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I’m not sure if it’s because I’m busier now than I used to be or if it’s because Gwen is sucking my brain cells out in my milk, but I’m having a hard time forming real posts. I think I’m going to start a ‘Quote of the Week’ thing for myself - at least force me to blog about something once a week! Here’s this week’s quote:

“It seems that in Western industrial societies like ours, we have somehow managed to remove most of the closeness between mother and baby that comes naturally in simpler places. We’ve invented plastic infant seat so that wen babies are moved about, they don’t have to be carried in the parent’s arms. What a contrast between this and the frequent movements and warm contact when babies are held by slings against their mother’s warm bodies. If it’s true, as the accumulated evidence seems to suggest, that movement and bodily closeness are good for babies, especially in the early weeks, we’re been ingenious and consistent in depriving them of these sensations”

- Dr. Benjamin Spock, MD

This quote is on the front of the brochure I received when I got my Heart 2 Heart Baby Sling and it made me stop for a second and think. In most cultures, babies are carried or worn most of the time and put down infrequently during the day - count me in with that culture! I love having Gwen with me - I feel wrong when she’s asleep in another room or out of my sight line. I feel right when she’s nestled on my chest or in my arms. When I’m wearing or holding her, she can signal her need to nurse before she starts crying and I can meet that need quickly. She  wakes up from napping and gazes into my eyes - content that I’m right there. I love wearing my baby - and as a bonus, psychology research thinks I’m doing the right thing, too.

Someone on Crosswalk forums was inspired by the lyrics of the song “Great is Thy Faithfulness” to start a thread where we can post about our blessings. I wanted to post about one of my greatest blessings here: My hubby.

Brad has been with me through thick and thin and I’m so thankful that God has given him to me to love, honour, and cherish all the days of my life. Yesterday, when I got home from a 12-hour shift of work, he greeted me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers:

He also made dinner, bought dessert, and rented two movies!!! What an amazing husband I have! Thank you, my sweet, for showing how much you love me everyday and for not reserving tokens of your love for “special occasions”!!

So, enough of that sappy stuff (even though I LOVE the sappy!). We watched Thank You for Smoking - it was a great movie!!!! I would highly recommend it to all - there’s quite a bit of swearing, but the overall movie as a commentary on our culture and how political correctness is causing us to ’spin’ our truths in order to make them pallatable to others was very well done. I love movies that make you think. I think that’s a book I’m going to have to buy!