As I get more years as a parent under my belt, I feel like I have so many more tricks up my sleeve! Plus now that we're on our second kid, I have a better sense for what is a genuine crisis (i.e. almost nothing) versus what is just the usual shenanigans. A lot of what we worried about with our firstborn turned out to be stuff that's just a phase, and that passes on its own.

That said, there are lots of curveballs that I'm not sure how to handle. For example, our daughter isn't sleeping enough these days for complicated reasons, and I'm not sure how to fix it. And she hasn't really been eating much at all for about 4 or 5 months - ever since we traveled overseas, and since she started a new preschool (she ate great at her old daycare).

Every time I think I have the kids figured out, they morph into someone I don't recognize and we have to figure them out all over again! So overall, I'm not sure if I'm getting better or not as a parent. But I can say for sure that I'm more relaxed about the ups and downs of parenting! Now if only I could get more sleep... these middle of the night wake ups are killing me!

Are you getting better at parenting?