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There are times in life when you are forced to pause from the everyday busyness that you are accustomed to. When I think of times in my life when there were peaceful pauses, I think of the first few weeks after each of my children were born. There’s that time after you’ve returned home from the hospital, when your body is recovering and you are adjusting to life with a new little person, when life seems a bit suspended. My favorite times were the middle of the night feedings. It wasn’t that I loved being up in the middle of the night, it was that I loved being up in the middle of the night with a newborn. It was just us, the world outside quiet with sleep, the sound of the clock ticking, the gentle snores of other members of the family who are fast asleep. These were precious moments, times of bonding that I will always cherish. At those moments it feels like nothing else matters but making that newest blessing know that they are loved and cared for. Just a mother feeding her child, like mothers have done since the beginning of time.
I love that you loved the middle of the night feedings. I confess that those were times of stress for me, because I had 2 that struggled with breastfeeding and it always seemed harder when I was so tired!
Thank you so much for having me, Dierdre! And Lisa, I know just what you mean. I encountered just about every problem known to the breastfeeding mother, at least most of them. It wasn’t always easy, but these were sweet times. I hope you were able to get through the hard times!
I loved these moments too…even as tired as I would be. 🙂
It’s nice to have an excuse to wear pj’s all day and order in dinner, not to mention the adorableness of baby eyes at midnight.
I had moments where I felt exactly the same way and moments where I have to admit I was too tired and stressed to really enjoy it. Such is motherhood! I do look back on those moments even more fondly now that I can fully appreciate how little time we had to share such moments. Wonderful moment shared!
so much truth and beauty! I guess I am so used to only hear people complaining about the middle of the night feedings that it’s refreshing to look at the other side. the good one, that makes us even closer to those little beings. can’t wait to experience that again soon.
Interesting read! I loved these moments too..
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I loved those quiet moments, too… though I preferred them not in the dead of night. 😉
how sweet
Lovely post. I can’t really remember the night feedings anymore. Probably blocked them….LOL
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That sentence–“it wasn’t that I loved being up…”! Yes! So true!
As we added our 3rd and 4th children to the family, I was especially aware of the pause that a new baby brings to me as a mother. It’s delightful!