This is one of your best posts, Amy. You are the kind of mother you aspirer to be, right now, today. The Blessings of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel examines the same questions you are struggling with. The mere fact that you reflect on being an exceptional and loving mother makes you the kind of mother your children deserve. Bravo! I love Thursdays.
We still cut the sandwiches every time so we can eat half. My 6 yo typically only eats a half sandwich and thankfully no longer has the issues with it being “broken” if we cut it. My oldest was a single percentile kid his whole first 2 years, got combo fed and given higher calorie formula after growth restriction. Now he’s 90th percentile like I was at 9 and hard to believe we were ever worried about him not growing. My family was never poor but it still feels hard to waste any food when we have always been middle class. Thank you for this piece.
This is one of your best posts, Amy. You are the kind of mother you aspirer to be, right now, today. The Blessings of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel examines the same questions you are struggling with. The mere fact that you reflect on being an exceptional and loving mother makes you the kind of mother your children deserve. Bravo! I love Thursdays.
Nimmie, this is so kind of you to say. I will have to look up that book, I hadn't heard of it before!
We still cut the sandwiches every time so we can eat half. My 6 yo typically only eats a half sandwich and thankfully no longer has the issues with it being “broken” if we cut it. My oldest was a single percentile kid his whole first 2 years, got combo fed and given higher calorie formula after growth restriction. Now he’s 90th percentile like I was at 9 and hard to believe we were ever worried about him not growing. My family was never poor but it still feels hard to waste any food when we have always been middle class. Thank you for this piece.