Tag: parenting challenges
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No Time to Prepare: Facing a Third C-Section in the Middle of Real Life
How am I preparing for a third C-section? Honestly, I am not. Not in the way people imagine. There are no long walks, no quiet nesting days, no mental preparation rituals. There is only real life. And real life right now means taking care of a four-year-old and a two-year-old, both of whom are sick.…
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Waiting, Healing, and Hoping: Life Before a Planned C-Section
The Quiet Before the Planned C-Section I’ve now had two monitoring sessions with the CTG straps, and everything feels calm and stable in my belly. So there is nothing left to do but wait. This planned C-section waiting time is strange. On one hand, everything is under control. On the other, life around me feels…
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Quiet Days, Sick Kids, and Preparing for the Unknown
When “calm” days don’t feel calm at all These past few days were supposed to be quieter. But instead, both children got sick again. Only six weeks ago they both had fevers. Now it has started all over. My four-year-old daughter has a cough and a runny nose. My two-year-old son, who has Down syndrome,…
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A Quiet Pause Between the Chaos: Preparing for Baby Number Three
When life suddenly slows down just a little The beginning of the week was intense. Full of appointments, emotions, planning, and constant movement. Now, for a couple of days, things have been a little calmer. And strangely, when things slow down, it becomes harder to know where to begin. There is so much to process.…
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Motherhood with a Child with Down Syndrome: When Chaos, Kindness, and Courage Meet
A therapy day that started like any other Today was another therapy day in motherhood with a child with Down syndrome. These days are never simple, but sometimes they surprise you. We were picked up by social transport right from our door. It was comfortable, calm – almost too smooth to be real. My son…
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Holding On in the Middle of Everything: Motherhood, Fear, and Quiet Strength
When love and exhaustion live side by side Some days feel like a contradiction. In motherhood with a child with Down syndrome, there is so much love it almost hurts—and at the same time, a weight that presses on every thought and movement. These feelings don’t cancel each other out. They exist together, constantly shifting,…
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Another Long Day in the City: Appointments, Emotions, and a Brave Little Boy
Getting There Against All Odds Yesterday, we headed to the capital again. Another intense, exhausting day. This time, I chose to go by car because the bus schedules simply didn’t work. My 2-year-old son, who has Down syndrome, has been followed by the children’s hospital since birth. In the early years, we had appointments 3-4…
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Where Is the Help? Reflections on Community, Kindness, and Raising a Family
The Idea of Community People often say that it takes a village to raise a child. In theory, there should be a sense of community between people. Neighbours supporting each other, families helping one another, and parents not having to face everything alone. But honestly, I often wonder where that village actually is. Sometimes it…