Comments on: Looking forward http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/ Family life commentary by Amy Scott. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Amy Scott http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-39317 Amy Scott Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:55:56 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-39317 Dear Sleepy Mommy, I'm glad to be a blessing to you. I have a special place in my heart for sleep deprived moms. I pray that the Lord will send you some relief. Make sure your Baby Cakes has a very full tummy. Sometimes they do better when they begin solids and start chunking up. I love fat babies, don't you? Yawn.... Dear Sleepy Mommy,

I’m glad to be a blessing to you. I have a special place in my heart for sleep deprived moms. I pray that the Lord will send you some relief. Make sure your Baby Cakes has a very full tummy. Sometimes they do better when they begin solids and start chunking up. I love fat babies, don’t you?

Yawn….

]]> By: Sleepy mommy http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-39097 Sleepy mommy Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:45:14 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-39097 I found this website by searching under the heading 'praying for baby to sleep' on my mobile(through some miracle of science I will never understand) at 3 am, after getting up to put my baby boy to sleep for the umteenth time. When I read your and some of the other moms comments, I wept, both out of exhaustion and relief. There were other moms out there who new how I felt! I have not had a longer than 2 hour interval of sleep for more than 7 months now, and each night I speak to my Jesus pleading for sleep for baby and me. I get despondent some times but I will stand strong in His word, for He has never let me down. Thank you for your website, it's given me a place to share my thoughts and to glean hope from others in my predicament. I found this website by searching under the heading ‘praying for baby to sleep’ on my mobile(through some miracle of science I will never understand) at 3 am, after getting up to put my baby boy to sleep for the umteenth time. When I read your and some of the other moms comments, I wept, both out of exhaustion and relief. There were other moms out there who new how I felt! I have not had a longer than 2 hour interval of sleep for more than 7 months now, and each night I speak to my Jesus pleading for sleep for baby and me. I get despondent some times but I will stand strong in His word, for He has never let me down. Thank you for your website, it’s given me a place to share my thoughts and to glean hope from others in my predicament.

]]> By: At A Hen's Pace http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25816 At A Hen's Pace Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:22:51 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25816 Amy, Look out, but the most self-absorbed people on the planet have got to be 13 year old daughters!! You've got awhile to go before you have to deal with that one. :) I say it with love, though, and enjoy the comedy! One of my friends assures me it gets better around 15--the age at which her own daughter once asked, "Oh, you mean...it's not all about me?" Amy,

Look out, but the most self-absorbed people on the planet have got to be 13 year old daughters!! You’ve got awhile to go before you have to deal with that one. :)

I say it with love, though, and enjoy the comedy! One of my friends assures me it gets better around 15–the age at which her own daughter once asked, “Oh, you mean…it’s not all about me?”

]]> By: anonymous http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25811 anonymous Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:51:28 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25811 I'm not really worried about having another newborn and not getting any sleep. I don't think I've had a great night's sleep since my first was born almost 4 years ago. He was almost 2 before he really slept through the night, and by then I was so used to being up, that I don't sleep well now anyways!! I'll be prepared for number 2 this year. Of course, maybe I'll get lucky and this one will be my sleeper (not holding my breath) I’m not really worried about having another newborn and not getting any sleep. I don’t think I’ve had a great night’s sleep since my first was born almost 4 years ago. He was almost 2 before he really slept through the night, and by then I was so used to being up, that I don’t sleep well now anyways!! I’ll be prepared for number 2 this year. Of course, maybe I’ll get lucky and this one will be my sleeper (not holding my breath)

]]> By: anonymous http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25812 anonymous Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:51:28 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25812 I'm not really worried about having another newborn and not getting any sleep. I don't think I've had a great night's sleep since my first was born almost 4 years ago. He was almost 2 before he really slept through the night, and by then I was so used to being up, that I don't sleep well now anyways!! I'll be prepared for number 2 this year. Of course, maybe I'll get lucky and this one will be my sleeper (not holding my breath) I’m not really worried about having another newborn and not getting any sleep. I don’t think I’ve had a great night’s sleep since my first was born almost 4 years ago. He was almost 2 before he really slept through the night, and by then I was so used to being up, that I don’t sleep well now anyways!! I’ll be prepared for number 2 this year. Of course, maybe I’ll get lucky and this one will be my sleeper (not holding my breath)

]]> By: Elizabeth B http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25806 Elizabeth B Mon, 17 Apr 2006 03:44:35 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25806 I have a friend with twins. When they were about 2 years old, the girl needed to wear leg braces at night and started waking up. After a week or 2 of this, Mom prayed for the girl to sleep through the night. She told me that God had a sense of humor because her girl slept through the night for the first time that night but her boy woke up! (She changed her prayers to include them both after that little lesson.) So, you might want to add the rest of your kids in the prayer just in case. (Better to learn the easy way than the hard way!) I have a friend with twins. When they were about 2 years old, the girl needed to wear leg braces at night and started waking up. After a week or 2 of this, Mom prayed for the girl to sleep through the night. She told me that God had a sense of humor because her girl slept through the night for the first time that night but her boy woke up! (She changed her prayers to include them both after that little lesson.) So, you might want to add the rest of your kids in the prayer just in case. (Better to learn the easy way than the hard way!)

]]> By: Laurie http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25805 Laurie Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:42:46 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25805 Love your thoughts in paragraph four. God is in the daily and God is the big picture. It is putting it all together and not swerving off too far one way or the other in our viewpoint that is both difficult and crucial. I am with ladyscott in offering Psalm 127. I especially rely on it with my older children and trusting God to complete in them the work He has begun. "For so He gives His beloved sleep." What a delicious gift! Love your thoughts in paragraph four. God is in the daily and God is the big picture. It is putting it all together and not swerving off too far one way or the other in our viewpoint that is both difficult and crucial. I am with ladyscott in offering Psalm 127. I especially rely on it with my older children and trusting God to complete in them the work He has begun. “For so He gives His beloved sleep.” What a delicious gift!

]]> By: ladyscott http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25803 ladyscott Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:07:33 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25803 Read Psalm 127. His Word mentions sleep and the blessings of Children in that Psalm. Read Psalm 127. His Word mentions sleep and the blessings of Children in that Psalm.

]]> By: Heather http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25801 Heather Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:28:14 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25801 The sleepless nights are balanced by the sweet, sleepy, satisfied newborn smiles; the spontaneous "Mommy, I love you.", and the quick hug or unexpected kind deed or word to you or a sibling from the older ones. Please don't let the challenges of mommyhood (or daddyhood) intimdate you. Sacrificing some sleep now for all the blessings they give is worth every exhausted minute you sit up at night desperately.... trying.... to....oops! sorry, I nodded off there. It's only for a short season, anyway. Amy, I will be praying for you while I'm up, too. You are a blessing. Thanks. The sleepless nights are balanced by the sweet, sleepy, satisfied newborn smiles; the spontaneous “Mommy, I love you.”, and the quick hug or unexpected kind deed or word to you or a sibling from the older ones. Please don’t let the challenges of mommyhood (or daddyhood) intimdate you. Sacrificing some sleep now for all the blessings they give is worth every exhausted minute you sit up at night desperately…. trying…. to….oops! sorry, I nodded off there. It’s only for a short season, anyway.
Amy, I will be praying for you while I’m up, too. You are a blessing. Thanks.

]]> By: Nancy Palmer http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25799 Nancy Palmer Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:13:32 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/04/14/looking-forward/#comment-25799 Maybe this is why we thought we were done after baby #4. I didn't get more than 4 hours sleep a night for 10 months. Just to know that God is SO GOOD, 3 1/2 years later when I had #5 he slept thru the night 6 hours at 9-10 weeks old. What a glorious thing that was. As we anxiously await #6 I KNOW that God will sustain me through those long nights...and days! May he grant you enough rest to have the grace to go on, Amy. Bless you! Maybe this is why we thought we were done after baby #4. I didn’t get more than 4 hours sleep a night for 10 months. Just to know that God is SO GOOD, 3 1/2 years later when I had #5 he slept thru the night 6 hours at 9-10 weeks old. What a glorious thing that was. As we anxiously await #6 I KNOW that God will sustain me through those long nights…and days! May he grant you enough rest to have the grace to go on, Amy. Bless you!

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