I Want to Be a Dinosaur

Meghan Krein
Nov 7 · 3 min read
Wanna play dinosaurs?

There are a million-and-one things that are stressful and anxiety-provoking about being a parent. Take, for example, the breathing thing. My daughter, Isla, is 7 months old and I still run into her room in the middle of the night to see if she’s alive.

The other day she was at her grandma’s, napping in her Pack ’n Play when I went to pick her up. Right away, I noticed she was lying on her stomach and rushed over to check…

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Meghan Krein

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Mama. Writer. Storyteller. Anxiety hoarder. Tapioca lover. Horoscope believer.

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