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”