Dedicated Parent

Images and blog posts about parenting and trying one's best from the heart.

[totallythebomb]

There’s just not enough time in the day. And since don’t have an extra hour to sleep or the ability to freeze time– I am stuck with only 24 hours. These 25 time saving hacks will help even the busiest moms, dads and caregivers rest a little easier.

[tacosaysroar]

I’d be so sad if you died

Adelaide, age 4, while on our walk to the lake this afternoon

[tellmewhatislove]

Parents, destroy the idea that siblings fighting, hitting eachother, calling themselves names and saying hurtful comments to eachother is a “normal siblings thing”

[dover]

Something I Don't Want to Forget

Lately while I am nursing Win to sleep at night he will stop nursing, move his head to the middle of my chest, wrap his little arms around me, and give me the sweetest hug. Sometimes he smiles and goes right back to nursing, and sometimes he lays there for a minute hugging me, and pats my sides with his little hands.

[ncscooper-deactivated20171221]

Area Woman Treats Autism with Coconut Oil

by Loretta Splitair

http://www.ncscooper.com/area-woman-treats-autism-with-coconut-oil/

Merrilee Longshoes is convinced that coconut oil can be used to treat, and perhaps cure Autism.

[mother-trillest-deactivated2019]

41 weeks to 47 months.

[imtellingben]

We did some treasure hunting today.

[atx-nerd-mom]

Isla in the “pink bonnets”

[goodluckdad-deactivated20180813]

The most down to earth #rockstar you’ll ever meet. Just ask her #friends… #parenting #fatherhood #daddysgirl #style #fashion #boots #sunglasses #kidzootd

[dedicatedparent]

Hippo; a conversation

C: if I was a hippo my food would be done in one bite.

S: I wish I was a hippo. A pretty hippo.

C: me too. I want to be a hippo too.

(The everlasting battle over eating has taken an therianthropic turn)

[atx-nerd-mom]

When you ask your preschooler to come in for lunch and he yells, “Not now!” and then cries when you make him come in anyway, try to put yourself in his shoes. Give him a hug and tell him you know it’s tough to leave his friends, but lunch is ready.

Defiance: Why it happens and what to do about it | BabyCenter

Does this actually work for anybody’s real kids?

[dedicatedparent]

Breakfast Converstation

Me: We're going to Target after daycare today. Guess what we are getting.

Harry: Cars? Trucks?

Me: Nope. It's for you but it's not a toy.

Harry: A KNIFE!

Me: Who have you been hanging out with?!?!

[shut-your-mouth-its-art-crawl]

Everyday confrontation with family

Baby-*whines for several minutes in my dad’s arms*

Me-“awe baby what’s up with you, Mr. Whiney butt?”

Dad-“he wants his mum. Because she SPOILS HIM. HES SO SPOILED.”

Me-“oh yeah I’m a terrible mother for loving my son and responding to his needs”

Dad-“well ya need ta put him down!”

Me-“I do. I just pick him back up when he cries.”

Dad’s gf-“oh you’ll think differently when you have more. You will be like ‘oh you’ll be fine, cry’ haha”

Me-“no.”

Dad’s gf-“well it’s good for them to cry, it strengthens their lungs–”

Me-*interrupts* “no it doesn’t. It isn’t good for their brain development. When they cry, they are signaling their parent that they need something. When the parent misses that cue, baby becomes desperate and more upset and hysterical by the second. Baby’s body tells them that they have been abandoned. Baby calls out for their parent. Their brains are bathed in hormones that signal trauma, the body feels that this is a crisis. When the baby finally sleeps, it’s because they are exhausted and their bodies are protecting the brain from further trauma. This affects their brain development and sense of trust. That’s how letting them cry works.”

Dad’s gf-“oh.”

Dad-“bullshit.”

Me-“the thing about science is that it’s true whether you believe it or not.”

[blackwomenconfessions]

C: I’ve always been my dad’s baby. Being the youngest I usually tend to get anything I want and I’m the only one left in the house so naturally I’m with my parents all of the time. I spend a lot of time with my dad and I literally have no friends (except for the ones I made on tumblr) and now that...

[have-perspective]

Shoutout to all the others who were raised to feel that something was wrong with you for being introverted; e.g. when your parent(s) had people over to your residence and told you to come out of your room and say hi but you didn’t feel like being around people or talking to them so you said no and they kept pressuring you to come out and when you didn’t, they chastised you for being “rude” or “unfriendly”

[conspiracyking]

getting a lecture from your parents like

[otpprompts]

Imagine yourself as the child of your OTP/3.