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"Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." Titus 2:3-5 (NASB)
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"Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass" I Thessalonians 5:24 (NASB)
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•Praying God's Word Day By DayBy Beth Moore
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•Munich SignatureBy Bodie ThoeneFrom The Zion Covenant Series
We have a praise! The breastfeeding is going a little better. Both yesterday and today, it didn't hurt nearly as much when Sugarplum nursed. And there were some times that didn't hurt at all!!!! Yay!!! I am still supplementing with formula and most likely will continue to do so. But I am just ever so thankful that it's not hurting like it was when she nurses. I will be honest - the breast feeding has been an up and down thing. Some days I felt like it just wasn't going to work and would contemplate stopping altogether. I've done the pumping and there were days where it just seemed like pumping long term would be unrealistic. I have wanted to breast feed from the moment I found out I was pregnant (actually even before then as I knew I wanted to breast feed whenever we had another baby). So you can imagine how happy I was yesterday (and today) when she nursed and it either didn't hurt or it hurt considerably less than it had been! I just want to praise God for this. And not only that, but she had a really good night last night. She slept really well. So that was also absolutely wonderful!
It appears that Sugarplum is starting to have a little bit of a schedule already. Although it's nothing solid yet, she does seem to be having a similar routine at night now. I'm noticing that for several nights now, she is waking up around the same times to eat. I think we are on our way to getting a routine going in our home before too long. That will be nice. Once Sugarplum gets more on a routine, we can work school back in. My hubby will be picking up school work until I am ready to jump back in. I think my daughter is ready to get back into the swing of school again after having a few weeks off. She has had almost two weeks off since we've brought Sugarplum home. I felt like the children needed time to make adjustments as well. So we haven't even tried to do school right yet. But I think my daughter is ready. So hopefully, my hubby will begin working with her maybe some this week and then more next week. My son is currently working with his grandpa (my father owns his own business) doing apprenticeship work. So he will pick back up with his school when he's finished with the apprenticeship work. Working with his grandpa is something we've had planned for a long time for him to do over the summers during his high school years. However, my parents went ahead and asked if he'd want to go ahead and work with my dad now. So he won't go over the summer this year since he is working with him now. We'll just extend his school year if need be this year since he will be home during the summer.
I look forward to getting into a routine again. My hubby has been so wonderful. He continues to do things around the house (cleaning, laundry, cooking, etc.). I am so truly blessed. Him doing these things have allowed me to relax and focus on Sugarplum. She's wanted me most above anyone else and so my hubby has just stepped right in and kept up with everything around the house so that I don't have to worry about any of it. He definitely deserves the Husband of the Year award if there were one. I thank God for blessing me with such a wonderful, loving, sensitive, servant-minded, Godly man. My daughter has also been a help as well. She is very much a mother hen. And she has been more than willing to help me with Sugarplum.
I am so glad that the baby is feeding better and sleeping better. It does take a while to get your "new normal" schedule running smoothly but do not fret it will come! I am thankful that all is well with you and your little one!
Kristine
www.mamaarcher.com
Sounds like your doing well. I am so happy for you. I hope the breast feeding continues to go well. That isn't an easy thing to do. Hang in there.
HUGS,
Christy
I am so glad to hear you are doing well! Breastfeeding can be challenging at times.But it is so worth the hard work :) I will keep you and your family in my prayers, have a great weekend :)
The ultimate goal of Christian home education is to train children to impact the world for God. We want our children to not only hear and learn God's Word, but also be doers of God's Word. Therefore, we strive to teach them:
SERVICE - How to serve God and others
ACHIEVEMENT - To do the best they can in all they do from academic subjects to chores to serving others and more
LOVE - To love God and one another
TRUTH - To live their lives based on the absolute Truth of God
The name of this blog is the acronym for these four areas that we strive to teach our children:
S.A.L.T. - Service, Achievement, Love, Truth
I am still supplementing with formula and most likely will continue to do so. But I am just ever so thankful that it's not hurting like it was when she nurses. I will be honest - the breast feeding has been an up and down thing. Some days I felt like it just wasn't going to work and would contemplate stopping altogether. I've done the pumping and there were days where it just seemed like pumping long term would be unrealistic. I have wanted to breast feed from the moment I found out I was pregnant (actually even before then as I knew I wanted to breast feed whenever we had another baby). So you can imagine how happy I was yesterday (and today) when she nursed and it either didn't hurt or it hurt considerably less than it had been! I just want to praise God for this. And not only that, but she had a really good night last night. She slept really well. So that was also absolutely wonderful! 
