11 October 2007
this should go without saying
but dont ever trust me again if i claim to have anything figured out in the parenting department. all has returned back to normal in our little apartment... a certain almost seven month old has taken up his regular position of sleeping right up against his mother and nursing whenever his greedy little heart desires. at first i welcomed the return and hugged his chubby little body close and just breathed him in thinking crunchy granola thoughts like, "dont ever fight against a mothers intuition and nature again. this is just as it should be. this is what motherhood is all about: nurturing, closeness, trust." and about two hours and a couple of feedings (snacks really, swigs, mindless nursing) later my thoughts turned into a culminating wave of acceptance that i had nothing figured out and hopefully someday he will be able to sleep in his own bed and wont call me from his first scouting trip (he'll have a cell phone when he's 12?? and furthermore it will work in the mountains? that's 11.5 years from now- anything could happen) to pick him up so he can nestle in sideways with arms and legs outstretched between me and thomas- leaving a slither of space for me to be wedged in all night where i can easily admire how cute my child is as he kicks me in and out of a restful slumber.
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I always have those "natural mothering" crunchy granola thoughts too and then seriously regret it later...
Why is that?
Can we say "boundary issues" ?
Steph... I love reading your posts because you seriously are the best writer and make things seem so interesting! Good luck with little Ambrose. It makes it all worth it considering he is so dang cute! Have lots more babies!
we are having the same issues. ugh.
Lovely.
Ambrose is just so cute. I am starting to think he inherited all of your manipulative and conniving ways.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't figured out a way to "just say no" to the mid-night feedings. One of these days I'm going to get those 8 hours I keep hearing about.
yeah, throw intuition out the window... Grant's the boss at our house too.
Who could resist little Ambrose? He is too cute!
Steph,
I could give you some lessons on how to be a mean mom. I totally ripped the baby monitor out of the wall last night at 3am after being up like 15 times before. Email me if interested in lessons.
J
I'm far from having everything figured out (my 2 1/2 year-old is sitting in the living room right now sucking her binky and watching Sesame Street) but sleeping is an issue where I'm strict for sanity's sake. Let me give you some unsolicited advice: the book "On Becoming Babywise." It's saved my life and probably literally my kids' lives.
"crunchy granola thoughts." i have never had one before, but i am intrigued.
in fact, i love it.
motherhood has never appealed to me more.
i often have crunchy granola thoughts and hardly regret them, but sometimes they are not compatible with the reality of certain situations. these type of thoughts seem to come up the most during situations where mothering and nurturing are involved (go figure) and that is mostly great because it's like nothing you could describe even if you tried (i generally end up sounding so so cliche when i do try)-- so i am glad that it appeals to you because as soon as you start producing little jones' you will undoubtedly have them... perhaps you'll be the crunchiest of us all. :)
Hey Steph! Your son is adorable! I loved reading your blogs, they are so funny! I find it hard to think of what to say! But you are really good at it!
Good luck with the mothering. By the time you reach your fourth child you have everything figured out and can raise a perfect child!
Right?
exactly mama!
haha--Crunchy granola thoughts!
When it comes to being a mom all of my thoughts are pretty much that way. My child sleeps with me and has from the day we got home from the hospital. She also still nurses whenever the heck she wants.
I've read that when your baby is going through a hard time (teething, hurts!) they need to be comforted more than normal (ie. nursing0.Which is probably why he is wanting to be close and nurse all night. His little teethies hurt. I've noticed Kaiya is especially more clingy and stuff when she's teething.
funny considering what others have said, my friend was reading this post and she said, "wow she's a really great writer---" i agree, but miss the most how you make me laugh in person. also, i love that we share the same half crunchy granola, half practical(?) SOUL.
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