Babywearing: Why Should I Carry My Baby? ~ Quotes
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Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard His children,
In His arms He carries them all day long.
“The child’s sob in the silence curses deeper than the strong man in his wrath.”
Elizabeth B. Browning
“Babies NEED people whom they can trust. They need to feel secure, and I might add, and a feeling that they are wanted.”
Dr. Lendon Smith, MD
Dr. Lendon Smith, MD mentions mothers wearing baby slings where “the baby would always be near her and feel her motions and even hear her heartbeat, which would remind the baby of the wonderful life in the uterus.”
Dr. Lendon Smith, MD
“Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?”
Nancy Thayer
“Mother, oh 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 shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, Lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek-peek-a-boo).
The shopping is not done and there’s nothing for stew
And out in the yard there is a hullabaloo.
But I’m playing ‘Kanga’ and this is my ‘Roo.’
Look! Aren’t his eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, lullaby loo).”
“The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For 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.”
Ruth Hulburt Hamilton, 1958
“Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.”
Anne Taylor
GRACIOUS SAVIOR, GENTLE SHEPHERD
Gracious Savior, gentle Shepherd,
Our little ones are dear to Thee;
Gathered with Thine arms and carried
In Thy bosom may they be
Sweetly, gently, safely tended,
From all want and danger free.
Tender Shepherd, never leave them
From Thy fold to go astray;
By Thy look of love directed,
May they walk the narrow way;
Thus direct them, and protect them,
Lest they fall an easy prey.
Let Thy holy Word instruct them:
Fill their minds with heav’nly light;
Let Thy love and grace constrain them,
To approve whate’er is right,
Take Thine easy yoke and wear it,
And to prove Thy burden light.
Cleanse their hearts from sinful folly
In the stream Thy love supplied;
Mingled streams of blood and water
Flowing from Thy wounded side;
And to heav’nly pastures lead them,
Where Thine own still waters glide.
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