If you already have a child and are thinking about going for the second, you may have wondered: "how long should siblings get along?" "Is there an ideal age difference?"
When thinking about a future as a family, many couples wonder what the ideal number of children is. Although socially there is a tendency to consider that two children is the perfect number, the truth is that there is no answer to such a question, and any option is good depending on the circumstances of each one.
Motherhood gives us unique and special moments that no other life experience can offer. From pregnancy, mothers begin to create a powerful bond with our baby, feeling how it develops throughout this stage.
When I am asked what the happiest day of my life has been, my mind automatically transports me to that moment when the two lines appeared on the pregnancy test. After a long time trying to get pregnant, many ovulation tests, many gray days, many tests and many tears of frustration, the miracle happened. Never in my life had I felt such fullness and the sense of fulfilling a dream in such a palpable way... even months before it materialized with the arrival of my daughter.
The arrival of a baby at home is quite an event. And also a great mix of emotions. On the one hand, we feel full of joy to finally have him in our arms, but on the other, we also feel full of many doubts and fears typical of new mothers and fathers.
The arrival of a baby at home is quite an event. And also a great mix of emotions. On the one hand, we feel full of joy to finally have him in our arms, but on the other, we also feel full of many doubts and fears typical of new mothers and fathers.
Being a mother offers you something that no other life experience can achieve: to feel something very intensely, and the opposite a millisecond later. There is no trip, job, gift or relationship that gives you these sensations in such a visceral way, and that also includes the perception you have of yourself.
My third baby was born with a submucosal-type sublingual frenulum; a condition that began to affect our lactation practically from the first day, causing cracks, painful feedings and poor weight gain.
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.
