#voicethisout

Akka…a serious “voice this out”. Something I faced from day 1 up until now. And something every woman faces after birthing a child.

Right from the beginning I have had everyone telling me “don’t hold your child too much.. don’t let them get used to your body’s heat. they won’t learn to come or mingle with others. You will find it difficult”.

Here’s me talking to all that nonsense advice, holding my child too long or making her sleep in my arms or picking her up the minute I hear her crying won’t affect my child’s growth or ability to socialize in anyway.

It’s high time people understood that dependence breeds independence. Holding your baby will only give him/her security. A feeling of warmth. Confidence that we as parents will always have their back. Help them to take up anything in life.

As babies they are solely dependent on the mother’s for food and warmth and security. If holding them as long as I can and helping them feel safe and comfortable is wrong parenting, then I don’t want to be right.

As my child grows big my arms grow strong. Holding her as long and as much as I want to is what motherhood is all about.
To all the mummas out there, anyone facing this issue of absolute unwanted advice of “don’t hold your kid too much” remember they will outgrow your arms one day.

Hold them strong, hold them tight, no one but you needs to know that this is what is right!!!!