Passionate about helping children living in poverty. I am a children's book author & social worker. Proverbs 16:24
Many people are stuck in a bubble 🫧 not progressing in doing what they want/love to do because of not having the necessary tools to get out of their bubble. But what is that God wants us to do, stay there and moan? I think God wants us to burst the bubble and blossom 🌸. Do what we can with what we have, with faith 🙏 in Him.
Have a great Thursday!
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Please consider supporting the little ones. I am attaching the link here.
Do you often feel discouraged or overwhelmed by life? Like how everything seems to go wrong and you need words of encouragement to get by?
You need to feel weak for you to be strong. Your failures, while they do not define you as a person, determine your success.
Some bible verses here
Please support my fundraising for mom and little ones. They been kicked out from Mom’s boyfriend house recently. I am supporting them with all I can, but always a blessing to have others help too.
This is the link. If you would like to share or support it’s a huge THANK YOU!
https://gofund.me/4d49b24a: There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.”Or you can buy my book from here and all funds goes towards them.
Childrens book https://crinamorpho.wordpress.com/childrens-book/: There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.”gofund.me/b7cecd9d
Being a parent comes with lots of responsibilities, worries, unanswered questions, challenges, headaches BUT the blessing is way greater than the 2 minutes of headache.
My baby loves playing with food, especially fruits 🍉 many parents will choose not to fulfil their wish but take the little joy away.
I know, playing with food can be categorised as waste of goods but I found a way not to. Here it is, let them be the way you want, you lead them.
Playing with the food can be beneficial for them, the texture, smell, taste, hand eye coordination is important and it’s happening at the same time they having fun.
Amelia had fun with the watermelon (rind) think is called.
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The baby blues
Women can experience a low mood and feel mildly depressed at a time when they expect they should feel happy after having a baby.
“Baby blues” are probably due to the sudden hormonal and chemical changes that take place in your body after childbirth.
Symptoms can include:
All these symptoms are normal and usually only last for a few days (NHS website)
Depression after a baby is born can be extremely distressing. Postnatal depression is thought to affect around 1 in 10 women.
Symptoms such as tiredness, irritability or poor appetite are normal if you’ve just had a baby. But these are usually mild and do not stop you leading a normal life.
When you have postnatal depression, you may feel increasingly depressed and low. Looking after yourself or your baby may become too much.
Emotional signs of postnatal depression may include:
Other signs of postnatal depression may also include:
Proverbs 12:25 – Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down (depression), but a good word cheers it up.
Aflându-mă în această poziție în urmă cu câteva luni căutam pe net răspunsuri pentru diverse întrebări, gânduri ce nu mi dădeau pace la fiecare lucru nou pe care-l experimentam ca mamă.
Azi, după 6 luni cu Amelia sunt mult mai relaxată, învăț să nu mă agit, îngrijorez dacă Amelia nu a plâns de o oră (exemplu).
Fiind mamă nouă vine la pachet cu o multitudine de ”surprize” plăcute sau mai puțin plăcute…pe care le vom descoperii pe parcurs.
Ai dat naștere unui om, Felicitări! Un dar divin!
După plecarea de la maternitate te lovește realitatea care se aseamănă cu un carusel care te duce sus dar te coboară în grabă cu un mix de emoții pe care trebuie să le controlezi și cu care să te înveți pas cu pas. Totul se schimbă, pare schimbat, nu-i așa?
Acasă în primele zile pari un pic dată peste cap, nu știi cum, ce , de unde să începi?! . STOP! Cel mai important este acum să te calmezi și toată concentrarea să fie pe bebe si tu, voi sunteți miezul, copilul se bazează pe tine cu toate nevoile lui.
Îți recomand ca în primele zile să nu ai musafiri sau casa plină de oameni, o să îți fie dificil oricum să duci la capăt treburile casnice dar mai ales lungile discuții, gălăgia, și verișoara* cea plină de energie care ține bebele în brațe cu orele în timp ce servește cafeluța.
*a se înlocui verișoara cu oricine din rudele tale se aseamănă.
În primele săptămâni, zonele tale intime au nevoie de vindecare și îngrijire cu atenție, după cum ne îndeamnă și multi mum. com
”În timpul nașterii, până la 9 din 10 femei care devin mame pentru prima dată suferă rupturi ale perineului sau au o epiziotomie, o tăietură făcută de un profesionist în timpul nașterii vaginale pentru a face mai mult spațiu pentru copil. Unele incizii sunt mici și afectează numai pielea, în timp ce altele ar putea necesita cusături și pot afecta și mușchiul perineului. Tăieturile sau rupturile din zona perineală pot face pielea sensibilă la atingere și pot creea senzație de usturime la urinare. Chiar dacă nu apar rupturi sau nu aveți o epiziotomie, probabil că veți simți dureri după naștere în zona perineului și a vaginului. De asemenea, corpul dumneavoastră va scăpa de sângele și țesutul din uter care nu mai sunt necesare. Această sângerare se numește lohie și este de obicei abundentă, de un roșu aprins în primele câteva zile, înainte de a se dilua și a dispărea complet în câteva săptămâni”.
Bebe depinde de tine, mami. Iar tu cu siguranță ai nevoie de sprijinul, suportul, înțelegerea partenerului tău.
Doar voi contati. Bucura-te de fiecare zi cu bebele tău. Fotografiază bebele de fiecare dată când ai ocazia, plângi dacă așa simți, mănâncă ciocolata, pe toată fară să te acuzi. Nu trebui să răspunzi mesajelor de ”felicitări” azi, poți răspunde in orice moment te simți pregătită.
Ești minunată, mami!
Fiecare femeie experimentează post-partum diferit, eu am descris din experiența mea.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-Hippo-Goose-Crina-Mondoc-ebook/dp/B098TKTH8W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PTDZ3UKRZG71&keywords=happy+hippo+and+kind+goose&qid=1688809174&sprefix=happy+hippo+ans+kind+goose%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-1: Mama și bebe-primele zile împreunăNappies, wipes, breast pump…
Oh, wait, what else… feels like I forgot to pack something! This is what I have been asking and checking weeks before actually flying out with our baby Amelia. Being a first-time parent comes with lots and thousands of worries/minutes, especially when travelling.
We’ve visited our families, friends in Romania for 13 long and tiring days. Baby Amelia was the main character on this holiday, treated like a princess by her grandma, uncles, aunts, cousins, godmother/godfather, our friends, and lots of ‘tanti de la țară’ grannies ( Grandma’s friends). Amelia had her moments when she was happy going from one person to another, but towards the end of the holiday she’s had enough, didn’t want to go to someone else apart from Mommy and Daddy, which was sad for Grandma.
I like being on time when a time is set for a meeting, it doesn’t matter if it’s a friend or a stranger, BUT this holiday I had to break this rule as Amelia was falling asleep or pooing at the ‘wrong time’. With a child you have 99 per cent to be late, that’s what I have learnt this holiday.
Amelia did amazing flying for the first time; smiling, being curious about what happens around her, grabbing and pulling everything it came to her hand…
I found it quite difficult to change her on the aeroplane because the change table/space is cramped! Oh, she managed to have a big explosion exactly when we landed and of course, the bathrooms were locked…so good luck to me trying to cover her not to stain my clothes, the smell was… I can’t describe it!
In conclusion, this holiday was full of surprises and different. Our next holiday will b in 2 months, going to Greece!
Being a Mommy… what does it mean?
For me it means:
Blessings
Happiness
Joy
Scared
It teaches me new things, opens my mind
Tiredness
Love
Confusion
Loving ❤️ unconditionally
And so much more…
Happy Monday 😊
You have probably noticed that for more than a month I wasn’t active on WordPress.
My baby Amelia Raisa was born on 5th January!
She is my everything. A sweet little baby girl, given by God, such a blessed gift!
Motherhood it’s not easy especially in the first months but it’s worth it.
I am sure, if you are a parent you must have knowledge of what I am trying to say here.
I would like to tell you more, but for now I gotta change that diaper.
*ignore my face, sleep deprived! 🙈
One more day of 2022, have you achieved all the goals for this year?
Take a few minutes to reflect on this year, what major events happened, how they impacted our lives and what we learnt from them.
In my opinion, this year (’22) was quite difficult, but at the same time, people’s empathy and kindness were revealed (e.g. think about the Ukrainian war).
How was this year for me?!
Full of surprises, like it should be. Feb’22 – I travelled to Hollywood, USA, this was on my to-do list, but have to say not really impressed.
I do recommend you to visit it.
I tried to focus more on my career, my marriage life, like spending quality time with my hubby. We also travelled to Rome this year.
In April we found out am pregnant, now this was a shock because a few days before we were sitting on a chair in the GP’s office talking about fertility issues (while I was actually pregnant).
That’s God’s work, trusting and having faith can move mountains!
I spent the hot summer being pregnant and going to my job.
Here we are on the last day of the year with me still pregnant at 39 weeks.
I already know what the new year will look like – we will be 3 which means FAMILY TIME for 2023.
What do you think 2023 will look like for you?
Have a blessed day, x
CRINAMORPHO 