One of the most overwhelming moments of parenting is when a child suddenly becomes ill in the middle of the night. A child who was playing happily and eating well during the day suddenly feels hot to the touch, and the numbers on the thermometer keep climbing. A blocked nose keeps them from falling asleep,
If my first pregnancy and birth were filled with fear because everything was new to me, and my second was a whirlwind of changing jobs and attempting a VBAC, our third baby truly felt like an unexpected gift who arrived at the most unexpected moment. Just when I was physically and emotionally exhausted from our
Following my first story about giving birth to my firstborn through an emergency C-section—alone and overwhelmed in the middle of the pandemic—I’d like to share the story of having my second child. My first and second births could not have been more different. The first was a series of unpredictable and frightening events. The second
I’ve been through quite a journey getting pregnant and giving birth to three children in Poland. Looking back, every single pregnancy and delivery was entirely unique. I want to share these experiences in a three-part series. The first story is about bringing my eldest son into the world right in the middle of the COVID-19
Following up on my last post about our multilingual household rules, I’d like to share how differently our two children are developing their language skills in our Korean-Polish family. As a quick recap, our home setup looks like this: I speak Korean, my husband speaks Polish, and we speak English between ourselves. From day one,
I am Korean, and my husband is Polish. After getting married and settling in Poland, I found myself facing a big question during my pregnancy: “What language will our children speak? Will they be able to speak Korean well?” Unless we decide to send our children to an international school, they will attend Polish preschools
