A Work of Heart

• Jan. 22, 2006 - Oh Baby!

Posted in Homeschooling

My sister just sent me some pictures of her first baby (born in December). Oh they are so precious!! She is such a beautiful baby! You can see the love that her and her husband have for this baby of theirs. It makes me so anxious to see this little one growing inside me. To be able to hold him (yes, after three girls, God has seen fit to bless us with a boy), kiss him, snuggle him...

It also makes me look at my growing children with more love and admiration. Time goes SO FAST!! I look at my almost 6 year old (only two weeks away) and remember when she was that small. It brings tears to my eyes to remember those first few days of being a new mom. And now I look at the young lady she is becomming. Such a wonderful helper around the house. And a great teacher to her siblings too. She will make a great wife and mother some day! Glory to God alone for that.

We had some alone time today (she still has an hour quiet time, but after that, while her other siblings are sleeping, she and I have some alone time). I made my belly bare while she rubbed it. She felt the baby move for the first time (the baby has been moving for a while now, but this is the first time SHE felt it). The look of awe and wonder on her face was PRICELESS!! We came downstairs and I searched for web pages that would show her the baby growing inside the amniotic sac (I included a link to the site I liked best at the end of this entry). She was FASCINATED!! She pointed out the veins and we talked about what they were and did. We talked about amniotic fluid. We talked about placentas and umbilical cords (she kept checking her belly button LOL!). We talked about nutrition. She was so fascinated by it all! And her most concerning question (she was so concerned for me and the baby) was why he kept kicking me. LOL!! I kept showing her how smushed baby brother was inside Mommy and he needs to stretch every now and then.

It was amazing the science lesson I got in with her in such a short amount of time! Who needs curriculum? :D

And even though my other two are still a bit young for all the science behind it, they are not too young to enjoy the baby. They know that baby brother is growing inside Momma. They like to hug and kiss the baby. And soon they too will be able to see and feel baby kicking inside Mommy. :D I wonder what discussions await when that time comes!! :D

Also, check out this WONDERFUL article on welcoming little ones.

Here is the site that I liked with picctures of the baby growing inside Momma http://www.pregnancy.org/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment1.php

• Jan. 22, 2006 - Sweet Post

Posted by SusannahCox

It choked me up!

I have a 4-year-old who is riveted by books about baby's growth and development. (We're expecting too.) I'll have to check out your link! I'm sure my older girls would enjoy it too.

By the way, I love the picture you chose for your avatar. It's precious!

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• Jan. 22, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by appleleaf

Hi,
I'm so glad you visited my blog. It's such a great way of comparing ideas and finding out what others are doing. Like yourself, I'm veering more and more away from text books, or the "school at home" approach that I tried for the first year and a bit after taking my kids out of school. It takes such a lot of coercion to make them come up to the table for something they really don't want to do but which you THINK they should do! For the last several weeks I've been standing back, quietly observing, and it's been really interesting and great just seeing what they've come up with without even realising that they're learning anything. I can really see that the unschooling and natural learning schools of thought really have a lot going for them. In fact, it brought tears to my eyes, after my looooong, frustrating go at bombarding them with text books which I really thought was the right thing to do at the time. I think I'll be learning more and more about the natural, child-driven approaches for a long time to come.
You have a very beautiful family and I hope everything will go well with the impending arrival of your little boy.

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• Jan. 23, 2006 - Hey Hey HEY!

Posted by Anonymous

I love the new look of your blog! Thanks for emailing me t olet me know where it was. When the info is posted in my comments section, I post so frequently I forget about it until it is too late. But you are bookmarked now... :-) Thanks for the links you gave in this post...I am checking out the baby pictures as we speak and I loved reading the post about welcoming baby. I am also glad to have found Brenda's site again. :-) Hope all is well! Rebecca

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• Jan. 23, 2006 - How wonderful

Posted by Juliestew

to be blessed with a boy after three (did you say?) girls. We have three boys and then a baby girl. She's growing up way too fast for me. I know we have our quiver full but oh how I miss babies. Can I come hold yours???
Julie

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