Okay, Ethan's eaten, Lauren's eaten, Lily's nursed, who am I forgetting??? Oh, yeah, me. I learned my lesson after last week. I tend to get really busy and honestly eating can be a big pain sometimes; however, as I'm nursing a little baby and providing for her, I have got to eat or she doesn't get her fill. After a few days last week of Lily fussing a bit after a long nurse, I started to wonder if she was getting enough. I haven't been getting the sleep I need, I've been tired, and I've forgotten to eat several times, so when I was organizing toys last week and thought I was going to pass out, I told Brett I was really dizzy and needed to sit down for a bit. To my surprise he told me I needed to sleep more and take care of myself. I stopped and kind of took inventory of my activities and I've realized I'm neglecting my number one advice I always give to nursing mothers, take care of yourself first. A mom can't possibly care for children, at least not as well as she can, if she doesn't first make sure her basic needs are met. I'm not saying I must have perfect nails and make-up on to care for my kids, I'm saying I've got to remember and make more of an effort to sleep enough, eat enough and exercise so that I'm in top condition for mothering. After just a day of sleeping more, I took a nap, and eating all my meals, Lily is once again my perfect little Lily. Content, happy, adding even more chubby rolls (if that's possible) and today she rolled over for the first time!!! So proud.
On a side note, after avoiding having to give a talk in church in our last two wards, I guess our number was up. We got the call last week and got it over with today. I'm so glad it's done, not a big fan of public speaking. I did make an effort to improve on my speaking skills. I made a basic outline of the things I wanted to cover, adding scriptures and quotes where needed, and I only looked down at my paper periodically to keep track of where I was. I would happily just write it out and read it word for word from the paper, but I've noticed that it makes for a really dull talk. Hopefully people got something out of my efforts.
2 comments:
I'm the same way when it comes to talks, I have to write it all out so I don't forget something. We've avoided it forever too and thankfully still doing so, but I'm sure they'll get us one of these days!
We're not very good at avoiding talks at all. The good thing is, once we talk the first time, they never ask us to speak again. So maybe you won't have to talk again for a while!
Taking care of myself is the hardest thing I remember to do each day. After 12 years of nursing and being pregnant, my body shut down this last year. I know it is mainly due to lack of eating, sleeping, and exercise and learning to manage my stress. I'm glad that you were able to have quick results when you took time out for yourself. This is a good reminder!
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