Home Is Where My Heart Is

Diapers....and a Mother's Love

Last night I was getting my baby Esther ready for bed (she is 8 months old).  I was loading her up with her incredibly thick "nighttime" cloth diaper, intended to catch every drop of every single nursing session throughout the night.  It does a good job, too.  But as I was tucking in all the corners and edges of this chunky diaper around my precious little sweet pea and attempting to cover the whole process with a hand-made wool soaker, I reflected on the awesome rosy-cheeked privilege which was lying there at my fingertips smiling at me.

Esther is my joy.  (Actually, all nine of my children are my joys, but this time I'm just reflecting on her.)  She is my third daughter, but she came to us after having six boys in a row and has been a refreshing glimpse back into lacey-pink baby girlhood.  She prefers my company to anyone else's.  She has never used a bottle or cup, since I nurse her exclusively.  So, as I was diapering her last night before bed, it really struck me that every drop of liquid which fills this diaper has come to Esther from me, and every precious infant whom I have had the privilege of nursing over these past almost 20 years has come to me as an indescribably precious gift from my Heavenly Father.  I feed and care for Esther, and He sustains and cares for me on a daily basis - no, on a second-by-second basis.  There is no possible way that I could achieve anything, or even take my next breath, without Him making it possible.

Now...diapering is one of those daily chores that we mothers can't get around, especially cloth diapering, since you can't just throw them away and forget about them!!  And as I replaced Esther's soggy cloth diaper this morning and pulled out a new bright, clean rectangle of cotton to swaddle her sweet little bottom for the next hour, I couldn't help but feeling my heart swell with praise to God for the gift of soggy diapers.  Isn't He just so very good???!!!!!

Enjoy your day today, Cherylann

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{ 11:12, Saturday, April 14, 2007 } { Posted by blessedmomof10 }

Cherylann,

What a beautiful heart you have! Your posts are so refereshing!

Thank you and keep sharing!

Blessings,
gloria

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{ 10:18, Thursday, April 26, 2007 } { Posted by hcorbin }

How wonderful!!!
I remember those days... I always cherished the thought of Gods amazing care for my baby by creating my body to produce the life giving substance she/he needed!! Nursing is the part of babyhood I miss the most (my baby is 2.5 and weaned......)