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mummy can't you hear me? A poem

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simplybeingmamma · 01/03/2015 23:48

This is my poem 'mummy can't you hear me?' about self soothing and early motherhood
www.beingmamma.com/#!Mummy-cant-you-hear-me/cy97/270A07B9-9623-4100-B85C-1E38C3841A28

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Messygirl · 02/03/2015 01:03

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WhatsGoingOnEh · 02/03/2015 01:07

Sorry. MN is not a touchy-feely, warm and fluffy place for things like this.

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DixieNormas · 02/03/2015 01:08

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BertieBotts · 02/03/2015 01:16

Don't worry simply. I doubt MN will delete (they don't often delete a baptism of fire :)) but every single poster has been flamed for something or other at some time. It's a rite of passage in a way, and everyone will have forgotten about it in a week. Sorry I did not realise you were new (or that your baby was quite so new! Congrats :) ) or I would probably have been a bit more balanced in my post.

Stick around, it is good here, honest. Go on active to see what takes your fancy, avoid AIBU, look around, yes definitely do more reading than posting at first and stick to safe topics, but before long you'll find yourself posting opinionated stuff without a care in the world - MN is great like that, people can handle a strong opinion, they might disagree but they won't hold a grudge.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 02/03/2015 01:19

I hope you're right Dixie, that would mean they've found the right button for them and their baby.

It can be very warm, fluffy, touchy-feely here. Blanket term; supportive.

Actually, fuck the fluffy, not that Smile

DixieNormas · 02/03/2015 01:20

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GettingFiggyWithIt · 02/03/2015 01:26

Baby i can hear you. I'm not so far away
I really wanted to have a wee
I haven't been all day
We are not joined at the hip
No matter what you think
I've sung row row a thousand times
I really need a drink
I know my boobs are awesome
And your favourite cosy place
But you don't need to pull and bite them
Then plonk your nappy on my face
There is no I in team but I am told that there's a me
Five minutes will not kill you while I make a cup of tea
You know that I adore you
So believe me when I say
I love you to the loo and back
You've had my boobs all day
I know you're getting bigger
And learning more each week
But nipples, well they're sensitive
Please learn not to tweak
I hate to hear you crying
I'll do anything for you
But even your mum needs a break
And some time off in the loo
A cot is not a prison
I won't be gone that long
You have a lovely mobile
That plays a lovely song
I have spaniel's ears for boobs
And really need a brew
Five minutes is all I'm asking
For sitting on the loo
Then a pit stop in the kitchen
Please don't be irate
It means more milk for you
If I do not dehydrate
So chill out love and wait awhile
It's not that hard to do
Then I'll be back with a big smile
Cos you let me have a poo

Xxx
Wink

DixieNormas · 02/03/2015 01:29

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TheCraicDealer · 02/03/2015 01:36

It's a damn shame this might be deleted and that opus lost forever, GettingFiggy! Grin

GettingFiggyWithIt · 02/03/2015 01:37

It is nice in here OP honest!
And the photo is gorgeous
Plus well done you for having the energy drive and creativity to write a blog/poetry in the first place
It's just that anything like CIO vs attachment parenting, bottle vs breast, i wouldn't touch on those with a forty foot pole
Most women here are up for a laugh or a healthy debate but some topics will always need a hardhat and owt considered judgy or twee a flaming.
I was only teasing in the first reply btw...I do co-sleep as it happens and having bf three little sods to sleep every sodding night my boobs are a a bit of a joke to me. Anyway congrats on your baby, and on your blog and don't run away, there's haiku threads on here and all sorts! Xx

GettingFiggyWithIt · 02/03/2015 01:43

Ah Dixie, tis benevolent neglectWink I daren't leave my youngest two for more than three minutes atm though as they are having a Banksy/writing dirty protests on the wall phase. Or making snow scenes out of talc...
Craic, ooh i think the world of literature can survive without my witterings, i am a poet laurearen't really Wink

DixieNormas · 02/03/2015 01:50

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yumyumpoppycat · 02/03/2015 01:54

OP why not write a poem about early motherhood and from your own perspective?

Figgy your ode is brill and def needs its own thread Grin!

HairyPotter · 02/03/2015 07:18

Roar @ Figgy Grin

Nerf · 02/03/2015 07:23

Come on people, it's really crap to open a blog post that's really headed up blog post and just be rude.
I hate blogs, hate bad poetry blah blah but you've made the op feel shit. Nice going.

TheMoa · 02/03/2015 07:24

'I love you to the loo and back' Grin

simplybeingmamma · 02/03/2015 09:18

Thank you everyone, read the messages this morning, figgy I thought your ode was wonderful and hilarious :)

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RatMort · 02/03/2015 09:31

Nerf, from her responses, the OP is clearly sincere and rather shocked, but she has in fact (inadvertently?) contributed to a fairly toxic body of 'literature' in the form of poems supposedly from the pov of small babies or foetuses making sickly but highly problematic polemics against everything from terminations to controlled crying. Which then get passed around on FB and are encountered by vulnerable women contemplating terminations or not coping with a newborn.

I think the OP does, despite her obvious shock at some responses, does need to be aware of the context she's writing in.

Nerf · 02/03/2015 19:32

Sorry, really don't buy that. No one is stupid enough to think it's actually reflective of an infants view. And tbh if you read this sort of blog you're probably sold on the ethos rather thank looking for validation about your choices.

BertieBotts · 02/03/2015 19:58

Grin Love it Figgy! MN nooo don't delete!

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