tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post8298368504351362333..comments2014-07-08T08:34:43.653-07:00Comments on Writing the Waves... Again: To my Postpartum Self: What I Wish I had KnownLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-81380475549994890082013-08-01T12:41:27.813-07:002013-08-01T12:41:27.813-07:00That is awesome Kari. It is so all okay! Whatever ...That is awesome Kari. It is so all okay! Whatever works, works. Glad you found that support early on. So important.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-71758041214631306002013-07-29T10:48:57.875-07:002013-07-29T10:48:57.875-07:00The tribe thing was huge for me. I'm forever g...The tribe thing was huge for me. I'm forever grateful that I picked up a MOPS pamphlet in the pediatrician's waiting room and joined a local group within the first 2 months of living as a family with a baby. These were the people who encouraged me to allow her to suck a binky if it would only keep me sane. That TV was not going to melt an infant brain. That it was OK to be selfish and send my babe to the nursery during meetings. That real mothering was nothing like a parenting book. And it's ALL OK!K-Dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698636076804049947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-49139205781302612952013-07-03T05:40:27.416-07:002013-07-03T05:40:27.416-07:00Thank you Dorota!
Yes, it does get better. Thank...Thank you Dorota! <br /><br />Yes, it does get better. Thank goodness for that. It stinks that it is so hard when you're struggling and caring for a new baby. It seems so unfair, especially because it's supposed to be such a blessed time. I think we could all get better at normalizing that having a new baby can be hard and blessed. Awful and amazing. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-43679156523779240022013-07-02T19:52:09.154-07:002013-07-02T19:52:09.154-07:00Thank you Lynn!
I hope all those desperate sleep...Thank you Lynn! <br /><br />I hope all those desperate sleep deprived, second guessing mamas out there are able to find this post. <br />Oh, how I wish I would have had much needed accesss to this information when I so desperatelly needed it in the very begining. But am SO grateful that I have it now. I remember the simple but wise words of a seasoned mama who looked at me in my desperate state when my daughter was 6 months old and I was struggling so much. She told me to hang on and that "it does get better." I didn't believe her then but now I know that yes, even as new challenges arise, sometimes daily, and I have no idea what to do,it helps to remind myself of this. It does get better.<br />Still, I am so glad and find much comfort in knowing that I know where to find this post when those inevitable hard times hit. I suppose it's all part of this parenting journey.Dorotanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-76972346837088419732013-06-27T12:14:05.363-07:002013-06-27T12:14:05.363-07:00Kelly, thank you so much! A friend of mine plugged...Kelly, thank you so much! A friend of mine plugged your post on self-care at the same time she plugged this post, so I got to check yours out as well. And I suspect I am something like you, and will need to remember this advice in year, next week, and in about an hour! Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-33044592048360037742013-06-26T18:08:29.614-07:002013-06-26T18:08:29.614-07:00I love everything in this post. Especially "m...I love everything in this post. Especially "mombie". We definitely don't need any mombies running around. Though I will admit I was a mombie through a lot of my children's infancy. You've reminded me of the riptide effect of phases, because at 4 and 7 it is still true of my children. Just because they are yelling at me (constantly) this week does not mean they will end up getting expelled from high school for disorderly conduct. Make sure you take this post out again in a year and read it again. Or maybe, if you're anything like me, next week.Kellyhttp://www.perchedtofly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-14555578429169552372013-06-25T10:52:40.908-07:002013-06-25T10:52:40.908-07:00Thanks Jen. I do but I don't really know how t...Thanks Jen. I do but I don't really know how to use it! Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-22137305223486516572013-06-25T10:44:10.854-07:002013-06-25T10:44:10.854-07:00Tweeted it as well. Do you have a Twitter account?...Tweeted it as well. Do you have a Twitter account?another jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697826890724579041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-40678580768860000872013-06-25T04:18:50.791-07:002013-06-25T04:18:50.791-07:00Thank you Jen! Thanks for sharing it on f-book. Thank you Jen! Thanks for sharing it on f-book. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-71324389516962267242013-06-24T18:58:33.957-07:002013-06-24T18:58:33.957-07:00Love, love, love this! It's all so true.Love, love, love this! It's all so true.another jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697826890724579041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-29460888295358994492013-06-24T16:54:57.362-07:002013-06-24T16:54:57.362-07:00Thank you Hannah! Thank you Hannah! Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669701574781849858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192431664537672353.post-61105122015693048792013-06-24T15:21:01.813-07:002013-06-24T15:21:01.813-07:00That's great, Lynn. Just forwarded it to a fri...That's great, Lynn. Just forwarded it to a friend who has a newborn.Hannah Curtishttp://www.newapproachesme.comnoreply@blogger.com