Trials of a Newborn's Mom
No one warns you of all the trials associated with having babies when you're young. At 19 I know I was far from prepared to run a house or raise a baby, but I learned fast that being broke meant going without things I took for granted in my parents house.
We were gifted a trailer down the road from and on my exhusband's parent's land.
Trailers are notorious for plumbing issues and cold Pennsylvania winters with whistling winds combined with uninsulated pipes meant days of frozen pipes and no hot water. Babies require lots of hot water and boiling water for a baby bath takes a long time, even if it's a little table top tub.
Imagine my joy in getting it all ready and my sweet baby being lowered in to her bath only to discover that the warm water triggered a most inconvenient bowel movement in my hard won achievement. It was back to the drawing board and more pots filled to boil.
A hot blow dryer to the pipes below the trailer rectified the pipes for a day, but every storm threatened to freeze the pipes each cold snap. Eventually my exhusband applied heated insulation to the pipes, but not before I suffered this same issue on many occasions.
In the days before Pampers I learned many tricks to keep my daughter clean and dry but I never took hot water for granted ever again.
This is my five minute freewrite using prompt hot water.
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A very good input well adjusted to the prompt: hot water. That flow of consciousness attached to a memory of how hot water was a need not always easily satisfied in the old days. Sometimes, memories lead us through streams of experiences we thought had been forgotten and a click activates them and makes our day.
Thank you for reading and the compliment 😃...yes, one word prompts from @mariannewest have sparked many memories!
That sounds like quite a start to a marriage.
I well remember the days of no money for the electric meter and boiling water in pots on the fire to fill a tin bath in the living room. We take so much for granted these days.
Hi @deirdyweirdy
I've just visited your profile to check out if you posted anything interesting lately, just to realize that you didn't publish anything in a long while.
Hope you are well and didn't give up on steemit yet.
Cheers, Piotr
Give up? Moi? Never! I just find myself with very little to say.
Hi again @deirdyweirdy
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Thanks :)
Yours, Piotr
Yes, the world has drastically changed and we who lived through hardships are stronger for that. Thank you for stopping by and commenting 🥰.
I didn't become a mother until I was 28, and I am quite sure I would not have done well with a baby at 19. But one has more energy at 19, and a younger spirit, so maybe it all balances out.
It is not the easiest of lives but I learned through my choices and love the kids. Now I'll be an early great grandmother this year! Hugs
Wow! You are 'way ahead of me; I just have one granddaughter, age 4.
I have 6 grandchildren 🥰...
Nice!
Even at 33 I was not prepared for a baby
And then to have the challenges you had... woah
amazing what those tiny bundles teach us! Thanks for reading and commenting!
Greetings and felicitations, it’s myself again with the prompt for today
https://steemit.com/hive-161155/@mariannewest/day-852-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-keeping-it-straight
Thank you for your delivery!
What we take for granted - and how quickly one sudden move can undo minutes (or hours) of prep work - you cover all the bases here with a concise and moving story. I didn't know you were married and a mother at only 19. And where you lived...so near the in-laws...Pennsylvania winters... frozen water pipes... I shudder at all the privations and trials. You've come a long way!!