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Song for a Fifth Child Mother, o mother, come shake out your cloth! Empty the dustpan, poison the moth, Hang out the washing and butter the bread, Sew on a button and make up a bed. Where is the mother whose house is so shocking? She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking. Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue. (Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.) Dishes are waiting and bills are past due. (Pat-a-cake, darling and peek, peek-a-boo.) The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew, And out in the yard, there's a hullabaloo. But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo. Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue? (Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.) Oh, cleaning and scrubbing will wait til tomorrow, But children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep. I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep. by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton |
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| All I Really Need to Know About Life I Learned from Breastfeeding Mammals make great mothers. Parenting is a 24-hr-a-day job. Good things come in all sizes. Our choices have consequences. Some people do have to work harder than others to succeed. Time and patience improve most situations. Feeling "let down" can be the best feeling in the world. To do something well, you must do it often. Man-made schedules do not fit many circumstances. Some "experts" are not. The best things in life really are free. If you follow your heart, you'll be a better parent. Children always, eventually, move on to a new phase. The longer I breastfed, the more lessons I learned. When you know that you really are doing the right thing, it does not matter what other people think. (Author unknown) |
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| Song for a Fifth Child Prayer to be Said when She Nurses for the First Time Prayer for Nursing All I Really Need to Know About Life I Learned from Breastfeeding |
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| Last Updated February 2, 2004 |
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