Mother’s Day

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs… since the payment is pure love.”  

- Mildere B. Vermont

Friends Quotes

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”
- Charles Caleb Colton

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
- Anais Nin

“My friends are my estate.”
- Emily Dickinson

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

“A friend is one who walks in when others walk out”
-Walter Winchell

“A friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”
- Len Wein – Sent by Paulo Louro

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”
- Sent by Donna Roberts

“A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself.”
- Sent by Lysha

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend.”
- Albert Camus (also attributed to Maimonidies). Sent by clovers

“A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more.”
- Sent by Jasmine Fitzwilliam

“Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise.”
- sent by Steve

“Every person is a new door to a different world.”
- from movie “Six Degrees of Seperation” (thanks to Steve’s Famous Quotes)

“It takes a long time to grow an old friend.”
- by John Leonard (thanks to Steve’s Famous Quotes)

Successful Delegation

Using the Power of Other People’s Help

Even “Super-You” needs help and support. There is no shame in asking for assistance. Push aside the pride and show respect for the talent others can bring to the table.

And, remember that there is no such thing as a single-handed success: When you include and acknowledge all those in your corner, you propel yourself, your teammates and your supporters to greater heights.
                                – Author Unknown.

Do you feel stressed and overloaded? Or that your career seems stalled? If so, then you may need to brush up your delegation skills!

If you work on your own, there’s only a limited amount that you can do, however hard you work. You can only work so many hours in a day. There are only so many tasks you can complete in these hours. There are only so many people you can help by doing these tasks. And, because the number of people you can help is limited, your success is limited.

However, if you’re good at your job, people will want much more than this from you.

This can lead to a real sense of pressure and work overload: You can’t do everything that everyone wants, and this can leave you stressed, unhappy, and feeling that you’re letting people down.

On the positive side, however, you’re being given a tremendous opportunity if you can find a way around this limitation. If you can realize this opportunity, you can be genuinely successful!

One of the most common ways of overcoming this limitation is to learn how to delegate your work to other people. If you do this well, you can quickly build a strong and successful team of people, well able to meet the demands that others place.

This is why delegation is such an important skill, and is one that you absolutely have to learn!

 

Mother

                     MOTHER’S ARE THE SWEETEST.

Our mother is the sweetest and
Most delicate of all.
She knows more of paradise
Than angels can recall.

She’s not only beautiful
But passionately young,
Playful as a kid, yet wise
As one who has lived long.

Her love is like the rush of life,
A bubbling, laughing spring
That runs through all like liquid light
And makes the mountains sing.

And makes the meadows turn to flower
And trees to choicest fruit.
She is at once the field and bower
In which our hearts take root.

She is at once the sea and shore,
Our freedom and our past.
With her we launch our daring ships
Yet keep the things that last.

~Nick Gordon~

 

 

A WONDERFUL MOTHER.

GOD made a wonderful mother,
A mother who never grows old;
He made her smile of the sunshine,
And He molded her heart of pure gold;
In her eyes He placed bright shining stars,
In her cheeks, fair roses you see;
God made a wonderful mother,
And He gave that dear mother to me.

~Pat O’Reilly~

 

 

Babies

The way to make life comfortable for your new baby and easier on yourself is to keep things simple.

We all know that we come from a long line of primitive (comparably speaking) mothers, whom had to do without all the comforts of “new developments”, but maybe along the way we have forgotten the basic truths.

Your newborn to 12 month old wants one thing only. No pushchairs, no highchairs, no multi-gym walker, no intercom system and no other entrapments that are supposed to make life easier for us.

Your baby just wants you. Carry your baby. In-arms parenting as it is sometimes called advocates holding and carrying your baby for most of it’s early months. The gentle rocking motion stimulates brain growth and your smell, warmth and closeness provide immeasurable security for your infant.

It is therefore important to find a baby carrier that works for you. There are many slings available, but I would advise trying to borrow one first as they all vary. My favourite for babies six months plus is a native back sling, even a old cloth or sheet can work for this, lay baby in a long piece of fabric and heave onto your back (you’ll need help to begin with), whilst bent over, tie securely around your front. I am on the look out for a UK made easy and secure version of this ancient baby carrier and will offer them as soon as possible !

We need to regain a lot of the confidence in our ability that has been lost to the western medical world and baby product corporations, that frankly are set to gain from our insecurities. We will buy every gadget and accessory available in the hopes that we’ll be better parents (I know, because I’ve bought many of them ! )

So I have learnt an expensive lesson and observed for free that all babies really need is warmth, breastmilk, touch and interaction.

Clothes are not fun for new babies, they seem to think we’re trying to upset them deliberately by manipulating their bodies into these strange garments. Keep clothing simple and comfortable. Clothing made of natural cotton, silk or wool fibres will allow the skin to breathe. A winner is the baby gown, long in the body with a drawstring tie. Baby is free to move comfortably in these and they allow for easy nappy changes (important !).

Newborns and babies up to a year should almost always wear a soft cotton cap also. Newborns are unable to properly regulate their body temperature and really benefit from hat wearing even in summer. Shoes are a waste of money. Babies feet need to be free to grow without restraints and they won’t be walking much before a year, so just throw on some nice thick socks or soft slippers/moccasins.

When a baby is born it’s vision is limited and it’s optimum range (where he can see the clearest) is approx 10 inches from his face. Not surprisingly, this is the distance between his eyes and mum’s when breastfeeding ! !

Breastfeeding is a great time for interaction with baby. He will love to hear you hum gently and speak to him. He is intently watching your facial expressions and you’ll see him react your gestures.

Keep toys to a minimum, he is only just learning how to live in this world with all it’s noise, colours, lights, sounds and smells, this is plenty to stimulate the baby’s mind at this stage.

Following your instincts is the best way to meet your baby’s needs.

I find it curious that there is a general attitude amongst some people that you can “spoil” a baby.

How ludicrous ! Some people even feel that their baby is trying to “control” them and that if they “give in” the baby will grow up not respecting them or taking advantage etc. ! It needs to be understood that babies do not have the manipulation capabilities to confirm these opinions.

Babies cry and parents respond. This is so and how it should be. We’ve all heard that crying is how our babies communicate with us, but ideally we should aim to prevent the need for our babies to cry.

Obviously, there will be times that our babies cry, we’re often pretty busy people and so can’t spend every minute watching our babies to second guess them, but it is possible to learn the rhythm of our babies needs. When a baby rouses from sleep, especially a newborn, it will most likely be hungry, etc…,

love

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