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Photo courtesy of Peterborough Photographers. On my wedding day, my father put an arm around my husband and said something like: “Good luck, son. She’s your responsibility now.” At the time, I thought he was joking. Twenty some years and two kids later, I realize he probably wasn’t. My ability to comprehend his comment started some 14 years ago, with the birth of my first child. I think it had something to do with the hormonal upheaval taking place in my body before and after giving birth, but I can’t say for sure. All I know is that, as soon as I became a mom, I developed a crazy-sensitive internal alarm system that put me on high alert at all times. At the slightest unusual movement or noise coming from the nursery, my eyes would flick open wide, my ears pricked—REM sleep be damned. Simultaneously, my anxiety levels began to skyrocket inexplicably. Maternal… Read More
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Photo courtesy of Peterborough Photographers. On my wedding day, my father put an arm around my husband and said something like: “Good luck, son. She’s your responsibility now.” At the time, I thought he was joking. Twenty some years and two kids later, I realize he probably wasn’t. My ability to comprehend his comment started some 14 years ago, with the birth of my first child. I think it had something to do with the hormonal upheaval taking place in my body before and after giving birth, but I can’t say for sure. All I know is that, as soon as I became a mom, I developed a crazy-sensitive internal alarm system that put me on high alert at all times. At the slightest unusual movement or noise coming from the nursery, my eyes would flick open wide, my ears pricked—REM sleep be damned. Simultaneously, my anxiety levels began to skyrocket inexplicably. Maternal… Read More
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