Kaake Family Blog

This book has been a big eye opener for me in a few areas.  Not so much for girls (because I am one) but more so for boys. One thing I've never heard said (for boys), was to have the dad be the inviter and the mom to be the corrector.  Meaning, mom's correct boys when they are not doing something godly and manly; while dad's are to be the ones to show them by example instead of correcting (for the most part).  This spoke volumes to me.  I'm sure the same should be done vise versa for girls as well.  Just another thing where actions do speak louder than words.  How often do we say "she didn't fall far from the tree".  Our children, especially those who are the same gender as us, need to be shown by our example.  Words alone won't cut it.  I've often said, if you see something in your children that you don't like - more often than not, you need to look in the mirror.  Most of the time it is our children reflecting us. "For the man,...

Oh where to start.  I'll start with the birth of my last son.  The birth of my son Joshua was the biggest disappointment in my life to date - at least that I can think of at the moment.  I had worked so hard to prepare for my 2nd Bradley Birth for my 3rd living child.  All to end up letting the hospital put me on pitocin.  My husband said that I did better with this labor than the one with our son Jon.  The thing is...I was doing much worse.  I was in way too much pain the last few hours to even utter a word.  All I knew was I HAD to stay on the birthing ball so this baby could keep progressing down and I could get the labor over with.  I've read all the studies and knew how using an epideral could potentially cause me to have a c-section which is what I did not want.  So...I went on this birthing experience with pitocin and without pain meds.  Hindsight...I would never again not do pain meds with pitocin.  I think it was...