Last night was one of many trying nights. My youngest (5 months) has had trouble lately settling down for sleep. It's those nights I ask myself why, why am I doing this, why won't I teach her to self sooth through crying for 30 minutes or even an hour.
Then my reasons start flowing through my head, at 4am, instead of getting angry or frustrated, I try very hard to remember these things,
-She is a baby who belongs with her mother
-She is not ready to be alone
-She cries for a REASON, and it is my job to find out what she needs
-At this age she is, and should be, totally dependent on me
I have never heard anyone say being a mother was easy, so why is everyone trying to cut corners? Why are we so bent on making our own lives easier, when it's resulting in hurting others?
"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you." Isaiah 49:15
Think about it.
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