Thanks for all your comments about cosleeping. It makes me feel much better about it. If you have anything else to add, please do!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
"Real" family life
Yesterday evening it was 76 degrees and sunny when Ken was driving home from work. I was just dying to get out of the house, so I called him and asked if he wanted to meet at Ritters for ice cream. So Madeleine and I met him over there and had dessert before dinner! (We made sure to tell Madeleine that this was a special occasion and not a normal thing ;-) It felt so good to get out and go have ice cream as a family. Then we got home and decided to take a walk - so we walked all the way down the street and back. Kids were out playing and riding bikes and parents were out watching. And Madeleine seems to love her sling and being outside in the fresh air! Then we got back home and got to talk to our neighbor for a few minutes. It was a great evening and felt like how things were "really" going to be with a baby (as opposed to being cooped up in the house all the time!)
Thanks for all your comments about cosleeping. It makes me feel much better about it. If you have anything else to add, please do!
Thanks for all your comments about cosleeping. It makes me feel much better about it. If you have anything else to add, please do!
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4 comments:
Cute sling picture! :)
RE: your comment on ecological breastfeeding on my blog...hope you find that info useful. We've used it with all our kids, and I always have a year of ammenorrhea with each one, and then pretty infertile cycles for several months after that, so it does work, if you follow the principles outlined. A lot of women swear it doesn't work for them, but upon further questioning, they weren't following the rules and/or watching their fertility signs. Ecological breastfeeding is wonderful, and I highly recommend it for all its benefits for both mom and baby. There is a book written by Shiela Kippley, Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing. I'm sure you can get it from CCL, or from cathswap on yahoo, used and cheap.
With cosleeping, I also wanted to add that it doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing. What we've done in the past was start baby out in the cosleeper or bassinet next to our bed, so he would sleep the longest stretch there, and then bring them to bed when they wake to feed and let them stay there. Sometimes you just need a little space or some time alone with hubby, and that's fine. Do what works for you.
In the long view, cosleeping is just a moment of your child's life...if she lives to be 70, that year she spends with you in bed will seem like nothing, while at the same time giving her benefits of health and security that will last a lifetime.
HTH!
I love that sling!
Sounds like such a lovely evening! And your sling is beautiful...so much more pretty that the denim one that's lasted me through all three of my kiddos! ;)
I love Michelle Halpin's comments on cosleeping and ecological breastfeeding. It's like reading words that I myself could have written practically verbatim! Strange...I'm heading over to her blog right now! (So, I guess all can add is...I agree with Michelle!) :)
I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better about the arrangements that are working for your family right now. And that really is the important thing: that, for RIGHT NOW, these are the choices that are working best for you all! Savor every moment, because these sweet baby days really are too fleeting.
I love the picture of Madeleine in the sling...she is darling!
Kathryn
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