All tagged Holidays

Creating Meaningful Family Rituals and Traditions

Creating Meaningful Family Rituals and Traditions

Rachel Parris
Parenting

Welcoming a new baby into your family is a time of change and transformation. Because things are already shifting, it’s also a time that lends itself well to updating your rituals and traditions around the holidays.

There are many reasons we hold onto old rituals and traditions (you love them, social conditioning, passive aggressive family shenanigans, obligation) but it never hurts to take stock and see if what you’ve always done is still working for you now.

(Bonus, if your family or friends get weird about it, you can blame the baby. 😏)

Here are five questions to consider for building the type of holiday time that serves you and your family:

6 Reasons Holiday Birthdays Aren't So Bad

6 Reasons Holiday Birthdays Aren't So Bad

Rachel Parris
For Fun

If your baby is estimated to arrive sometime this month, you may have felt a little bit concerned when you first did the math - we all know how much it sucks to have a birthday close to Christmas. But have no fear! Since Christine and I both celebrate our birthdays within two weeks of Christmas, we thought we would compile a list of reasons that having a birthday close to Christmas actually rocks...