This weekend I have been feeling much improved from how I felt earlier this week. I think it is because hubby is around and I’m able to take it a little easier and have less responsibility. He has been helping a lot.
I’m a little worried to start another week, but I will try to stay relaxed and calm. That seems to help a lot. I also need to keep a balance of staying busy, but not doing too much.
Hubby and I went on a date Friday. It was so nice. He has been working long hours and it was great to be able to talk to him without interruption. We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse (very good, first time there) and then drove around before we went back to the kids and the sitter. We talked a lot about moving, etc. Ever since that conversation, I have been able to not focus on it so much. I think we will end up not moving until after the baby. We will offer to take care of the yard and things while the in-laws are away, just to help out. There is no way all of our stuff can fit into their house without us getting a storage unit and they would have to get one too and I think they want to keep a lot of their stuff there. I don’t blame them. I would want to just leave and come right back without the hassle of moving. I would also want to have my house taken care of. We can do that.
Our Home Teachers came over today. (Home Teachers are two people from the congregation of the church that come at least once a month to check on an individual family and to make sure they are okay and to share a spiritual thought. They often become great friends and people whom you can trust to call on in emergencies. It’s a great program.) They were complimentary to the way we are raising our children and teaching them. That meant a lot to me at this time in my life.
Since becoming pregnant I have had the question come to my mind, “Can I do this? I have my hands full already. I think I might be already at my limit of how many children I can nurture and rear.” So, the compliments of the Home Teachers was well timed. By the way, they don’t know I’m expecting yet. No one does except my chiropractor, my best friend and hubby’s parents, oh, and all of you. :) Luckily at lds.org it is easy to search for encouraging thoughts for parents about how God will help us raise our little ones. We are doing His work when we raise our children and He wants nothing more than for our children to know His Divine love for them. We are not alone, thankfully.
4 comments:
Sounds like your DH is putting the needs of his wife before other things. Good for him. He sounds like a Godly man and wonderful head of his household. Double moves (you and the in-laws), multiple storage units (you and the in-laws), family displacement during pregnancy didn't sound like the calmest way to nurture your new daughter (hopefully...4 boys scares even me...) Remember to protect the time to nurture your body.
Emily (GatewayDreamer...Lessons, Thoughts, and Dreams on Beck site)
Thinking of four boys makes me want to take a nap. :)
I remember feeling so overwhelmed early on in each of my pregnancies. No matter where we are in life, the change of a new baby is a BIG change. Remember that your older boys will be even older when this new baby comes. It amazing how much more they will be able to do for themselves. It's good that they are learning to do things (like clean up after themselves LOL)...some kiddos don't get the opportunity to learn those things.
And btw, a postpartum doula is a mentor/servant for the postpartum period. I go to a mama's home after she is home with the baby and do whatever I can to help her. Some doulas are very educational oriented as far as breastfeeding instruction, baby care basics instructions, etc. I am much more practical. I prefer to do the laundry and clean up the kitchen so mama can hold her baby...or rock a baby so mama can play with a newly displaced older sibling. I have a post on my mama blog from last November or so about what a doula is.
Hope that answers your question...
Noelle, you are hired! That sounds like a cool thing to do. I have heard of a labor doula, but not a post partum doula. How useful and needed! I will check out your site for your explaination.
Thanks for the encouragement. I just need to take one step at a time. It always works out. (sometimes it just has some tears to go with it. :)
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