Raising my Snoekies

Cara-Mia 15 Februarie 2010 Planned water birth, at birth centre, midwife assisted Valentines day ... the day of relationships, marriages, couples and all thing lovey dovey. My baby could not choose this day as her birth date ... her mom is SINGLE. She didn't chose that day, she waited until 02;00 am on the 15th. When you are pregnant and you wake up in a wet bed you can assume one of two things, baby got hold of your bladder and you peed the bed or your water broke. My water broke. Woke mom, grabbed the bags and headed to the Linkwood birth centre in Edenvale. A small piece of back story I was 37 weeks pregnant when I decided on a birthing place and a midwife. I wrote a two page birthing plan ... you can get really bored in those last few weeks of pregnancy. So it was straight to the birth pool for me. I made fun of birth and contractions until I puked in the bin and almost broke the bath gripping through the pain of an actual contraction. But it wasn't that ba...

They say it takes a village to raise a child ... But why? I am mom enough aren't I?  I can multitask like a boss and my kids have survived till now. Yes we learn from each other and ask advise but I am more than capable. But what if they said that it takes a village to make a mom ... Back in the day woman were part of tribes and villages.  They would gather each morning with their children and go about their daily tasks. In between they would chat, laugh, cry.  every woman was still responsible for their own child and her own duties but everything they did they did together. As a child I loved the idea of gypsies.  Every one traveling together, laughing next to the fire. Washing clothes in the river.  Off course later I would realize that its very frowned upon and most of them are criminals ... Today mothers are expected to spend as much time as possible with our kids.  so we are  either stay at home moms, work from home moms or working moms try...

Our unassisted home birth ... Babe nr 4 Just when you think you want to give up like you just can't anymore, then there is light. I prayed and prayed and prayed and He heard me. He made me wait 40 weeks but He made sure it was perfect. During the night before I couldn't sleep at all, I was so restless and uncomfortable. Just my luck we had all three the other kids in bed that night. And on my ten millionth trip to the toilet I returned to every one rolled over and no space for me. I ended up on the single bed by Carmin's feet 😄 I was overjoyed when the sun came up and I could just focus on something else besides trying to sleep. We had a false alarm the week before so I didn't want to say anything to any one. I just casually mentioned to my mom that my back hurts allot and maybe we should just get things ready. Being blessed Heine was home as it was Freedom day. He spent the morning with the kids and every one was calm. At about 11:00 I started getting some real contra...

Being a stepmom If you think being a mom is hard, wait till you have to be a stepmom.  Before I got married I didn’t for one second think it would be a challenge but boy it is. I am very blessed that I am stepmom to an amazing little girl, she is raised with amazing manners and she is always so helpful. From day one I told her to call me Carina, she tried really hard but with her good manners I always ended up being Tannie Carina, not a fan of the Tannie word, but coming from her I don’t mind it. The hard part comes in to always be fair towards all the children although your heart sometimes wants to choose sides.  It is also hard when the rules, morals and expectation are diffirent in the two homes. Dinnique loves her mother very much, I could never replace her.  She always tells me how beautiful her mom is and I find it so cute. Obviously her mom speaks very badly of me (which is understandable) , I try to be the better person and only speak good of h...

We are going to have so much fun over the holiday, going to the farm. I got the girls the most amazing Frozen dolls, they are going to love it. Family means everything to me and spending time with all the kids are going to be great.

We just love shocking people by telling them we have 5 kids. Some call us brave, I say we are blessed Our little top model Dinnique is going to gr R next year, she has so much charisma and elegance,  she totally belongs on the stage and the sports field Cara-Mia will be starting gr RR here at home with mom, where she belongs. Love seeing how much she is like me, always thinking outside the box and being unique. Ciane just turned two and is shocking every one not only by how well he speaks but also with the fact that he speaks both English and Afrikaans. He is such a little learner and loves his books. Carmin is kn the verge of walking which is so cute, she is such a little explorer. She is so beautiful and always makes us laugh Little unknown inside is growing nicely, birth junkie mom is already exited for the birth. Dinnique and Cara-Mia says its their turn to catch babe, Carie is used to it but it will be a first for Dinnique Actually can't explain how one heart can be so ...