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The Loneliness of Parenting a Child with a Disability

Kristina Mulligan

4 min

The Loneliness of Parenting a Child with a Disability

It’s interesting to think about the trajectory of life, and how different your circle looks throughout.

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Kristina Mulligan

3 min

One of "Those" Days

Those days really know how to kick us when we’re already down. It’s like they can sense our vulnerability.

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Kristina Mulligan

1 min

Our Road to CP - VIDEO

I took to another vlog this week to address the questions I've been asked about Flynn’s road to diagnosis and what that looked like for u...

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Kristina Mulligan

1 min

A Journey With Food - VIDEO

This morning, I talked at length on IGTV LIVE about the feeding issues we’ve dealt with and some of the strategies we’ve used!

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

Extraordinary, Not Disposable

It infuriates me. It brings me to the most heartbroken tears. It makes me want to shake people and make them understand.

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Kristina Mulligan

3 min

How Does She Do It?

Maybe it’s time to tell the truth.

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

May 13th

To me it’s known as “the day that never was.”

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"The Pandemic Workday Has Obliterated Work-Life Balance"

Kristina Mulligan

3 min

"The Pandemic Workday Has Obliterated Work-Life Balance"

What I am hoping is that as everyone returns to the office and former life resumes, there is perspective.

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Kristina Mulligan

3 min

The Advocate

It’s constantly being stuck between caregiver, advocate, and mother, trying to decide what’s best and wishing to be just “mommy” for once.

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Mom Guilt: What is it and what can we do about it?

Kristina Mulligan

3 min

Mom Guilt: What is it and what can we do about it?

mom•guilt /mɒm-ɡɪlt/ (noun): the unhappy feelings caused by thinking or feeling like you did something wrong, like missing your child blink.

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

The Fixer

In the beginning of all of this, sitting in labor + delivery with my barely-there baby bump, my first instinct was that I could fix it.

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Kristina Mulligan

1 min

Be A Buddy, Not A Bully

The reality, especially for a special needs parent, is that even a place for “all-abilities” often caters, still, to the “physically able.”

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Embracing the change, while changing diapers.

Kristina Mulligan

3 min

Embracing the change, while changing diapers.

Ali Dunn tells her story about the constant change in motherhood, and how being the parents of a preemie makes that change even harder.

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Kristina Mulligan

4 min

The End of "Wait + See"

“A diagnosis is not a prognosis,” a wise doctor once said to me, as I was deep in panic.

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Kristina Mulligan

3 min

Today was hard.

I would do anything to help you to succeed, to give you the life that you deserve. Sometimes, this means that I must do hard things, like p

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

The Not-So-Terrible Twos

I’m sure, whether you have children or not, you are familiar with this stage of toddlerhood.

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

The Rockier Path

I was tired of fighting in a world that others get to enjoy, while I have to cut down metaphorical trees to make my own path of happiness.

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

Taking Down the Mom-petition

Who invented the mom-petition?

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Kristina Mulligan

3 min

I Am A Supermom.

I’m a mom, and those three letters carry so much weight, responsibility, and love in so many different ways for every type of mother.

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Kristina Mulligan

2 min

Preparing for House Arrest...

Preemie quarantine is the practice of significantly decreasing the likelihood that your premature baby will be exposed to harmful germs.

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