Unlearning to Parent
The johnny was pulled down to my waste exposing my stomach. It was extra fat because my thyroid had been removed a couple of months before. The fresh scar on my abdomen burned and though the pads had just been changed, I could feel that they would quickly need it again. After a difficult 30 [...]
This is real. This is pain. I think of my beautiful baby boy, brand new, forced out of his comfortable fetal position and strapped down against his will. Helpless. I think of the scalpel being taken to his unsuspecting soul. I remember myself in the hospital room, thinking of nothing but my baby. I wanted [...]
Things are different in retrospect- especially when it comes to mothering. This is what I would tell my Brand New Mom Self. by Jennifer Andersen I would tell her that she’s got it. That she is doing everything as she should and that nobody knows her brand new baby better than her. I would tell [...]
We can never be prepared for parenthood. We can think of things from our baby’s perspective though as is shared here in A Letter From Your Baby. Welcome to Our Muddy Boots! Please like our Facebook page, follow us on Pinterest, and subscribe to Muddy Prints (over there on the right), for conversation and updates! [...]
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