Today I read a very emotional blog at http://adailyscoop.blogspot.com/. My sister had told me about this blog that is being written by a mother who recently lost her 14-month old daughter to drowning. I had put off reading it because I knew it would be emotional. It was, and I've spent the past hour crying. But it's not so much a sad blog as it is an emotional blog of a mother working through her feelings and professing her faith in God. It's actually a very faith-promoting blog. After reading it, I am again convinced that I should hold Baylie as much as possible. I recommend this blog to anyone dealing with grief.
Reading her blog also makes me want to share the experience of my miscarriage, but I'll do that another day. For now, I'm going to go snuggle with my daughter and be grateful I have her.
3 comments:
You're right, there is no such thing as too many hugs or "spoiling" your baby by holding her too much! Your instinct are good. We've only ever even put Navab in a stroller once and that was only for about 3 minutes (she didn't like it). Carry your baby, wear your baby! :)
Amen to what Lacey said. I just finished reading "Our babies, Ourselves" - an outstanding anthropological study of motherhood. In a nutshell, it's 100% natural to want to hold your baby and have her near you all the time. All that "spoiling" fuss is cultural, not based on any sort of scientific research.
We're so happy for you and miss you oodles!
I'll be at HQS Thursday morning, so hopefully I'll see you there.
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