Hello everyone! I finally got to go home and mom couldn't wait to take pictures of me :) Haha! Here is one of me in my cute swing and one of me snuggling with mommy. Have a good weekend ladies!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't believe you already had the little guy, oh he is so adorable! I'm so glad you got to bring him home, I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to have him there in the hospital. Yes, motherhood is wonderful but you are right on that it is the most challenging thing EVER. Please, as hard as it is, don't blame yourself for the fact that he came early. I have 2 friends who have had miscarriages in the last couple weeks and I would say they were the absolute model pregnant women (healthy eating, taking care of themselves, etc). Sometimes things just happen and it's totally out of our control. But I can completely relate, there are so many unknowns with motherhood and it's so easy to start blaming yourself when things don't go right.
Anyway, sorry for the long comment but just wanted to tell you how thrilled I am for you. Hang in there through those sleepless nights and be patient with yourself--it gets better!
Elliott Randall Brecht, you are one astonishingly adorable little guy!
Savannah, sorry I'm commenting late here... I haven't read blogs in the last couple of months (too much school... yuck). But now I just want to say yay and congratulations and hurray!
Also... about blame--personally, I don't think it's okay for anyone to say that it's somehow your "fault" that your baby came early (I especially think it's not okay because you obviously have already had that thought and don't need other people to go around saying it's a helpful thing to think!). I just don't think it works to place blame as though people are in a position to control involuntary biological processes by means of previous consciously chosen behavior... I think that's ridiculous in various ways.
And I commend you for the amazing amount of love and hard work that you've clearly already put into caring for your little guy. Plus, he's so cute that I just about can't stand it. Um, that was long; sorry....
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't believe you already had the little guy, oh he is so adorable! I'm so glad you got to bring him home, I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to have him there in the hospital. Yes, motherhood is wonderful but you are right on that it is the most challenging thing EVER. Please, as hard as it is, don't blame yourself for the fact that he came early. I have 2 friends who have had miscarriages in the last couple weeks and I would say they were the absolute model pregnant women (healthy eating, taking care of themselves, etc). Sometimes things just happen and it's totally out of our control. But I can completely relate, there are so many unknowns with motherhood and it's so easy to start blaming yourself when things don't go right.
Anyway, sorry for the long comment but just wanted to tell you how thrilled I am for you. Hang in there through those sleepless nights and be patient with yourself--it gets better!
Oh he is so so so darling. gimme gimme gimme i want i want i want i need i need i need oh baby oh baby.
no seriously. can i have him?!
Elliott Randall Brecht, you are one astonishingly adorable little guy!
Savannah, sorry I'm commenting late here... I haven't read blogs in the last couple of months (too much school... yuck). But now I just want to say yay and congratulations and hurray!
Also... about blame--personally, I don't think it's okay for anyone to say that it's somehow your "fault" that your baby came early (I especially think it's not okay because you obviously have already had that thought and don't need other people to go around saying it's a helpful thing to think!). I just don't think it works to place blame as though people are in a position to control involuntary biological processes by means of previous consciously chosen behavior... I think that's ridiculous in various ways.
And I commend you for the amazing amount of love and hard work that you've clearly already put into caring for your little guy. Plus, he's so cute that I just about can't stand it. Um, that was long; sorry....
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