Breast feeding is not getting much better though... For some reason, pumping just DOES NOT work for me, even when my breasts hurt so bad they feel like they are going to explode... and the kiddo is just peacefully sleeping, impossible to awaken. I can't wait until I get the good pump. It will be in a couple of weeks, but eh, better late than never. Hopefully it will work. The Playtex Embrace I had was too small for my nips, haha. I am now using a cheap Lansinoh manual pump... it works okay, but like I said, it's nearly impossible to get anything out of me ;/...
Liam had his first outing yesterday with me and my sister... he went with us to Dinner & Devotional. Everyone enjoyed him being there. There were two young twin boys there that I really just... couldn't stand. They were sweet, cute, blah blah.. about 3 or 4 years old... but they just didn't understand the limits with babies. Especially my new, sweet, untouched 2 week old baby! I had him in his carseat the whole time because he was sleeping, and I sat on the floor with it next to me. One of the twins came up and some point and ripped his hat off and walked away... it was COLD! My poor baby. The other one crumpled up some toilet paper and dropped it on the baby and then walked away, while we were all in prayer. I have to admit, it was hilarious, and everyone who saw it suppressed laughs. But still.. wtf? And don't even get me started on when I literally had to tackle on of the twins to stop him from stepping on my baby!!!
I cannot wait until Liam is old enough to participate in the youth group. I don't want to raise him in a particular religion, but I think that allowing him to be apart of the BaHa'i Faith will give him a greater understanding on religious / worldly unity. I want him to be able to make his own choices. I guess I should look into taking him to a Christian church as well... when he's a little older. I'm glad I have a few years to get all this sorted out, because I'm not sure the kind of approach I want to take. I guess it's hard for a kid having an atheist for a father and an agnostic theist for a mother, a BaHa'i for an aunt, and a Mormon grandmother (as well as most of his great-aunts/uncles, 2nd cousins, etc) ... The only religion in his family I don't really want him exposed to is Mormonism.. at least not until he is much, much older. I just want him to learn to be open-minded, loving, and accepting towards everyone.
Maybe he can do a better job at being a good, non-judgmental neighbor than his mommy.
Anyway... I'm not sure why I wrote all this. Just something I've been thinking of.
Oh, and a side note: I think going to devotional the whole time I was pregnant paid off. He slept like a baby (lol) through the congas and the singing.... In fact, he seemed extra calm during our worship...
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