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<\/p>\nLucy surprised us the other night by sleeping soundly — and not making a peep! — from about 7:00 pm all through the night till we woke up to the silence around 5:00 am. Was she still breathing? I was so nervous, in fact, that I made Jon go check to make sure. (She was, of course, and hollered a bit to emphasize the point!)<\/p>\n
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I keep thinking that I’ll stop worrying one of these days. Early in pregnancy, I thought, “Well, once I’m past the first trimester, I won’t worry as much.” Then I was just waiting until I was 28 weeks along to rest easy. Then I figured I’d relax a bit once Lucy was born. And truthfully, I do worry less now that the child is breathing her own air. But the anxieties can come up suddenly and strong — if Lucy has a cold, or if she seems unusually fussy one day, or when she forgets to swallow her Cheerio and tries to breathe it, or…apparently even if she sleeps like a baby. <\/p>\n
I was somewhat comforted to note recently that I’m not the only one who can’t shake the parenting worries. On our recent weekend getaway, Porter, age 10, didn’t emerge from his bedroom one morning, though it was getting late. Finally, his mom wondered aloud, “Do you think he is still breathing?” I can totally see myself doing this. It even makes me have more sympathy for my own mom when she insists on getting a call from me a few times a week. (Regular readers may recall Jon’s recent “post on this subject”:\/news\/2007\/white-hair\/, too.)<\/p>\n
When Lucy is a teenager, I’m sure she’ll be rolling her eyes and saying, “Mo-o-o-m!” when I worry about her. But is there any way to stop? I know Jesus instructs us not to worry, but I think I need some help in this arena. Like, a *lot* of help.<\/p>\n
bq.. Making the decision to have a baby is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.<\/p>\n
— Elizabeth Stone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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