New parents share stories of the trials, joys, challenges and hopes of parenting
![How I Found My Parenting Intuition photo 1](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/image3.jpg)
Learning to block out the barrage of baby blogs, books and social media to become my own parent
![Heartbreak After Heartbreak photo](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/1(1).jpg)
From fertility and pregnancy challenges to losing a child, my husband and I have endured the unimaginable.
![Poked and Prodded on the Way to Parenthood photo 3](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/2.jpg?n=8502)
More than a dozen procedures and one amazing baby later, I now seem like a ‘normal mom,’ but I never will be.
![Mary and Me and Our Jewish Family photo](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Family-2018.jpg)
Fulfilling my dream of raising Jewish children with my non-Jewish, same-sex partner.
![Bringing Up Jewish Baby Vol 2](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Bringing-Up-Baby-Vol2.jpg)
Whether your parenting journey has been simple or complicated, hilarious or heartbreaking -- we want to help you tell your story and share it with those who can relate to or learn from it.
![Parenting at the Heart of Uncertainty photo 1](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Oy-Rodin.jpg)
Our newborn’s heart defect forced us early on to accept what we can’t change
![Trusting My New Parent Instincts photo](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Oy-Rori-Soffer-image.jpg)
How parenting got easier when I put aside the books -- and my expectations
![The Realities of Being an Older Mommy photo](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/iStock_71224261_MEDIUM-oy.jpg)
All the medical advances in the baby-making business that made my pregnancy possible won’t change the fact that I’m going to be an older mom for the rest of my hopefully long life.
![Raising Jewish Children, After Losing One photo 1](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Oy-Taylor-and-Family.jpg)
How our son’s stillbirth shattered our faith, and how we found it again.
![In-Laws are Grandparents Too photo](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Amy-Cohen.jpg)
What our family has learned navigating the in-law/grandparent-grandchild relationship and how we have made it a successful experience for all.
![Bringing Up Jewish Baby photo update](/uploadedImages/Articles-Oy/Baby/Bringing-Up-Baby-2.jpg)
There’s nothing more joyful or difficult than being a new parent, and raising the perfect mensch is no small task. So, we at Oy!Chicago, in partnership with jBaby Chicago, thought we’d honor these parenting war stories with a special blog series, “Bringing Up Jewish Baby” to give a voice to parents who have been through it all -- the good, the bad, and the poop.