MN Christian prayer thread - come let us adore the world's most precious firstborn

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We pray for ourselves:- that we may make time to be "Marys" as well as "Marthas" in all the busy-ness leading up to Christmas.

We pray for our precious husbands in the words of the prayer I quoted earlier:-

Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods;? and?
we won't go into the rest of the prayer so close to Christmas. (Full text on the old thread)

Pray for NorthernLurker's dh to find a job soon and for Harrisey's dh to find the strength to do a stressful job. Also for Bobsmum's dh to find a new job before February. We pray for peace and quiet over Christmas in all household, especially where dh is not fully committed to the Christian faith, that they may see the loveliness of Jesus around them.
We pray for those without husbands, for NSFN and Mummy2T&F. Also for Creambunnie.

We pray for our children; from the tiny unborns (Podglet, Bobsmum and CaptainCaveman) to include all our children young and not so young. Pray that we will be able to show them the love of Christ. That we may be able to protect them, help them. We pray for Roseylea's dd, Bobsmums ds, Mary's ds, NQGU's ds, that they may be able to cope with life at school and with the holidays.

We pray for those who have suffered bereavement, for QoQ family on the loss of their much loved grandfather. For Mufti's dh who lost his father recently as did Santas(Shreks)missus' dh.
We pray for Pepperpots in her loss

We pray for those with worries over sick friends and relatives, for Spookymadmummy's Mum and for her stepdad, just out of hospital, for CaptainCaveman's friend and little one in hospital, (Lord if possible, bring her out of hospital before Christmas) also for her teenage friend with eating disorders. We also pray for CC's dsis and her dd. Lord, we pray Your healing over that whole family.
We pray with Muppetgirl for her mil and her mother, who is ill and a long way away.
Lulumama and Rubyslippers' grandma.
We also remember OJ and Steve and their 3dcs in our prayers.

We give thanks with Geekymummy for healing in her marriage for PandaG doing well in her new job and enjoying it.
We pray for TheWiltedRose that she may have a very happy Christmas and that she may come to see the One Who is behind it all.
And we pray for CaptainDippy that she may feel surrounded by the love of Christ who is the Provider in all her needs.
We pray for 'absent friends', for Soozy, Creambunnie and MumtoGusandAlbie
Lord, we bring You our prayers and our worship in this Christmas period.

well dc did not sleep well again last night and they have started early tongiht. I couldnt get to sleep then when I did it must have been 20 mins later when first one started then I couldnt get back to sleep and they were about every hour again. I can't take much more.

On top of that xh has been ranting and raving on phone coz the dvla want more info from gp

dd is due at orthodontist on wed and I so worried they going to take her brace off they warned her last time and time before that they would if her oral hygiene hadn't improved. I dont know if she's done enough to save it or not. But if we loose brace now we loose all the work that has been done.

I'm In His hands. Why does that not calm the constant knots in my stomach - I don't think I can take much more.

Praying for you NSFN. Praying that you will have a better night for yoruself and dcs. Praying that the brace will not come off and that dd will see that eventually it will benefit her.
Praying that (d)(ex)h calms down over the dvla. In the end that is not your responsibility, although no doubt he would like to make it such. He is wrong, it is his worry, not yours. So Leave It, ok?
Sleep well.
Will dd take expressed milk from a bottle Swaliswan? It's difficult with working shifts of course, but then these days seven months is young to wean.

HI everyone - thought I'd just post and say Hi as it'll stop me having an online row with Xenia about education!!

Please can you pray for the son of a friend of mine who is now in in a pychiatric ward for teenagers with anorexia and is likely to be there for several weeks.

Also for wisdom as to whether to go on a 10 week (evening) course that the church us running to be able to offer extended prayer counselling at church...it would be quite a commitment

Hope everyone is well - as ever I'm lurking and not posting much.

Good morning everyone! I hope that you all ended up having a reasonable night especially NSFN. I thought that I would send another one of these your way from DD. She is very happy at the moment and is enjoying chewing on the label on her bib. If anyone has a moment, could you send up a quick prayer that she enjoys the first stage of settling at nursery today and isn't too angry with me for leaving her Today I'm going to try giving her some expressed milk in her bottle to see if she prefers that from her bottle. Talk to you all later. Have a fab day!

Love and prayers xxxx

just popping in as getting ready for school but wanted to swaliswan - she is going to be angry with you - she loves you and she will enjoy nursery - relax, it will be fine - praying as well

wanted to say swaliswan

She is not going to be angry with you for long Swaliswan. She will be furious that this willing slave just walks out of her little life, how dare you. But then she will be taken over and fussed over by the nursery staff and she will be so taken up with all the new things and have a wonderful time. And you will be back in no time at all.
It's you that may have the problem accepting that.
I used to run the creche for our church and it was the clingy mothers that made it difficult for their babies.
You're doing nothing terrible to her by allowing her the freedom of a different environment, you are not abandoning her to a cruel world without you, you are opening up wonderful opportunities for her and you can share these with her in a totally relaxed way.
Enjoy your morning

Putting in a prayer request for OJ and Steve as they go to hospital today.
May the peace of the Lord go with them.

I'll 2nd that, DO Hope it goes as well as it can do for them. xx

{{{{{{{nsfn}}}}}}} May the Lord wrap you up in His Love and Care. May He protect you from the implications of stress and negative feeling and carry you through these hard time with a sense of dignity and hope. xxxx

Praying for your friend, Worz Do update when you can - praying for complete recovery. xx

Still so when I hear you talking about your PG, CC - Tis wonderful!

Hello Podmog, good to "see" you sweetheart - must be coming up to G's 1st Birthday now - wow!

Where's weirdbird gone? I miss her!

Hello again newbies - SS and Iaminhishands - Always so nice to have new faces here! I am CaptainDyson (usually CaptainDippy) I am 25, married to DH for 5 yrs with 3 DD's, 3.11yrs, 2.9yrs & 8.5 months - mad as a badger!

Head has emptied again - could you please pray for a job asap for me and for old negative feelings to go away!!

Sooooz - you never answered my Q - Tamworth or Milton Keynes SnowDome!!?

Sorry Dippy, er don't know, i think Tamworth is the closest to notts????????

you havent answered out e-mails

our

LOL - will reply now, my lovely

I'm sorry to go on about this but I have to vent... I'm getting so stressed about DD not taking the bottle. I know that she can work the bottle because she managed it yesterday and today I've even put my milk in it so she can't complain about me trying to give her formula. I don't understand what I'm supposed to do. DH is pathetic about it when I tell him that I may need him to go in with a bottle saying that 'she won't like it' and that is why he doesn't want to do it. She's going to like it even less if he has to do it for the first time when mummy is at work and won't be home for hours after her bedtime. I'm so fed up of being the one who does all of the stuff that she won't like. The only reason that I carried on BFing DD in the beginning when she would feed for an hour then have an hour's break (she was prem) was because of the guilt trip DH and MIL sent me on despite being on the verge of a complete postnatal breakdown from sheer exhaustion. DH was just back from Iraq and didn't really want anything to do with DD at the time so I felt trapped. But, things are different now and he knows that I need to go back to work. He just seems to think that DD will magically accept a bottle and sleep through the night because I'm not there. I am so angry that I get to the point of shouting at DD when she is crying when I'm trying to get her to have the bottle because no-one else will help me. And I'm so ashamed that I'm sat here in tears unable to comfort DD because this is getting on top of me. I know that if I ask my mum for help she will help but will later whine about me needing her help like she did the other day about shopping for me when I had hyperemesis and was unable to even get to the loo to be sick.

I'm sorry. I didn't know who else would listen, take me seriously and maybe give some helpful advice.

Swaliswan, I really feel for you. Is it you that's giving her the bottle? I always got somebody else to do it, because DS/DD could smell my milk otherwise, and want it that way. Secondly, I didn't use a bottle at ALL. I used an Avent feeding spout attached to a bottle. I think they're suitable from 3 months. After a bit of fussing, both of them took to using one in about a week or so of trying.

Praying you can get this sorted!

I've got a meeting with the vicar tomorrow to discuss "training issues" (whatever that means ) and forthcoming events. I pray that its a good and constructive meeting and he hasn't got any nasty surprises (I hate criticism ). Would welcome your prayers too!

swaliswan - much sympathy here too. yOur dd will crack it, but I agree with MaryBs - now dd's older, you don't have to keep trying a bottle, try a feeding spout or experiment with different cups. She might even enjoy holding it herself. Avent do great no spill ones, but the vents are a wee bit fiddly. My two liked the Tommy Tippee ones with the rubbery dome shaped top.

Also relax. Easier said than done I know but she will pick up on your anxiety and think feeding times equal stressed out mummy.

Set aside as much time as you would have for breastfeeding. Snuggle up and if she takes the milk, she takes it and it's smiles all round. If not, then just try again a little later.

In the meantime, make sure she's getting lots of other dairy stuff that's appropriate for her age - loads of milk in her cereal etc/yoghurt. Maybe even a vitamin supplement to put your mind at rest.

At 7 months, I would imagine she's needing only 3/4 milk feeds a day. Try to look forward to them. Make them snuggly and lovely and have a picture book as well or sing a wee song together. Just calm, calm, calm.

And well well done on the bf! The fact you're getting so worked up about this new change, just shows how deeply you care about doing the right thing for your dd. It will all come good. Have you got an HV you can talk to?

One more thing I would suggest is that if you're stll breastfeeding a little is that you pick one feed at a time to switch. In the morning she might be desperate for your milk and she might still need the wind down with you at bedtime, but in the afternoon, say, when things are less pressured by time, then give it a try. Even when you're working, you might be able to keep up a morning feed if you wanted to.

Praying.

www.reachpharmacy.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=25071

Avent magic cup with replaceable spouts, depending on baby's age.

www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/easiflow_cup_6_months_/

Tommee Tippee cup.

Boots would stock both and may have others worth a look too. We tried about half a dozen before finding ones that ds and dd could manage happily.

Thanks Bobsmum. I've tried doing the afternoon feed first and I've tried her with her tommee tippee cup that she will drink water from but she just gets upset and pushes the bottle/cup away even if I let her play with it. I think that she is going through a stage where she is learning that she doesn't have to have a drink just because mummy is offering it as she pushes her water away sometimes even if she is thirsty just because she can. Hey ho...

{{{{{SS}}}}} Very sensible suggestions from BM and Mary - I definitely 2nd getting someone else to try feeding her, perhaps while you go out?? (For hot chocolate, obviously ) Also, recommend trying with a feeder cup, not a bottle. Also, perhaps you could try up-ing her solid intake a bit - she's old enough for a lot diary, milk-based stuff now - Perhaps she doesn't need milk during the day? I don't know - My DD3 is a bit over 8 months now and she's never had a bottle. She's pretty much given up on BF now and just has brief milky cuddles in the morning and before bed. She's fine to go without great big bottles of milk tbh - She's big and fat () and healthy and eats well and has lots of water in her Tommee Tippee cup so I am not too worried about milk. HTH!!?

hey girls! Thank you for your prayers, much appreciated and I'm feeling well!!

Would appreciate your prayers for my scan tomorrow at 1.20. I'm having a private scan for my own peace of mind! Nhs scan should be early feb.

will catch up later after ds in bed xxxx

Exciting, CC! Praying ....

P would like to type ...

SKJSHDK;HD; H;KSHFD;SKEDHG;KIF

Informative.

I must share this funny from Morning Prayer this morning. Well a bit embarassing really!

I was reading the first reading from Jeremiah, and instead of saying "sleek and sound", I said "sleek and round" and got a fit of the giggles (especially as our vicar is sleek and round).

Fortunately it was only the vicar and I there, but it was terrible, I couldn't stop laughing!

hello all

thanks for your kind messages, glad and sad at the same time that I am not the only one who feels like that...Worz had some sensible words for me at the school get too

welcome new folk, I'm Panda, 36, married for 14 years with a DS (8) and a (not so very D today)D (nearly 6)

Lol Mary. I am sure that your laughter was much appreciated up above, if not by the vicar! And laughter like that is very healing. I still get the giggles fifteen years when I remember how I disgraced myself during a public event, by falling off my chair laughing so much when someone made a similar slip!

Loads of sympathy Swalison. Your dh and mum sound like carbon copies of mine, and I know how frustrating I found the politics of coping with the grown ups. I'd echo Bobsmum's very sensible advice, although your dh's policy may, frustratingly, have a grain of truth in it too: "He just seems to think that DD will magically accept a bottle and sleep through the night because I'm not there." In my experience (I exclusively bf both of mine) they behaved completely differently when I was out of the house, and dh/the nursery magically managed to cope in their own way, when I was not there. Prayers for peace for you, either way.

Apologies if you have already said - what job do you do? Is dh going to be looking after your dd when you do go back?

OK, off to recuperate some more. God bless all.

Glad you've had some good advice / support, Panda Continuing to pray for you, my sweet xx

LOL @ your slip Mary

Hello NQGU Good to "see" you honey - how's it going with the recuperation!!? xx