Celebration NOT Competition

One of the biggest surprises of parenthood has been the competitiveness between parents. Who has the cutest child? Whose child is the smartest? When did he first smile/laugh/roll/crawl/walk?

When I take a step back from this, I can see how ridiculous it is. We do not need to compete over this! As an adult, does it matter whether I first smiled at 4 weeks or 6 weeks!? Of course not! So why, as parents, do we get so competitive about this! Continue reading “Celebration NOT Competition”