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Noonan Syndrome: Our Story

This is Brave.org: Motherhood and Noonan Syndrome

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They are ever-so-slowly coming around to each other and also juuuust starting to fight. What a rare gift it is as parents to get to watch a sibling relationship blossom from that first meeting, a tiny toddler carefully cradling her even tinier newborn brother, to the point only a year later when the preschooler bosses around the toddler and becomes obsessed with keeping him “bafe” (that’s Henspeak for safe), even when it means pulling him down the stairs so he doesn’t fall 🤦🏼‍♀️. Their relationship has sooo many years ahead filled, I’m sure, with grabbing, hair-pulling, sharing and not sharing, cozy cuddles under a blanket watching a movie, pranks played, clothes borrowed, forts built, friends dated, homework copied. I cannot wait to bear witness to it all. Long live sibling love! ...and even that inevitable sibling rivalry, too. • What’s your favourite thing about having multiple children? I want a list of all the good stuff in the comments so that when they’re screaming at each other I have something to remind myself to look forward to 😅 • • • • #siblinglove #siblingrivalry #brothers #sisters #bigsister #littlebrother #bestfriends #playmates #ferryfamily #ferrylife #gonecoastal #siblings

I invented a new word this morning as I was working on my book: emomsculation (copyright, binches🤘🏼). It’s the feeling a mom gets when she feels emasculated by her partner’s mothering abilities and I’m so glad I invented a word for it because I feel emomsculated a lot! • I am fortunate to have a partner to whom parenting comes so naturally. I saw it coming a mile away, 6 years ago when I brought him to Thanksgiving Dinner to introduce him to my family and within the hour he had multiple children sitting in his lap and clambering over his shoulders. We call him the Pied Piper because everywhere we go his patient nature makes him a safe place that I know kids can sense because I’ve always sensed it in him, too. So why did I assume that when we had children together they would gravitate toward ME? Just because I’m the mother? What a sexist assumption! 🤦🏼‍♀️ • Last night Wells woke up over and over again, unable to settle no matter what we tried. Of course I stayed awake stressing about potential underlying issues that could be making him cry so tirelessly, something that isn’t his norm. I poked Tom awake repeatedly, badgering him with my thoughts until he said, “he’s probably finally getting another tooth.” So this morning I tickled my son until his mouth split open in a wide giggle and there it was, the reason for the incessant drooling of the last seven months. The reason for last night’s broken sleep. And proof that Mother’s Intuition is a thing, just maybe not my thing. • Hennie has favoured Tom since her very first day. Wells favoured me during his first year (because boobs) but he’s definitely pulling away from me now and moving toward his fun dad. Everything is a phase, I know, but some days when I’m already a little vulnerable (read: hormonal) it can cut pretty deep to be “rejected” by my kids even when I know it’s healthy and completely normal. For now I’m just going to enjoy having a little space for the first time in a long time. • Are you the “preferred parent” for your kids? Is it nice? 😝 or is it exhausting (and nice)? • #mothersintuition #fathersintuition #defaultparent #rejection #emomsculation #preferredparent #attachmentparenting

It’s Thanksgiving weekend over here in Canada and while this is a holiday that we recognize is born from Indigenous practices of gratitude and is deeply rooted in a history of colonization and cultural genocide it’s still always nice to have a reminder to be grateful for the bounties and privileges that we enjoy. • Even though the ProckyFam is missing dinner with our extended family this year because our kids are sick we’re so grateful to be able to care for them in our big comfy home. To have access to medicine and healthcare for them when they need it, to have jobs to pay a mortgage so we can give them warm bedrooms to tuck them into at night. For pumpkin pie and wine to enjoy after they’ve fallen asleep. They might drive us frikkin crazy but we are so hashtag blessed! • Happy Thanksgiving to my friends and family across Canada! 🥧🍂 Saying it now so I can unplug and go cuddle my cranky, slimy babies for the rest of the long weekend.

Here in the Pacific North West we’re currently experiencing record-breaking cold temperatures for October. We still have to wait a few more weeks for our gas fireplace installation, we’re coming down with our second round of colds since Hen started preschool a month ago, and Mama’s SAD is kicking in big time even though Daylight Savings hasn’t even hit yet so this is just a quick word to say that pumpkins are cute and all but WE MISS YOU, SUMMER! You’ll always be our Number One ☝🏼😭 #countdowntoSummer2020

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