Wednesday, April 20, 2016

while you sleep

while you sleep...
i dream of you
while you sleep...
i see us at carnivals, movies, bbqs, beaches, hotels, airplanes, schools, libraries, museums, parks, bedtimes, mornings, stores, car rides
while you sleep...
i dream of good times with you
while you sleep...
i dream of dreams for you
what will you become?
I just hope what ever you wish to be you are happy with
be the best of you
what ever that may be
i hope to show you how to be the best of yourself
while you dream...
i think of you
sweet boy Eliyus

time

Time seems to fade so fastly..
I catch up but it slips through my fingertips
You are three weeks now,
time why have you allowed so much!
I am happy for the time im allowed to myself now
I get to write this lol
and talk about time
Smile by Nat King Cole plays
and He smiles my little boy
I smile
 mommy sees happy
Today nothing is to happen but enoying to smile and live
enjoy the wind, sun, nature, your sweet face, and the life i have chosen
time you have been good to me


Daddy...

What can i say?
Where do i start?
I would have never ever guessed you would be so amazing...
I couldnt have wished for anything more....
Eliyus and i are very lucky to have you in our lives
It brings so much joy to see how you love us so....
It has been three weeks and you have been there every step of every case
You are not perfect in anyway shape or form lol but neither are we, i can say you are perfect enough
Your son will grow to know what true love is and be warm in his heart bc of YOU
Another child in the future will be allowed this energy from him bc of YOU
You are important and i hope you know this
I love you
daddy
Mommy loves daddy
and I know Baby Eliyus knows what love is already

Thank you Daddy

ups AND downs

After giving birth my emotions have been UP and Down
I cry a lot about everything even happiness, like looking into Eliyus' eyes makes me cry bc of how beautiful he is and how much i love him!
Then I cry bc i am crying!
what a roller coaster
It will end soon i know this bc i love my son and want no harm to any of us so i know its just the blues...
Two weeks will pass and ill be good to conquer the world with my son
If you are reading this just know it is normal to go through emotional stress when you have a baby!
you are not crazy or wrong or sick!
just the blues that will turn into sunshines and rainbows...
Love you eliyus!

Mommy loves you

memory of a weds morning

I wonder if you will ever remember these moments...
laying on your bobby pillow while listening to Jazz Pandora with your momma!
you lay there peaceful with a sky blue colored Muslim fabric blanket...the weather outside shines like gold through our open window which streams the wind into our lives...
you smile in your dreams and your dimples tell me you are happy...
can you hear my thoughts?
feel my prayers?
taste the future?
See my love?
I adore you beautiful baby boy
enjoy these memories bc they will never come back but ill cherish them through my words
here....for
you

Monday, April 4, 2016

Breastfeeding

ATTENTION WOMEN!!!

breastfeeding is fucking difficult. point. blank. period.

no one tells you how to master this i honestly dont think you can master it....but i learned so much i would like to pass on!

Dont expect milk or leakage until after the baby is born, if you have it before you are lucky just take it!
Now be prepared!!!!!!!!!!
Breastfeeding means sore tender breast/nipples!
1. get cold compress/hot compress (this helps when your breast are sore *cold* and to help produce the milk duds stimulate *hot*)
2. get a pump (just to have and get yourself going)
3. ointment (landolin and coconut oil is what i used but get what suits you)
4. Patience!
This process is super hard you have to really take care of your breast bc they do get bad quick if you dont. Also the baby will feed A LOT for the first few weeks, prepare to be a sitting cow getting ready to be milked!
You dont produce actual milk until a few days after the baby has suckled yo are actually giving your baby colostrum which is very good for them!
read read read ............ everything you can on breastfeeding someone can answer your questions!
i gave my little guy formula at night bc i dont feel my milk duds were producing enough so we (baby, daddy, and i) can sleep!
as soon as my milk seems like enough then ill stop that..
i still havent mastered it like i said its hard, i get frustrated and want to give up but i would realllllllly be happiest if my baby feeds from me instead of processed crap!



hope this helped someone!
Eliyus Mom

I am a MOTHERRRRRRRRRR

wow....
what an unexplainable feeling this is....
last i was here i had a few weeks of pregnancy left!
Then POW soon as i knew it i was on the operating table waiting to see my baby boy
he is amazing AMAZING I SAID
ANYTHING I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR AND MORE
wow
you just cant understand unless youve been there
lots has been going on but ill get to that!
I AM A MOTHERRRRRR
its such an amazing feeling i dont ever want to feel what is was like without him ever again