How to raise a child is merely a preference. If a child is loved and taken care of properly, than that is all that matters!
Last edited:
Help Me! I'm STUCK in OB!!!
- Thread starter Iowa Roo Mom
- Start date
Quail_Antwerp said: "I don't care what it did to my body, the end result was worth it!
I have these five, beautiful pieces of my husband that are just so precious!!! They are the living beauty of our love, and they are our legacy to this earth. I wouldn't change it. None of it."
That's exactly how I feel! Sure, I don't have a bikini body. In a hundred years, who will care? Or 20 years, for that matter! We all end up looking like hell in the end anyway, so who cares?
I used to work at a nursing home and we had 2 ladies who shared a table at mealtime. One was high-maintenance-- fancy wig, make up, jewelry, and all. The other was a regular old gal who had 20 kids! The fancy lady (Betty) saw them all visit on their mom's birthday, and I found her crying a little later. When I asked Betty what was wrong, she said, "That woman has so much love! I didn't have children because I didn't want to ruin my figure for my husband. Now the old *fart* is dead, and I have no one to visit me but my sister, and she's an old witch!"
It's interesting to think of it from a "too late" point of view.
I have these five, beautiful pieces of my husband that are just so precious!!! They are the living beauty of our love, and they are our legacy to this earth. I wouldn't change it. None of it."
That's exactly how I feel! Sure, I don't have a bikini body. In a hundred years, who will care? Or 20 years, for that matter! We all end up looking like hell in the end anyway, so who cares?
I used to work at a nursing home and we had 2 ladies who shared a table at mealtime. One was high-maintenance-- fancy wig, make up, jewelry, and all. The other was a regular old gal who had 20 kids! The fancy lady (Betty) saw them all visit on their mom's birthday, and I found her crying a little later. When I asked Betty what was wrong, she said, "That woman has so much love! I didn't have children because I didn't want to ruin my figure for my husband. Now the old *fart* is dead, and I have no one to visit me but my sister, and she's an old witch!"
It's interesting to think of it from a "too late" point of view.
Last edited:
Quote:
When we worked at a preschool, we would have an "adopt a granny" program where we would have visits from the nursing home and story hours read by the grannies (my granny ran the nursing home for 25 years & our building and thiers were nextdoor). Many of the grannies in our program never had visits by thier own grandchildren, and they loved coming to read the stories, and visiting the benches we put up around the playground.
Now I agree children aren't for everyone, my sister doesn't want them, would rather not have the responsibility, and put herself on 5yr birth control, so she could have the freedom she wants. My aunt, who would be a wonderful mother, her husband got into an accident a month after they married, and had a vertabrae crushed. He needs help to bathe, toilet, and everything else. They love each other very much, but she says she doesn't have the time to devote to them both, so no children for her. Again a well thought out decision.
After losing my daughter in a car accident, before she was born, I've been lucky enough to have 2 sons, there is nothing I wouldn't do or pay for them, both were planned and very much loved. All 3 of us made different choices, but they are all equally valid, and we are all equally pleased with how it worked out.
When we worked at a preschool, we would have an "adopt a granny" program where we would have visits from the nursing home and story hours read by the grannies (my granny ran the nursing home for 25 years & our building and thiers were nextdoor). Many of the grannies in our program never had visits by thier own grandchildren, and they loved coming to read the stories, and visiting the benches we put up around the playground.
Now I agree children aren't for everyone, my sister doesn't want them, would rather not have the responsibility, and put herself on 5yr birth control, so she could have the freedom she wants. My aunt, who would be a wonderful mother, her husband got into an accident a month after they married, and had a vertabrae crushed. He needs help to bathe, toilet, and everything else. They love each other very much, but she says she doesn't have the time to devote to them both, so no children for her. Again a well thought out decision.
After losing my daughter in a car accident, before she was born, I've been lucky enough to have 2 sons, there is nothing I wouldn't do or pay for them, both were planned and very much loved. All 3 of us made different choices, but they are all equally valid, and we are all equally pleased with how it worked out.
- Thread starter
- #44
Well, now that this has turned into a huge debate over breast feeding vs. bottle feeding and how to properly raise a child....
In case anyone wants to know, I survived my night in OB last night
In case anyone wants to know, I survived my night in OB last night
Quote:
Glad for you, I think I started the fight by noting some of the mother may perfer to room with thier little ones and nurse them, so you may want to get that situated to have less under your direct care. Really I didn't think it was a controversial idea.
Glad for you, I think I started the fight by noting some of the mother may perfer to room with thier little ones and nurse them, so you may want to get that situated to have less under your direct care. Really I didn't think it was a controversial idea.
- Thread starter
- #46
Quote:
Nah, no big deal. We had 13 mommies and 12 babies last night, 2 ICN babes. All of them ate at different times, the girls up there like to have them on a schedule if they're bottle babies- a feeding every four hours with the night shift feedings being at 0100 and 0500. But let me tell you, that NEVER works out
ALL of them were eating at different times, all night long. Some were bottle babies, some were breast babies, some were both. Some mommies want to breast feed but can't because they do not produce enough milk- it's all personal preference I guess.
But after my 12 hours up there, I'm still saying that MY personal preference is NOT to have a baby just yet
Nah, no big deal. We had 13 mommies and 12 babies last night, 2 ICN babes. All of them ate at different times, the girls up there like to have them on a schedule if they're bottle babies- a feeding every four hours with the night shift feedings being at 0100 and 0500. But let me tell you, that NEVER works out
But after my 12 hours up there, I'm still saying that MY personal preference is NOT to have a baby just yet
Lol I can understand that, in highschool my mom signed me up to volenteer in the church nursery, 2 hours of 20+ screaming infants was an excellent incentive to not become a teen mother (she's one of those worse case people).
Reading the OP was further affirmation that rooming in with my babies for the short time we were in the hospital was the right thing to do!
I was a nervous wreck when they had to go to the nursery. (first two) By my third everything that needed to be done with the baby could be done in the room with me-just how I liked it.
I'm nervous with other people's babies as well, so I can sympathize with OP... If they all start crying it isn't like you have liberty to hold and soothe them all at once!
I was a nervous wreck when they had to go to the nursery. (first two) By my third everything that needed to be done with the baby could be done in the room with me-just how I liked it.
I'm nervous with other people's babies as well, so I can sympathize with OP... If they all start crying it isn't like you have liberty to hold and soothe them all at once!
Quote:
AWWW. So sorry. I used to actually ask to be sent to the nursery once my shift was over. I liked it. I don't want kids of my own, but other's are nice to hold & smell of for a minute.
Hope you get back to the ER quickly!! I know it's an exciting place!
AWWW. So sorry. I used to actually ask to be sent to the nursery once my shift was over. I liked it. I don't want kids of my own, but other's are nice to hold & smell of for a minute.
Hope you get back to the ER quickly!! I know it's an exciting place!
Quote:
I am glad your night went well! Personally I LOVED working in OB (as a CNA...I am on the waiting list to get into the nursing classes), and I know that is what I want to do once I am an RN. But you are right, Everyone one of is different and has our own preferences. I hope you get to the ER soon.
Sorry about adding to the Bottle Vs Breast feeding debate. I wasn't intending to, but...sometimes things slip
We really do care about how your night went!!
I am glad your night went well! Personally I LOVED working in OB (as a CNA...I am on the waiting list to get into the nursing classes), and I know that is what I want to do once I am an RN. But you are right, Everyone one of is different and has our own preferences. I hope you get to the ER soon.
Sorry about adding to the Bottle Vs Breast feeding debate. I wasn't intending to, but...sometimes things slip
Similar threads
New posts New threads Active threads
-
Latest threads
-
-
-
-
-
Cleaning molted feathers to make a cat toy- Started by PacificChorusFrog
- Replies: 5
-
-
Threads with more replies in the last 15 days
-
-
Over researched and made myself anxious about coccidiosis- Started by Echelontheory101
- Replies: 67
-
-
-
-
