get over it eventually.

That time will heal all and one day you just wake up and you’ve moved on.

But the truth is, grieving never goes away.

It's more than losing a baby. It’s losing a whole life time of dreams and memories we never got to make.

It’s losing the child we never got to know. a friendship between siblings we never got to witness. a teenager we never got to comfort. an adult we never got to be proud of.

If you’ve ever had the thought, "why are they are still talking about it when its been (enter time frame)” know that you are absolutely blessed for not knowing the answer to that question.

Grief is a life long journey. And you are valid to grieve in any way you want to for the rest of your life 🖤

Have you ever seen a temper tantrum coming? Behavior is escalating, your patience is running thin, and all of a sudden t...
04/14/2021

Have you ever seen a temper tantrum coming? Behavior is escalating, your patience is running thin, and all of a sudden theres tears and screaming and yelling and you don’t know what to do?

Here’s what i have found to be super helpful to do BEFORE a tantrum starts and it almost always diffuses the behavior and ends positively.

crouch down to your child’s level and calmly ask what they need:
+are you hungry?
+are you feeling tired?
+would you like a hug?
+did something upset you?
+do you miss somebody?
+are you feeling fustrated? Let’s talk about that.
+what is your heart feeling right now? (can list emotions if they don’t know)

These are some of the questions i try to ask our daughter when i see the temper trantrum signs coming out. Usually, if i can help her identify her needs, it will prevent the trantrum from full blown happening.

Children (like all humans) need to feel seen and heard. Realizing that your child’s behavior is often just them trying to communicate something to you, but lacking the emotional maturity to identify it, is key.

Helping her to identify what she is needing teaches her to pause and think about what it is she could be feeling. Often times, she simply tells me. “i need a hug from my mom”. This tells me that she was looking for connection and she didn’t quite know how to communicate that. So when you look at it that way, it takes our impatience and fustration off our child. It causes us to better understand them and help them communicate their needs from a place of calm.

So raise your hand if this reminded you to give your self and your child some extra grace in those tough moments that we all know are bound to happen.

A line from one of my favourite songs, sung by one of my favourite people, at our wedding. This line, and the one to fol...
04/02/2021

A line from one of my favourite songs, sung by one of my favourite people, at our wedding.

This line, and the one to follow is everything.

Song: Beautiful by

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