MR. STORK, ARE YOU PLANNING ON EVER COMING MY WAY AGAIN???

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.

Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows in a warrior’s hand

Psalm 127: 3 and 4

“HOPE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE"

Our son is home for a month for Christmas holidays and every day, more and more, I find myself thinking about a certain very elegant ,white, feathered fellow, and wondering if he has any plans of ever coming our way again.

Our son needs a sibling so badly, as he seems to think that we, his parents are his siblings. Throughout the days, he constantly wants me to build fortes on his bed and read stories to him under those fortes, (picture a three year old and an adult on a toddler bed, and he does not seem to understand that the bed is just not big enough for both of us). I must say, I enjoy reading stories to him, even if it is on a toddler bed, under a forte, because I have tried on many occasions to read to him when he was a baby and all he wanted to do, was to spin the pages of the book himself and eat them. He also wants me to bounce with him on the beds and for me, after a couple of bounces, I have to collapse on the bed because I am out of breath. The other day he had me outside doing laps around the apartment with him. Before long I was totally out of it and he seemed as if he had just started. I sat down for a while with my hand on my cheeks, only to have him come up to me and asked ‘Mommy, why so sad, what’s wrong?’ I told him I was tired from running. He immediately said to me,” that’s alright mommy we can still run” and before I knew it, he had me running again. By the way, can anyone guess my age? Medical experts say, the best time to have children is in your twenties and it is not only for the reason that women are more fertile at that age, they also have more energy to deal with these babies who, before long turn into very active toddlers. It was never the intention, for a woman aged  forty-something be running behind toddlers (smile). I am however, not complaining at all, in fact I am very grateful for my son, and would not exchange him for anything.

I am finding out that almost everyone I know who had just one child, has a second one on the way and that is giving me the encouragement to continue our efforts in this regard. I would be lying if I said that my age was not scaring me, because it is and I also have my PCOS issues to contend with.  All in all, I owe it to myself, my husband and most of all, our son, to do this, because I strongly believe that every child needs at least one sibling to be there beside them as they grow up. I had the privilege of having six siblings and my life would not have been the same if I did not have them.

I talk a lot about adopting, if our efforts to have another biological child fails, but more and more I am hearing how long and tedious adoption is, and so I would prefer to see what our chances are with a biological one first, then if those efforts fail, we will then put all those efforts into adoption and be prepared to be in it for the long haul, because our bottom line is, We are scared to think that our son might have to grow up alone and it was never our intention for that to happen. He does have cousins, but they are far away and many are much older than he is and so even when they get together, he would still be disadvantaged, given his age.

I know God is on our side and I know you are too, continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

MY POOR BABY - Wish I could take away the pain

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows in a warrior’s hand
Psalm 127: 3 & 4

"HOPE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE"

Theo has been home from nursery for the past couple of days, with what appears to be thrush on his tongue. He also has a mild fever and seem to be in a lot of pain and is very quiet and listless. He has not eaten for almost two days now.

He looks very drawn and I hate to see him like this. We were not able to get an appointment with his doctor the minute we found out, but thankfully we have one later today, so that he can be diagnosed and treated. I cannot wait, because he looks like he is wasting away, with eyes looking larger and larger in his little head.

Since he began nursery in January, he has had a cold, which turned into flu and so he was just at his doctor two weeks ago and just when we thought we could now breathe a little, there is something else. His doctor says that when they start nursery you must be prepared for them getting sick very often, but believe me, I never thought thrush would be a part of this.

Thrush apparently is a very common condition among babies and toddlers and is very painful, so I can imagine what he has been going through for the past couple of days. I am using the fact that when I give my tongue a good bite, eating is so painful for me, for a couple of days, to judge the extent of the pain that he might be in. There are times when we try to force him to eat, but after thinking about this, we give up, knowing that this must be so difficult and painful for him.

Everyone know how much I wanted a child, but honestly, I really was not prepared for them getting sick and so I am still trying to get used to this. For Theo, who is such an animated and lively child, you would never know that he has been home for the past couple of days, because the house is so quiet.

We try what we can with home remedies that we researched, to help him with the discomfort, until he sees his doctor, like wiping and massaging the tongue with a clean damp cloth and giving him pain medication, but this has been challenging, because he just refuses to open the mouth.
He refuses to have anything done to him at all and he has been this way from he was born. He was born fighting and resisting.

I ask that you send some love this way for our precious boy and wish him a speedy recovery, for his sake and his dear mom.

Thanks and catch you next time.