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Originally posted by Bungleau:
RevRuby, you might check for other post-partum support organizations in the area. I know out here there were a number of groups for newborns and their parents. Of course, with you have a few kiddies, it gets harder to make those, but I believe one of the most important things you can have, if you're going through post-partum issues, is someone or ten you can call on just to vent and scream.
On a side note, it sounds like Erilyn is really excited about having a little sister. You might consider giving her some ground rules about where she can help out so that she can feel important but not get in the way.
Perhaps she can be the "wipe dispenser" at changing time, or the "burp rag stocker" who's responsible for making sure there's a burp rag in every room. Or if Carol is bottle-feeding, perhaps Erilyn can feed her every so often (under supervision, of course). Let her feel important and involved, and maybe she'll back off on the annoying stuff. Maybe. Just maybe.
Good luck, and if you get frustrated, head on over here. There are plenty of shoulders around [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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thnx Bungleau. i have been thinking of starting a mothers group in my area or trying to find one.
i do try to let erilyn help, unfortunately at 16mos it's hard to know if she understands what i want out of her. she can throw diapers away and she can feed carol, except that she gets distracted....easily. she is very much like our ferret. with throwing out a diaper she can get distracted by any toy or cat along the way and those gosh darned bottles are just so colorful and have all sorts of animals on them! i am trying so hard...she hovers over me like a worried g-ma when i give carol a bath, as if to say "don't get her face wet!, clean between all the piggies....are you sure you don't want help?" she is very cute and wants to be mommy so bad. but i also worry cause nathan taught her to head butt, she has head butted carol, and after being headbutted myself i feel so bad for carol...it really hurts!
well i'm up and awake at 430 my time because carol is just not sleeping! i will not get to nap tomorrow because she likes to be up when erilyn is napping. and even tho i have been bouncing this child for a half hour she does not look one bit sleepy, she has been up since 230! erilyn never pulled htis unless she was hungry and justice at least pretended to be sleepy.......
at five i'm gonna hand her off to nathan, i know he works but i need some sleep tonight....some...even if just 1 consecutive hour.