It’s a first
29 Aug 2007 1 Comment
in Family, health and fitness, parenting
Wow. I had to take Becca to the doctor tonight. *sigh* Becca has been following Grace everywhere around our apartment these days – and being the big sister that she is, Grace doesn’t like having a shadow all the time. While I was in my room sweeping I heard a door slam followed by Becca crying hysterically. Oh boy. Grace slammed the door and Becca was flat on the floor. I disciplined Grace once I managed to see that there was no blood anywhere near Becca and then I went and picked Becca up to comfort her. She would not calm down. I decided to look her over to make sure there wasn’t anything else going on with her. It was about 2 seconds later that I saw her pinky on her right hand. It was dented with the yuckiest bruise on it. I thought for sure it was broken because it just looked so gross! I immediately prayed and asked God to heal it if it was broken and then called Rich to have him come home. I took Her to the dr’s and they were pleased that I had brought her in because “you never know for sure if it’s broken because they are so little, blah blah blah”. Thankfully it’s just severly bruised. Praise God! I know it’s just a finger and just a bruise, but knowing for that hour that I had to wait, that my little girl could be broken even minimally was so emotionally traumatizing! This is my BABY and I can’t protect her all the time. Our lives are so fragile and so are our bodies. I’m so thankful to have my two precious girls be so healthy and full of life.
Thanks God. I definitely can’t do this parenting thing without you. Or life for that matter.
Let the Games Begin
04 May 2007 Leave a Comment
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Who will win? Grace and I are duking it out this morning so to speak. She insists on not obeying me and I insist that she does. God please give me your wisdom and grace towards my sweet girl.
I want to pull my hair out!!!
02 May 2007 Leave a Comment
Let’s see…. Becca went to sleep at 12:30 this afternoon. I put Grace in at 1:00. She automatically woke Becca up - and they both have been screaming since. Oh yeah, it’s also 2:30 right now. Ah the joys of having a toddler and infant share a room. This is also not ok because Grace and Becca did the same exact thing yesterday and Grace was just so difficult by the end of the day. I admit it…I can’t stand this. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I really really really really really really really really suggest not having your children share a room when they are so little unless you absolutely have no other choice. It just bites. I’m just praying that they will cry themselves to sleep at this point. Grace is so hysterical and Becca keeps falling asleep and then being woken up again by Grace’s screams.
*So Grace is now sleeping soundly after I took Becca out to nurse to sleep. Thankfully they are both sleeping now. Hopefully I can get something done around here now!
21 Feb 2007 1 Comment
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A very wise friend encouraged me as a parent today. She said to not take Grace’s disobedience personally. She is a child and has something to learn and as parents we are the one who are to train and teach our children. Parenting really is hard work! As I was praying for wisdom on how to parent Grace specifically I heard God tell me to feed her. I need to feed her with scripture. I also need make sure that she is not physically hungry. When she is hungry she disobeys often and becomes difficult in general. I’m off to go feed my daughter now.
Becoming more Aware
05 Feb 2007 Leave a Comment
Ok, so I have this habit of making sure that my clothes and hair look ok in the mirror before going somewhere. I used to have a full length mirror in my old house but I don’t now so I use the big mirror over my couch. Well this morning after I got Grace dressed and brushed her hair I cought her turning to look at herself in the mirror. This got me thinking, am I being a bad example for my daughter? I really don’t know. When I look in the mirror for a double check, I’m making sure I don’t have something awful on my clothes and that my hair doesn’t look like I just crawled out of bed. But watching my sweet 2 year old do this is seriously making me think about what I do becuase she is bound to copy me.
co-sleeping
31 Jan 2007 4 Comments
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So co-sleeping with your baby has gotten a bad reputation over the years. I personally feel that it is one of the most natural ways to sleep while protecting and providing for your new baby. I have had both of my babies in bed with me as newborns and I know many people who have done the same. It’s an easy way to tend to those midnight snacks and 3am parties that babies insist on having. So when I read the article that the link below leads to – I get very sad. Sad because of what the press and public assumes to have happened. Sad because others can be judgemental if they discover that you co-sleep with your baby. Sad because dr’s. often disaprove of co-sleeping. Sad because babies aren’t able to have that physical contact that is so important for them (and for the mother)…..I mean, they just left the womb and aren’t ready to sleep away from you just yet. Ok, so now, I also want to say that I don’t think it’s wrong if a mom decides to not co-sleep with her baby. Sometimes it’s just too hard to sleep with a new baby with all of their little noises and the fear that the mom may have of hurting her baby….so anyway, read about what happened…..if you want. It’s about co-sleeping and how a baby died. It made me angry because it was assumed that the mom smothered her baby, but it could have just been sids or a reaction to shots, or it really could have been what they say happened. Anyway, that’s my rant for now. The link is below. If you are sensitive to reading about how babies get hurt please use your own judgement on whether or not you should read the article. Ok, let me know your thoughts.
