...only cooked twice in the past five days. Three times if you count the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I made me and the kids.
...only once put on something other than pajama's. If I did do that I would have had me and the kids shower and put on clean pj's everyday though. Hey, I have standards.
...waited until the last minute to clean and do laundry.
...really been in a funk the past few days.
...found something I wasn't expecting to find. I need to pray about this one.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Bittersweet
When I found out I was pregnant with baby #3, I began praying. I prayed for a healthy pregnancy. I prayed for a healthy baby. I prayed for us to find a bigger house. I prayed for a safe delivery. I prayed for a baby with a laid back personality because I also had a 3 year old boy! I prayed she would nurse and nurse well.
My pregnancy was completely fine and almost boring. I was blessed with a perfectly healthy 7lb baby girl. We moved into our new house the week before she was born. The delivery wasn't the one I dreamed of but it was a delivery that was safe for both of us. Little girl was so easy going PRAISE GOD! I have never seen a baby smile as much as she does. Even when crying, sick with a cold and teething she still smiles. And she latched on and never let go!! HA!
With Miss Thang I did not have the support AND I was young AND I didn't so much give up but stopped because I just didn't know what to do. With Little Man he had issues and I was a mess. It was a long first year that included no sleep and little nursing. Then I had Abby. I have been surrounded by Momma's who are encouraging, supportive, and a wealth of knowledge. I am older and the hubby is older and more supportive. I was realistic this time. My short term goal was to just make it through the next feeding. My short term/long term goal was 6 months. My really long term goal was anything past that and hopefully to a year. Just whenever she was ready to stop.
Around Christmas time her Dr became worried that she was not gaining much weight. She was nursing great, hitting her milestones but just not gaining. I took some time to decide what to do and I finally started adding one bottle a day and also more foods. She was still nursing A LOT so it was fine. Then I added a second bottle and the more food. She still nursed A LOT. She started gaining weight and filling out.
Then a few weeks ago she started crawling and walking along furniture. She became mobile and was less and less interested in the time consuming activity of nursing. She is always moving and frankly my boobs don't stretch THAT far! So the past few weeks she started nursing first thing in the morning, around nap time and before bed time. Slowly the morning nursing stopped because the hubby was getting up with her a few mornings. Over the past week the daytime nursing has stopped. Then yesterday and today she did not want to nurse before bed.
So we made it to 10 months and 14 days. I am thankful to God that he allowed me the chance to experience nursing without difficulties. That I was blessed with a baby girl who loves to cuddle up. I feel okay with her being done though. I feel like it was on our time. Despite feeling okay my poor family has had to put up with a hormonal mess of a mom and wife the past couple weeks. Bless them!
Having had three kids with two not nursing for long and one that did, I have to say I offiicially do not believe that nursing makes you more bonded to your child. I think that there are so many other factors that to say it is bottle vs breastfeeding is too simplistic. I have a different bond but I don't feel any more or any less bonded to any of my kids.
I can't believe it is nearly time to plan this little girls first birthday!
My pregnancy was completely fine and almost boring. I was blessed with a perfectly healthy 7lb baby girl. We moved into our new house the week before she was born. The delivery wasn't the one I dreamed of but it was a delivery that was safe for both of us. Little girl was so easy going PRAISE GOD! I have never seen a baby smile as much as she does. Even when crying, sick with a cold and teething she still smiles. And she latched on and never let go!! HA!
With Miss Thang I did not have the support AND I was young AND I didn't so much give up but stopped because I just didn't know what to do. With Little Man he had issues and I was a mess. It was a long first year that included no sleep and little nursing. Then I had Abby. I have been surrounded by Momma's who are encouraging, supportive, and a wealth of knowledge. I am older and the hubby is older and more supportive. I was realistic this time. My short term goal was to just make it through the next feeding. My short term/long term goal was 6 months. My really long term goal was anything past that and hopefully to a year. Just whenever she was ready to stop.
Around Christmas time her Dr became worried that she was not gaining much weight. She was nursing great, hitting her milestones but just not gaining. I took some time to decide what to do and I finally started adding one bottle a day and also more foods. She was still nursing A LOT so it was fine. Then I added a second bottle and the more food. She still nursed A LOT. She started gaining weight and filling out.
Then a few weeks ago she started crawling and walking along furniture. She became mobile and was less and less interested in the time consuming activity of nursing. She is always moving and frankly my boobs don't stretch THAT far! So the past few weeks she started nursing first thing in the morning, around nap time and before bed time. Slowly the morning nursing stopped because the hubby was getting up with her a few mornings. Over the past week the daytime nursing has stopped. Then yesterday and today she did not want to nurse before bed.
So we made it to 10 months and 14 days. I am thankful to God that he allowed me the chance to experience nursing without difficulties. That I was blessed with a baby girl who loves to cuddle up. I feel okay with her being done though. I feel like it was on our time. Despite feeling okay my poor family has had to put up with a hormonal mess of a mom and wife the past couple weeks. Bless them!
Having had three kids with two not nursing for long and one that did, I have to say I offiicially do not believe that nursing makes you more bonded to your child. I think that there are so many other factors that to say it is bottle vs breastfeeding is too simplistic. I have a different bond but I don't feel any more or any less bonded to any of my kids.
I can't believe it is nearly time to plan this little girls first birthday!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
A different version of an old story
Miss Thang has been working hard this year on improving her writing skills. I am blown away by how far she has come since September. If I had learned what she is learning now, college would have been so much easier. She is learning these skills while in 3rd grade so she should be good to go!
The newest assignment was a creative writing assignment. They had three pictures to look at. The pictures told the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den. Their assignment was to write their version of the story. It had to be accurate to the time and realistic. The person couldn't be thrown into a den of butterflies or slugs. Although I think slugs could be as horrible as a lion. Anyways, I love the story she wrote and just had to share.... it is so HER!
Once there was a man named Poncho Villa. He loved the Lord with all his heart and was always telling people about God’s goodness. One afternoon while Poncho Villa was in the town square preaching, a crowd of people began to gather and listen. As the crowd grew larger a nearby guard, whose name was Ed, came to see what was going on. Ed realized Poncho Villa was telling the crowd about his God. Ed, who was a ruthless guard, bellowed at Poncho Villa to stop his preaching at once! When he refused, Ed arrested him. The crowd wailed. Ed grinned. Poncho Villa praised God.
Poncho Villa was ordered into a den filled with angry hornets. Even though the hornets were angry and began stinging Poncho Villa, he continued to praise God. After nine days Ed went to the den of hornets expecting to find Poncho Villa dead. He was not dead! Instead, he was alive, looking better than ever and still praising his God. Ed released Poncho Villa and invited him out for coffee.
The newest assignment was a creative writing assignment. They had three pictures to look at. The pictures told the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den. Their assignment was to write their version of the story. It had to be accurate to the time and realistic. The person couldn't be thrown into a den of butterflies or slugs. Although I think slugs could be as horrible as a lion. Anyways, I love the story she wrote and just had to share.... it is so HER!
Poncho Villa and the Den of Hornets
Once there was a man named Poncho Villa. He loved the Lord with all his heart and was always telling people about God’s goodness. One afternoon while Poncho Villa was in the town square preaching, a crowd of people began to gather and listen. As the crowd grew larger a nearby guard, whose name was Ed, came to see what was going on. Ed realized Poncho Villa was telling the crowd about his God. Ed, who was a ruthless guard, bellowed at Poncho Villa to stop his preaching at once! When he refused, Ed arrested him. The crowd wailed. Ed grinned. Poncho Villa praised God.
Poncho Villa was ordered into a den filled with angry hornets. Even though the hornets were angry and began stinging Poncho Villa, he continued to praise God. After nine days Ed went to the den of hornets expecting to find Poncho Villa dead. He was not dead! Instead, he was alive, looking better than ever and still praising his God. Ed released Poncho Villa and invited him out for coffee.
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