{"id":1232,"date":"2012-12-11T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2012-12-11T09:08:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:08:45","slug":"my-baby-is-growing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"My Baby Is Growing-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s happening. My little boy is growing-up. He is shifting and beginning to move through that little boy to young man stage.<\/p>\n

I never imagined how challenging this time would be or could be, both for me and for him. He\u2019s coming up on 9 years old and he is becoming aware of so many changes. \u00a0He\u2019s aware of girls, how he\u2019s seen by them and by other boys, he\u2019s questioning himself, he physically looks different and interestingly he\u2019s mourning the growing loss of his little boy-ness.<\/p>\n

I think most kids go through this in silence, but maybe because we\u2019ve always talked about things or maybe because it\u2019s just his nature, it\u2019s hard to say, he\u2019s been very open with what he\u2019s feeling and experiencing. He\u2019s confused, he\u2019s fearful, he\u2019s doubtful, he\u2019s anxious, he\u2019s sad.<\/p>\n

This is by far the toughest growth phase I\u2019ve experienced with him.<\/p>\n

Some have said it\u2019s because I can\u2019t possibly understand what he\u2019s experience, since I haven\u2019t gone through it (being that I\u2019m not a man.) Possibly, but I think it\u2019s something else.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s because in order to make this shift, he feels he needs to push away from me, so he is conflicted with the closeness we have always shared, the ability to talk to me about anything; and with this picture that to grow-up means he doesn\u2019t need me or shouldn\u2019t need me. What is happening is that he wants things the way they have always been, but then he feels the need to push me away. It\u2019s confusing for me, so I\u2019m sure it\u2019s confusing for him.<\/p>\n

For me, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m supposed to hug him or give him his space, so for the most part I\u2019m following his lead.<\/p>\n

I do think there is a conversation to be had about \u2018pictures.\u2019 Pictures are those pieces of information that we think are fact but are really just projections of society and culture. For example they color the way we think we are supposed to act, or the way we think a situation should play out. Our lives don\u2019t have to follow a TV show\u2019s formula or even a classical novel\u2019s storyline.<\/p>\n

Our lives are always ours to create how ever we choose, if we have the awareness to embrace that choice . I\u2019d like Caidin to remember he has that choice as he gets older.<\/p>\n

(C) 2012 Christine Agro<\/p>\n

Christine Agro is a clairvoyant and a metaphysical expert. Through her unique insight she helps to bring conscious awareness to every stage and phase of our lives.<\/p>\n

Join Christine at The Conscious Mom’s Guide(TM)<\/a>, a free membership site where you can connect with a growing group of parents interested in supporting their children consciously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s happening. My little boy is growing-up. He is shifting and beginning to move through that little boy to young man stage. I never imagined how challenging this time would be or could be, both for me and for him. He\u2019s coming up on 9 years old and he is becoming aware of so many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":495,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conscious-parenting-2","category-life-as-a-conscious-mom"],"yoast_head":"\nMy Baby Is Growing-Up - Life As A Conscious Mom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Baby Is Growing-Up - Life As A Conscious Mom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s happening. My little boy is growing-up. He is shifting and beginning to move through that little boy to young man stage. I never imagined how challenging this time would be or could be, both for me and for him. He\u2019s coming up on 9 years old and he is becoming aware of so many…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Life As A Conscious Mom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-11T14:08:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-12-11T14:08:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/files\/2012\/12\/MP900439383-300x197.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My Baby Is Growing-Up - Life As A Conscious Mom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"My Baby Is Growing-Up - Life As A Conscious Mom","og_description":"It\u2019s happening. My little boy is growing-up. He is shifting and beginning to move through that little boy to young man stage. I never imagined how challenging this time would be or could be, both for me and for him. He\u2019s coming up on 9 years old and he is becoming aware of so many…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/","og_site_name":"Life As A Conscious Mom","article_published_time":"2012-12-11T14:08:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-12-11T14:08:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/files\/2012\/12\/MP900439383-300x197.jpg"}],"author":"Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/","name":"My Baby Is Growing-Up - Life As A Conscious Mom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/files\/2012\/12\/MP900439383-300x197.jpg","datePublished":"2012-12-11T14:08:03+00:00","dateModified":"2012-12-11T14:08:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab2ad4b6b50dd6754949eada3dd3331"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/files\/2012\/12\/MP900439383-300x197.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/files\/2012\/12\/MP900439383-300x197.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/my-baby-is-growing-up\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My Baby Is Growing-Up"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/","name":"Life As A Conscious Mom","description":"Parenting, Parenting Advice, Tips For Moms and Lifestyle Advice for Women","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/#\/schema\/person\/9ab2ad4b6b50dd6754949eada3dd3331","name":"Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom","description":"Christine Agro has degrees in Naturopathy and Western Herbs from The School of Natural Medicine and is an internationally recognized Clairvoyant and Spiritual Teacher. Her work focuses on supporting women, families and children in all phases and stages of their lives. She is the author of 50 Ways to Live Life Consciously and the creator of The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Standard and Special Moms' Edtions). Using her unique approach, Christine provides clients with a truly holistic overview of their health, wellness, well-being and their life journey. Praised by grateful women, parents, and celebrity clients across the globe for her intuitive and extraordinary gifts as a healer, she has been hailed as \u201cmagical\u201d, \u201ctransformational\u201d and \u201cinspiring.\u201d Christine has been featured in The New York Times and hailed a gift to moms by RealSavvyMoms.com. She has been interviewed on radio shows around the world, quoted in health and consumer magazines and e-zines nationwide and she is the founder of The Conscious Mom\u2019s Guide website. \u2022 Christine enjoys supporting women in all stages and phases of life. \u2022 Christine sees the power of today\u2019s children and seeks to support them in retaining their inner light. \u2022 She believes in living life passionately and purposefully. \u2022 She believes in the body\u2019s natural ability to heal and supporting that ability. \u2022 She believes children are conscious beings who have an unlimited capacity to understand and learn. \u2022 She believes children should be treated with respect and given the support and guidance to help them understand the world they have chosen to live in. \u2022 She believes all relationships offer us insight into what we want to learn and heal this lifetime. \u2022 She believes we all have the power to live a passionate and purposeful life. Using her clairvoyance combined with her background in naturopathic healing, herbs, homeopathy, aromatherapy, nutrition and more Christine offers conscious insight and healing support into areas such as relationships, parenting, pregnancy and spiritual growth. Find out more about Christine Agro, her work and how to schedule a reading at www.christineagro.com and check out The Conscious Mom's Guide at www.theConsciousMomsGuide.net to join a growing group of conscious parents.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.theconsciousmomsguide.net"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/author\/cagro\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}