I'm a midwife, mother of a preemie and have worked in sensory processing for many years. My comments reflect my experience and observation.
Premies (and this baby looks tiny) are usually hyper sensitive to touch especially the stroke type. I was bothered by the tap water running over the baby like it was a dish in the kitchen sink. The baby kept rooting for the breast. Where was it? Newborn babies tend to check out when they are overstimulated and can look so peaceful and asleep because they have left their bodies from the stress. Newborn babies are not dirty. How about skin to skin with Mama? Bath with mama. Not like a dish in the sink.
Love hearing this lLisa, looks beautiful and sounds great, I initially read "wondering" instead of wandering and it sounds like maybe there is some wonder (openness, innocence, pure receptivity) to your wander. Blessings on your journey where ever it takes you.
Beautiful! Love the new banner Lisa, you have such a gift ~ an eye for color, images and beauty and a knack for putting it together. Not too much at all, really lovely and creative.
Good for you Heather and thank you for your frankness. The surrendering that mothering asks of us can be so hard, certainly the world around us does not recognize it. It was with my children's emergence from early childhood around age seven that I felt myself begin to have the energy and the interest in the outer world again and now I miss those babes in arms and snuggles and cuddles and days that felt out of time. Enjoy the sweetness of being present with your littles and know that it is the greatest gift we can give to each other, to be present. It used to be it was the grandmothers who got to do all the knitting and the great aunts..one day that will be us,
I just love the vitality that flows out of you Ginny, the passion for life and appreciation for the beauty of it all so exquisitely shared. What a gorgeous post! Love seeing your mom and stepdad and I love the photo of you too. What stories ~ life is so rich.
So loved, yes. And right at home. Let's have some tea and play darts.
Ginny, it looks like Vermont. The coffee drinking child looks just like our family. And what an important message. It is fleeting. Thank you.
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