COVER DROP AND EXCERPT

AHHHH! Cover drop!

Here it is. The book I spent a year writing, not knowing if I would ever publish it, or if it would just be my own little journal.

However, after so many new experiences, a hospital stay, post-partum depression, and all things in between, I thought this might just help another new mama navigate that first year. And that is all I have wanted with publishing books, is to help someone else.

So here we are!

And here is a little excerpt from my brand new book:

Practicing Patience

My whole life I have asked the universe for patience, and I have been given the opportunity to practice patience many, many times. However, parenthood is the biggest practice of patience there is. You know what to do and what your baby should be doing, however, they do not understand and so it is difficult. It’s like being an expert in something and trying to explain that to an infant. Really. In this case, you are basically an expert on everything.

My experience, though, is that coming home from a long stay away from home is difficult and requires a ton of patience, something I work hard to find, but sometimes just don’t find it always. Our girl was transitioning to being back home after the long hospital stay and not only that, but she was also teething – two whole teeth coming in at the same time. Poor thing.

But my patience was wearing thin. I was finding myself getting frustrated easily and not knowing what to do. Our girl was always so calm, and she cried of course, but when she did, I usually knew what was wrong or how to fix it. This was different, she was trying to get back into her routine and dealing with mouth pain, and I just couldn’t fix it. I could just be there for her. And that is a hard one to grasp, when you are always able to fix it, and this time you cannot. It is what it is, you can only get her through it.

I practiced taking deep breaths in these moments – and would practice giving her my calm, which means I had to remain calm if I was going to give my calm to her. That helped to combat the frustration and bring on the patience. This too shall pass, just like any other issue.

Patience is so difficult – but it’s there and if you remind yourself to give your patience and calm to your baby, then you have to dig it out and find it so that you can. It was truly helpful with this – or any – transitional period.