What I Wasted Time Worrying About When My Kids Were Young

I was a little worried when my son wasn’t walking by the time he was one. When a few more months came and went and still no walking, I grew increasingly concerned.

And the sleeping. That was the biggest worry of all. My son would only nap if I held him or nursed him. He had to fall asleep while being pressed up against me or his father, and if he woke up in the middle of the night, he’d cry (and cry and cry) until I came to get him. My pediatrician told me that I needed to “wean him” off of m...