The phrase
"parenting gig" refers to the job or responsibility of being a parent. It indicates all the tasks, duties, and challenges involved in taking care of and raising a child.
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My husband has been gone for training for a few weeks now and this
solo parenting gig has been getting to me.
It's a learning process for everyone — for us adults who are facing new and pressing concerns about the climate, while trying to figure out this
strange parenting gig, and for children who are growing, discovering themselves, and are eventually bound to realize that their older relatives haven't left this world nearly as pristine as it should be.
I don't know if it was the hormones or what, but I remember crying in the pool on the last day because it was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen: people of different shapes and sizes and backgrounds and ages and races and religions, all of us in the public pool with the babies we loved, looking ridiculous for their little sakes, utterly and entirely here for
this parenting gig.
This parenting gig isn't easy.
This parenting gig is not easy, as a matter of fact is probably the toughest job you will ever do.
There it was 7 months into
this parenting gig and I got the first, «when is the next baby coming?»
This parenting gig is hard enough.
By John Jericiau
This parenting gig is incredible.
So important to just have a little pitstop once in a while though as it's bloody hard work
this parenting gig!
The longer I do
this parenting gig, the more I hear from parenting experts about incorporating attunement.
This parenting gig is hard!
No, I am feeling as guilty as hell and wondering if I am messing up
this parenting gig.
This parenting gig is not for the weak.
As we grow into
this parenting gig it seems that there are no black and white answers as I originally thought...
I don't think I could have survived this long without knowing that I am not alone in
this parenting gig, and that other people are in the trenches every day struggling to do the right thing.
Since we are trying to do better, we go searching for some good tips and advice to make
this parenting gig easier.
Inside, you'll get insights, tips, and tons of resources that will help you rock
this parenting gig.
All of the sudden,
this parenting gig seemed much easier than it was built up to be.
I also found that the early blogging community at that time was very connected and it was a great way to reassure myself that I wasn't totally screwing up at
this parenting gig.
If only there was a way to do the first three years by text,
this parenting gig would be fantastic.
This is an ongoing war against bodily fluids and waste,
this parenting gig.
Though I'm only three years into
this parenting gig, I can honestly say there are at least 16 reasons working in a restaurant is some of the BEST prep for parenting toddlers!
Some days I'm just so grateful that it's nighttime because I know I will most likely have another shot at
this parenting gig the next day:)
Such truth and wisdom to be found in her words:
This Parenting Gig is All About Making Us More Like Christ, Radical
I have been at
this parenting gig for a few years now.
Who knew
this parenting gig would be such a rollercoaster.
Much like a dormant volcano, they delude you into thinking that
this parenting gig isn't so hard after all.
At least they'll be really really thankful one day when they discover how difficult
the parenting gig can be.
You only think you're well - versed in every topic until a subsequent child rocks your world a year into
this parenting gig.
Every one else is having a rough time with
this parenting gig -LSB-...]
Iulia likes to think she has
this parenting gig figured out, but her littles remind her daily just how far from the truth that is.
Letting a few individual cases get to you and prevent you from using extra tools in your parenting toolbox is not a good idea because
the parenting gig can be pretty challenging at times.
Even though I'm three kids into
this parenting gig, I still get asked whether my baby is sleeping through the night.
Except, one thing I've learned, now that I am eight years into
this parenting gig, is that every child is different and these «what to expect» posts are really just general guidelines, some of which you'll read and be like — YES!
Besides, we'd never make it through
this parenting gig if we couldn't find the humor in some of the stuff that we go through.
Having worked with young children for years, I felt confident that I had
this parenting gig in the bag, and I didn't want needless worry to ruin it.
Iulia likes to think she has
this parenting gig figured out, but her littles remind her daily just how far from the truth that is.
This time around, having a deep understanding of Magda Gerber's RIE philosophy, I feel I am entering
this parenting gig fully equipped with everything I need to be a good Mum.
This parenting gig isn't easy.
Though I'm only three years into
this parenting gig, I can honestly say there are at least 16 reasons working in a restaurant is some of the BEST prep for parenting toddlers!
This parenting gig is hard work, yo.