I have nothing left to give
I laid awake at 3am scrolling through my phone when I came across a blog post that opened my eyes. It made me realize I can’t live like this anymore. Continue reading “Medical-Mom Burnout”
Category: Mom Life
There is no doubt that becoming a Mom has been my greatest challenge in life. With both children facing different challenges, my hands are always full. But I love being able to share the struggles and victories that accompany the Mom Life.
We’re on YouTube!
Meet a Family of Ohs
On October 26, 2018, we took the plunge and launched our family’s YouTube channel! We’ve been sharing our life on our blog here, as well as our social media channels through Facebook and Instagram. But we’ve been wanting to be able to reach a larger audience – and hopefully impact more people – so we made our first YouTube video. Continue reading “We’re on YouTube!”
Will we have any more children?
Will we stay as a family of four, or will we grow?
Asking a family what size of family they dream to have, or if they plan on having any more children is pretty common. Families come in all sorts of sizes, and it isn’t bizarre to have someone inquire if you would want to add more children in your family. But what about the Ohs family, do we see our family growing? Will we have more than two children? Continue reading “Will we have any more children?”
Family Photos 2018
Not hiding the feeding tube
For Maddison’s first birthday my wonderful friends gifted our family with a one-hour photo session with Rebecca Bennett Photography. I knew from the very beginning that we would not be hiding Maddison’s feeding tube. Maddison’s feeding tube is an extension of her body, and as much as Maddison is accepted, so is her feeding tube. Continue reading “Family Photos 2018”
Insensitive Questions
“What’s wrong with the baby”
Some people don’t know the most respectful way to ask about Maddison ’s feeding tube. On our most recent trip to Kelowna we encountered that exact insensitive question, “what’s wrong”. But the man it was coming from was not asking it to be rude, he was genuinely curious, and quite nice. It may be that his generation doesn’t tip toe around the bluntness of questions they want to ask. Or maybe in his time things like disabilities weren’t as accepted or talked, so it would be viewed as something “wrong” with the child.
Continue reading “Insensitive Questions”
Toy Tidy
How to start a Toy Tidy rotation, and why it works
I am the kind of person who doesn’t just like organization – I thrive off of it. I love the satisfaction I feel when the job is complete. It makes me so happy to have everything organized in boxes and bins – I must take after my mother! (Thanks Mom!)
I like everything to have a home in my home. I find that with better organization comes more fluidity through my day, and thus less stress. Win/Win!
What Maddison Has Taught Me
Since Maddison’s birth on September 15th 2016
Maddison has pushed me to limits I didn’t even know I had, and then some. But I have grown so much as a mother, as a friend, and as a person. This year has been by far the hardest year of my life, but I wasn’t going to let it go to waste. Continue reading “What Maddison Has Taught Me”
Our love story
Like any good love story, Alastair and I met online
Well, kind of. We didn’t meet on a dating site, but we did first interact through Facebook.
Turning into an Ogre
When I feel like Shrek
I feel as if I’ve turned into an ogre since becoming a special-needs parent. It seems silly to compare myself to Shrek, but it’s true! Continue reading “Turning into an Ogre”
Coming Home
The scariest drive of our lives
The entire time that Maddison was in the NICU at BC Women’s Hospital our family had been staying with my husbands’ parents. We were in the middle of moving houses and we didn’t receive the keys to our new home until the middle of her hospital stay.