Comments on: Swiss Cheese Sunita http://www.jaredandamy.com/blog/2009/01/swiss-cheese-sunita/ jared & amy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: judy Dodgen (Do's sis in law) http://www.jaredandamy.com/blog/2009/01/swiss-cheese-sunita/comment-page-1/#comment-96 judy Dodgen (Do's sis in law) Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:12:49 +0000 http://jaredandamy.com/blog/?p=388#comment-96 Aw yes. It so stinks!!! So much for gaining trust. I can attest that all in all Ethan does not still hold the extra shots against us. Ella went for hers this week and Ethan explained it to her as a right of passage. But it still breaks your heart when they are weeping helplessly and you feel as helpless as they do. Hang in there! Cherish the time and give yourself a lot of grace. As for the other comment. Its true, everyone thinks they know better and are not afraid to say something. I found it was even harder as an adoptive mom because at least for the first year I felt like I was playing catchup - that I hadn't fully earned my full motherhood title yet since I missed the first months. I was trying my best but "they" all knew I didn't have a clue what I was doing. What I wish I would have known then that I know now is that all moms are flying by the seat of their pants trying to figure it out and no one really has a clue what they are doing whether they "grew their own" or not and I do know my kid better than anyone else. God gave you Sunita along with all you need to raise her. Everyone else can just deal. Aw yes. It so stinks!!! So much for gaining trust. I can attest that all in all Ethan does not still hold the extra shots against us. Ella went for hers this week and Ethan explained it to her as a right of passage. But it still breaks your heart when they are weeping helplessly and you feel as helpless as they do. Hang in there! Cherish the time and give yourself a lot of grace.

As for the other comment. Its true, everyone thinks they know better and are not afraid to say something. I found it was even harder as an adoptive mom because at least for the first year I felt like I was playing catchup – that I hadn’t fully earned my full motherhood title yet since I missed the first months. I was trying my best but “they” all knew I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. What I wish I would have known then that I know now is that all moms are flying by the seat of their pants trying to figure it out and no one really has a clue what they are doing whether they “grew their own” or not and I do know my kid better than anyone else. God gave you Sunita along with all you need to raise her. Everyone else can just deal.

]]> By: Misty http://www.jaredandamy.com/blog/2009/01/swiss-cheese-sunita/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Misty Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:59:12 +0000 http://jaredandamy.com/blog/?p=388#comment-90 Poor thing. I love the shot of her crawling with all her bandaids in view. What a trooper. Sometimes it's hard to tell who has the worst time at those appointments- kids or parents. So glad Jared was able to be there. This post reminds me of taking Noah for his circumcision and PKU at 1 week. You know, the one where he was hysterical, I was hysterical, and he pooped seedy, yellow, nursing poop all down the front of my shirt and pants. Yeah, good times. Hope this new sleep turns into the routine. Poor thing. I love the shot of her crawling with all her bandaids in view. What a trooper. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who has the worst time at those appointments- kids or parents. So glad Jared was able to be there.
This post reminds me of taking Noah for his circumcision and PKU at 1 week. You know, the one where he was hysterical, I was hysterical, and he pooped seedy, yellow, nursing poop all down the front of my shirt and pants. Yeah, good times.
Hope this new sleep turns into the routine.

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