Hilaria Baldwinis sharing how she turned a minor household injury into a teachable moment about bravery with her daughter.
“So Carmen got a staple in her finger today and we had to go to the dr to get it out,” wrote the mom, who also sharesRomeo Alejandro David, 2½,Leonardo Ángel Charles, 4,Rafael Thomas, 5½,María Lucía Victoria, 2 months, andEduardo “Edu” Pao Lucas, 7 months, with husband Alec Baldwin.
“She went into shock and her mind really separated from her body,” continued Hilaria on the next slide. “After the staple was taken out, she started to return to herself again. We were talking about how the mind does funny things when we get hurt, and it’s to protect us — but then we need to make a connection again.”
“I told her how brave she was — she said, I wasn’t brave, I was crying a bit,” she recalled. “I told her that being brave doesn’t mean you don’t cry, it means you asked for help and you put one foot in front of the other and kept on … bravery doesn’t mean you can’t show emotions.”
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Finally, Hilaria explained her goal in coaching her daughter through the injury. “I want to normalize for them that being brave is allowing yourself to feel and show what you want to show. Share what you want to share,” she wrote.
On Instagram last month, Hilaria shared asweet photo of her youngest two, explaining how their arrivals mean even more coming after the previous pregnancy loss.
“Nothing will ever replace her, but two wonderful souls have come into our lives, and we are humbled to know them,” continued Hilaria. “Our children were brave during our time of tremendous grief — braver than us…and they held out hope. To experience and accept life’s ups and downs is challenging, but a reality that all of us have no choice but to receive and process. I have learned that often our children are wiser than we are and their wisdom has guided us.”
source: people.com
