With my first child, I made the terrible mistake of wishing him to grow up too soon. I was so excited about my new role as a mother, that I longed for time to pass quickly to discover new stages and experiences with him.
As parents, it is normal for us to worry about our children in all aspects of their lives, from their education to their emotional and physical health. However, there is a line between being cautious parents and supervising them and being overprotective to the degree of not allowing them to learn from their mistakes.
One of the things that I like the most after becoming a mother are the expressions of affection that we have between parents and children. An example of this are the hugs that our children love so much and that as parents we must always reciprocate.
Amber Cumberland from Aston, Oxfordshire, UK, is 21 years old and has just become a mother for the first time. One more happy news if it weren't for the fact that the young woman gained 30 kilos during her pregnancy and had such a large belly that doctors thought that two babies were growing instead of one and that the one seen on the ultrasound covered the presence of the other.
Becoming a mother has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. It has helped me to grow, to learn new things and to see the world with different eyes. Step by step, I evolve towards a better version of myself, as a woman and as a mother, and over the years, I have lived many adventures and unique moments in this stage of my life.
Living a pregnancy in a pandemic is not easy, and neither is giving birth in these turbulent times that we are living. But if we add to these circumstances that you are a single mother and that the birth of your baby is involved in endless obstacles and complications, the result is one of those stories that directly touches the heart.
The WHO recommends exclusively breastfeeding our baby for the first six months of life and later accompanied by other foods until two years or more, whenever the mother and baby wish.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
