Here's my Mother's day entry

We all are products of the society, yet, many of us choose the path that is quiet different from what our society sees as normal. That means that there was a person in your life that influenced you more than the whole world gone mad! And yes, chances are that person didn’t point out the things you were doing wrong, didn’t make you feel guilty, didn’t imply that you were a faliure of a mother.
Mine was just like that! I started as a very mainstream parent with all the staples – a gorgeous nursery for a baby, a huge stroller, a beautiful crib.., a hospital birth and an epidural.
My mother came over for the first few months after birth to help – to make the baby take a dummy and nurse no more than every 3 hours, to give her gripe water for “colic” and to take her away at night so she learns to sleep through the night. I remember her voice when she was warning me to never NEVER fall asleep with my baby!
Motherhood was stressful back then – my daughter just didn’t want to ‘behave’! We went as far as CIO with her, that didn’t work well either, since everything in me was crying with her.
And then there were ladies at LaLeche – calm, confident, gentle. They just gave information, never judging or implyng anything. I remember my first call – I had mastitus! What? You want me to feed her every 2 hours even through the night? I wonder what went through that leaders head as she was talking to me Simple suggestions worked like a charm – I was as good as new the next day.
At the meetings I found out that some mothers sleep with their babies, I never even suspected it was an option! Once we tried, there was no turning back! That’s when I actually felt like a mother! Not just old me stuck with this screaming thing. That was the begining of my motherhood jorney – about 1 year after I gave birth!
There was a second baby born naturally at a birthing center and a third, born in at home. 8 years of continuous breastfeeding, cloth diapers, elimination communication, full term weaning, gentle discipline, and now homeschooling… all because of a few nice ladies just being there, sharing the wisdom of mothering with all who are willing to listen. Never judging, always helpful with whatever you are going through.
On this Mother’s Day I want to say THANK YOU to LaLeche League women who were there for me and for many other mothers, filling the gap in this interrupted continuum society we live in.
We all are products of the society, yet, many of us choose the path that is quiet different from what our society sees as normal. That means that there was a person in your life that influenced you more than the whole world gone mad! And yes, chances are that person didn’t point out the things you were doing wrong, didn’t make you feel guilty, didn’t imply that you were a faliure of a mother.
Mine was just like that! I started as a very mainstream parent with all the staples – a gorgeous nursery for a baby, a huge stroller, a beautiful crib.., a hospital birth and an epidural.
My mother came over for the first few months after birth to help – to make the baby take a dummy and nurse no more than every 3 hours, to give her gripe water for “colic” and to take her away at night so she learns to sleep through the night. I remember her voice when she was warning me to never NEVER fall asleep with my baby!
Motherhood was stressful back then – my daughter just didn’t want to ‘behave’! We went as far as CIO with her, that didn’t work well either, since everything in me was crying with her.
And then there were ladies at LaLeche – calm, confident, gentle. They just gave information, never judging or implyng anything. I remember my first call – I had mastitus! What? You want me to feed her every 2 hours even through the night? I wonder what went through that leaders head as she was talking to me Simple suggestions worked like a charm – I was as good as new the next day.
At the meetings I found out that some mothers sleep with their babies, I never even suspected it was an option! Once we tried, there was no turning back! That’s when I actually felt like a mother! Not just old me stuck with this screaming thing. That was the begining of my motherhood jorney – about 1 year after I gave birth!
There was a second baby born naturally at a birthing center and a third, born in at home. 8 years of continuous breastfeeding, cloth diapers, elimination communication, full term weaning, gentle discipline, and now homeschooling… all because of a few nice ladies just being there, sharing the wisdom of mothering with all who are willing to listen. Never judging, always helpful with whatever you are going through.
On this Mother’s Day I want to say THANK YOU to LaLeche League women who were there for me and for many other mothers, filling the gap in this interrupted continuum society we live in.