B+C+B+C+B+C: I kindof live for moments like this....

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

I kindof live for moments like this....

I just realized with a post title like that, I should be talking about something precious my children did/said. Or a snuggle moment or something.
But I'm actually referring to an email I just received from a Grandma who called me, as a La Leche League Leader, for help for her daughter and 2 day old baby. Normally we like to talk to the MOM, not relay info through any third party, even a husband. But the mom wasn't available, so I had a brief conversation with Grandma about the problem, offered some suggestions, emailed info and diagrams showing some specific techniques, then didn't hear from them again. Which I always try to assume is a good thing, though it could also mean they gave up and don't want to talk to me anymore. But today I got this: "Chelsea,Thank you so much for your time and resources. We had been trying to pump, but did manual expression as you suggested and stopped the pacifier use. We fed baby the expressed milk with an eyedropper, at the breast, instead of the bottle. It was a rough couple days and a lot of prayers, but now it's clicked and she's a great nurser! I think you were right and the skin-to-skin helped the milk come in more. We appreciate your time and advice so much! Sincerely, Happy Grandma and even happier [mom's name] and baby :)"

Annnddd.... now I shall enjoy the "lactation helper's high" for the rest of the day :) This is the best volunteer-gig ever.

Because I like to include a picture with every post, here's one. My first reaction to seeing this and reading the story behind the trans-dude "breastfeeding" was the same that much of America gave to the cover of the TIME mag with the mom nursing her 4 yr old. "Umm, NO. [shaking head] Mm-mmm. No. Nope." But of course, I'm totally on Team Normal-Nursing-Duration, and see nothing wrong and everything right with the concept behind the (awkwardly posed) TIME photo. So I can't be one to judge the right/wrongness of THIS guy. He's likely motivated by love and desire to give what's best and "normal" (ironically) to the baby. It's definitely NOT the plan. But since I can't do anything but blog about it.....let's focus on that fact that he got Dr. Jack Newman as his lactation helper! Lucky wannabe-mom-dude! If only I could have Newman's skillz, I could easily fulfill my dream of becoming a bonafide IBCLC.

1 comment:

Hohmann Family said...: So glad you get emails like that every once in a while to know you are helping people out. As for the photo - I'm a little weirded out. But hey, like you said, it's not part of the plan, so I don't have to feel comfortable with it, eh?; March 2, 2013 at 4:13 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

I kindof live for moments like this....

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