Mommy Memoirs: Life with 6 kids
Mon, January 13, 2020
What's life like with 6 kids now? Well....I'm two weeks post partum. I'm tired. The end. Lol jk
To be honest..when I'm tired, it's so easy for me to become grouchy and start feeling down (like who doesn't get like this?). So I wanted to journal a bit because for me it's one of the easiest ways to get my head and heart back to center. So here goes...
The current challenges
Life with six kids so far has just been a little exhausting lol. Mostly because in addition to a newborn, Metuli has been sick and has been very needy. She has had a hard time sleeping for the past couple of nights. I've been getting up every 2-3 hours to feed baby so of course I'm in the typical newborn tiredness. But having Aljay so tired is a double whammy.
This has been the hardest recovery physically. With the 1st C-section I was shocked at how different the healing process is from a vaginal birth, but I didn't take any of my pain meds when I got home. With the 2nd C-section Metuli was in the NICU so my recovery was physically easy but being away from baby was mentally challenging. This time around my body is just tired and desperate for some much needed rest, recovery, and care. Not easy to do when my mind wants me to get up to do the laundry and clean the kitchen and do all the things that truly can wait.
The Blessings
On the flip side....It's truly been so good to be home. My blood pressures have come way down and are looking way better but it's still being controlled with blood pressure meds. The goal for me is to get off the meds now. I've been eating pretty good since I got home. Aljay has been making me healthy balanced meals and I've been conscious of my water intake. When I get the clear from my doctor (at my 6 week follow up) we'll start up on the fitness journey again.
I've been on top of my meds (for pain management and high blood pressure) and supplements (prenatal vitamins, flaxseed, protein). So that's been helpful.
Most importantly, Baby Salani has been doing great despite having to have oxygen tubes and a foot monitor. Honestly, I took it all off after a week. She doesn't really need it. When we go for a follow up checkup I'm going to ask the doctor to just take her off completely.
All in all it's been good to all be together as a family. Watching the kids love on their baby sister is always so heart warming. They get so excited when they get to hold her or see her awake. They've been great helpers as well. Sometimes it's overwhelming when they are all crowding her, but overall my heart is just grateful to have each of them as a part of our family.
***Wait I need a pick me up...brb***
So I took a break from writing this post and did a few things that I knew would give me an instant boost. I took a shower, washed some of the fatigue out of my hair, shaved my legs and armpits (kalofae it had been a while), put on "makeup" (really just my brows and some mascara), moisturized, deodorized, and now I'm back sitting on a laptop and feeling a million times better than I did when I started writing this.
Oh how wonderful you can feel just by doing the simple things. And as I wrap this up, I'm listening to an uplifting podcast. Aaaahhh...it's going to be a good rest of the day.
Head and heart are grounded again.
God is good.
Life is good.
What's life like with 6 kids now? Well....I'm two weeks post partum. I'm tired. The end. Lol jk
To be honest..when I'm tired, it's so easy for me to become grouchy and start feeling down (like who doesn't get like this?). So I wanted to journal a bit because for me it's one of the easiest ways to get my head and heart back to center. So here goes...
The current challenges
Life with six kids so far has just been a little exhausting lol. Mostly because in addition to a newborn, Metuli has been sick and has been very needy. She has had a hard time sleeping for the past couple of nights. I've been getting up every 2-3 hours to feed baby so of course I'm in the typical newborn tiredness. But having Aljay so tired is a double whammy.
This has been the hardest recovery physically. With the 1st C-section I was shocked at how different the healing process is from a vaginal birth, but I didn't take any of my pain meds when I got home. With the 2nd C-section Metuli was in the NICU so my recovery was physically easy but being away from baby was mentally challenging. This time around my body is just tired and desperate for some much needed rest, recovery, and care. Not easy to do when my mind wants me to get up to do the laundry and clean the kitchen and do all the things that truly can wait.
The Blessings
On the flip side....It's truly been so good to be home. My blood pressures have come way down and are looking way better but it's still being controlled with blood pressure meds. The goal for me is to get off the meds now. I've been eating pretty good since I got home. Aljay has been making me healthy balanced meals and I've been conscious of my water intake. When I get the clear from my doctor (at my 6 week follow up) we'll start up on the fitness journey again.
I've been on top of my meds (for pain management and high blood pressure) and supplements (prenatal vitamins, flaxseed, protein). So that's been helpful.
Most importantly, Baby Salani has been doing great despite having to have oxygen tubes and a foot monitor. Honestly, I took it all off after a week. She doesn't really need it. When we go for a follow up checkup I'm going to ask the doctor to just take her off completely.
All in all it's been good to all be together as a family. Watching the kids love on their baby sister is always so heart warming. They get so excited when they get to hold her or see her awake. They've been great helpers as well. Sometimes it's overwhelming when they are all crowding her, but overall my heart is just grateful to have each of them as a part of our family.
***Wait I need a pick me up...brb***
So I took a break from writing this post and did a few things that I knew would give me an instant boost. I took a shower, washed some of the fatigue out of my hair, shaved my legs and armpits (kalofae it had been a while), put on "makeup" (really just my brows and some mascara), moisturized, deodorized, and now I'm back sitting on a laptop and feeling a million times better than I did when I started writing this.
Oh how wonderful you can feel just by doing the simple things. And as I wrap this up, I'm listening to an uplifting podcast. Aaaahhh...it's going to be a good rest of the day.
Head and heart are grounded again.
God is good.
Life is good.
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