tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post8474817770150917630..comments2024-02-09T18:05:09.362+11:00Comments on owlet: in the trenches...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038992332864003462noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-26759782062906650342010-12-12T11:22:33.695+11:002010-12-12T11:22:33.695+11:00oh no! was that after the park!? my two were stuff...oh no! was that after the park!? my two were stuffed so I had a quiet afternoon for a change lol, not so for you by the sounds. Isnt a comfy bed an absolute must have for new mummas!?. I wonder if bubbas get 'daddy withdrawal'? I remember doing the same thing many times, handing baby to dadddy as he walked through the door and watching them promptly fall asleep contently xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-72776798692711725012010-12-10T23:26:31.456+11:002010-12-10T23:26:31.456+11:00Hope you had a better day today. Those early weeks...Hope you had a better day today. Those early weeks are so difficult, especially after about week 3 when the blissfully sleepy bub 'wakes up' and becomes unsettled for a while, husband goes back to work and the frozen meal supply starts drying up (that's how I remember it anyway). <br /><br />Wishing you a gentle weekend Lauren, with naps xSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432884881847945178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-76347797335477599222010-12-10T19:55:20.677+11:002010-12-10T19:55:20.677+11:00Thankyou thankyou thankyou so much for writing thi...Thankyou thankyou thankyou so much for writing this. This gig is damn hard, made even more so by the unspoken pressure to not speak of it, as if our ideals and values are made less authentic if we have to struggle through them like 'everybody else'. I hear you on your good days, and I hear you on your bad days too, and if the only village I have to offer you or seek from others is a pair of listening ears (or reading and empathising eyes), then they are yours :)<br /><br />Crap day here too, btw.<br /><br />:)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580692106162316063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-9253762576824408072010-12-10T14:49:00.493+11:002010-12-10T14:49:00.493+11:00Ah, Lauren. Kate's on the money. In all respec...Ah, Lauren. Kate's on the money. In all respects.<br /><br />I have these days all the time. Mothering three littlies is such hard work, let alone introducing the torment of sleep deprivation to the mix. <br /><br />Sending you fellow Hobart ♥♥♥ and empathising. J xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743336097657087832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-28497452302475291742010-12-10T11:36:15.934+11:002010-12-10T11:36:15.934+11:00I love this post Lauren.
I don't love that you...I love this post Lauren.<br />I don't love that you had a tough day but I love your honesty and your reality. I am struggling with the perfect image of mothering that so many blogs put out there. The reality is that some days are tough, some are boring, and some have us questioning everything. That doesn't make us bad mothers or unfit parents, it is just the truth and there is a good chance that you woke up this morning and the world looked a whole lot different. I hope so anyway.<br />I wish you so, so many more good days than bad. I wish those owlets of yours speedy recoveries and I wish more honest, realistic parenting posts in blogland.<br />Have a happy and fun weekend. XXKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234467488696653117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-48638725230844185042010-12-10T09:51:00.391+11:002010-12-10T09:51:00.391+11:00I hope you did have a sound nights sleep! Those da...I hope you did have a sound nights sleep! Those days are exhausting, when everything seems just plain HARD! I'm glad you can find the positives in your days, especially with little sickies on your hands & a new born, it's not easy.. I hope today is a brighter one xmel @ loved handmadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089482748571082995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-13454699878747653022010-12-10T09:31:28.129+11:002010-12-10T09:31:28.129+11:00Huge hugs. I know those days so well.
Deep breaths...Huge hugs. I know those days so well.<br />Deep breaths and a moment to recharge, and just sit in quiet always helps when hub or a friend can take over.<br />Much love to you.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898998929180875867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-69509020947134412272010-12-10T00:56:40.335+11:002010-12-10T00:56:40.335+11:00I was going to ask if you want me to give you a ha...I was going to ask if you want me to give you a hand tomorrow as Bri will be with D - washing, caring for owlets of any size, whatever you need - then realised Huz will probably be home. But still, the offer's there any time - just call. The village awaits :) Much love xxxNynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-27801094740309792452010-12-09T23:43:38.176+11:002010-12-09T23:43:38.176+11:00I always feel like I want to smother mothers who h...I always feel like I want to smother mothers who have shared a tough day in sloppy kisses. Not just to help them recover but to thank them. For every one of us who occasionally talks about the hard stuff we come closer to breaking down those ideals and ideas that most women have to be perfect mothers. Hugs for your tough day babe, and big sloppy kisses for sharing it.Buffy Stun-Hershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457770956881570334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-55720147413153815002010-12-09T23:32:14.476+11:002010-12-09T23:32:14.476+11:00Hugs. I know those days and they are tough.
May to...Hugs. I know those days and they are tough.<br />May tomorrow be much easiershaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066555033670929245noreply@blogger.com