Baby Fort!

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Baby Fort!

Remember when you used to make forts with blankets as a kid?  Creating a space within a space that you got to design, create, and imagine in?  My kids built a cardboard neighborhood the other day, and I was intrigued at what they included in their own “house” that they thought was important!  They all had a “pantry” insert for food, lots of pillows and blankets, and whatever individual items suited their own personalities.  I thought “this is just like when I tell new breastfeeding parents to create a “nursing nook”!

I’m officially changing the name to Baby Fort.

 

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The Stories We Tell

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The Stories We Tell

What was more difficult or easier than you thought it would be in your life with a new baby?

Things are not usually as expected and we often tell only the good stories in reflection, diminish the challenges of life with a new baby, leave them out of conversation altogether, or conversely, we mythologize them (you won't sleep for 18 years!).  Perhaps the truth is somewhere in the ANDs.  The acknowledgment of the good and the challenging swirl together to make the whole story.  Creating a safe place for new parents to share about their rough days involves honoring their whole story.  Here is some of mine.

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