Category: Managing Grief with Older Children

After losing her baby sister when she was 2.5 years old, our oldest daughter, Caroline has had a lot of grief. She has so many emotions. One of the big ones is just anger. She’s angry that she didn’t get any time with her sister. She’s angry that she didn’t get to play with her…

Hi everyone! I know many of you already saw this information posted in the TFMR facebook group. I wanted to make sure it reached everyone, however, so I am sending it out via email as well. I am writing a children’s book series to help walk our kids through the grief of losing a sibling…

I’ve been silent recently. Quiet. Absent. There’s so much going on and also so little going on. I feel like I should be able to handle everything. I feel like I have no reason to be struggling at times. Then I realize I have every reason and it’s ok. Our daughter is struggling. If you’ve…

Children are so beautiful.  They are blissfully unaware of the social awkwardness of some of the things they say. It’s such a gift. I am almost 30 weeks pregnant, and everywhere we go, people ask one simple question to Caroline. “Are you having a little brother or a little sister?” Caroline is turning 4 this…

6 am rolled around- Caroline was awake and calling for me. It was November 25, 2017…the day before her third birthday. Babywise confession: Even though her official wake time is 7 am (when her my tot clock turns yellow), I usually let her come into my bed if it’s after 6 am. Prior to that,…

A few nights ago Caroline was in bed. She called us into her room. My husband took a turn this time. I listened on the monitor to see how it was going. My tears were instant as Caroline asked Daddy some questions… “Will we get another Chelsea?” (Chelsea is our dog that died when Caroline…

A small miracle happened tonight. Caroline went to sleep WITHOUT calling us a million times, crying, or screaming! A month and a half ago, I would have never guessed that our perfect Babywise baby, our awesome sleeper, was going to go through such a tough time when it came to bed. She’s been putting herself…

The last month and a half has been full of changes in our house, and all of these changes, combined with Caroline’s age, has made for the perfect storm. Caroline is passionate. She is emotional. She is sensitive. We now know that Caroline is considered to be a highly sensitive child. Read more about this…