3 yrs residency
3 yrs fellowship
To prepare to be a doctor
And I'm good at it.
Really good.
No training
No classes
No manuals
To prepare to be a parent
And I feel like I'm often failing at it.
Really failing.
It's exhausting and overwhelming
But we finally get the hang of it
Think, ok I can do this.
Time for another one.
Then the rules change.
The kids are completely different.
The dynamics are changed.
It's impossible to prepare.
Impossible to learn from the mistakes.
The missteps.
The struggles.
And the laughter
Remind us something is going right.
It's gonna be ok.
And the big, independent kids make us miss the cuddly, snuggly babies.
We've got this.
We can make it work again.
So three kids it is.
Each challenge new.
Each age, each development milestone, every year, every kid brings new tests, new tribulations, new angst.
Without a roadmap.
Or sometimes even a compass.
Make the self-doubts and demands of parenting that much harder.
It's hard being a grownup.
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