Did you ever have one of those dreams that you wake up in a sweat trying to figure out if it really was a dream or if it was reality?
I woke up with a start in the night last night. I had just dreamed that I was nursing a baby. He was an absolutely gorgeous little guy. Probably somewhere around 4 months old. So sweet. I was doting on him and just lovin’ him to pieces. There were lots of people around. Tons. Tons and tons. It was our house we were at, but not any house we had ever lived in in real life. Anyway, all these people, they thought he was adorable too. Everyone was “eating him up”.
Then somehow it was evident that a day had passed. It was now the middle of the afternoon. And all of a sudden I remembered that I had this little guy and I was supposed to have nursed him, but I hadn’t since the night before. It was clearly middle of the afternoon and I had not even checked on him since the night before. I had completely forgotten I had him. Infact I couldn’t remember where I had put him the night before!!
I am laughing as I type this……Cause in my dream I stood thinkin’….”Where did he go?” I looked around at the people all around and wanted to say, “Do you remember where I put the baby?” But I didn’t ask them. I was afraid that they would think I was a lousey mom. Oh my gracious! What kind of mom forgets her baby – for over a day? I tried to be very discreet looking around the house for him.
Then I started running. Where was he?? And I was panicked. Finally I found him safe and sound in a room. He was crying and looking up at me, like, “Come on mom, feed me!” I scooped him up and woke up.
After figuring out in my sleepy state that it was all good, I don’t really have a baby that needs to be nursed, etc, I started to smile. I think that the Lord was onto something when He didn’t have post-menopausal women able to have babies. Our memory just ain’t what it used to be!! Whew!!
PS I’m open to hearing any interpretations y’all might have!! xo
That's hysterical! I know that kind of dream where it takes a second to figure out if it actually was a dream or not.
Where's the baby… UH, I've uttered those words, and not in a dream.Moments when I could have sworn I put her on her blanket, but somehow she 's in the playpen,and sadly I have no memory of doing that.
Once you have kids in your house, there is no chance of the memory holding up.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, thanks for sharing your dream… it was great.
BTW, the chore chart is just your basic chart. Days of the week across the top, kids names going down. Everyday I fill in the chores. Some stay the same like make bed, hang clothes. And i mix up the really "fun" ones like garbage and laundry, etc. If someone doesn't do their chores or upsets a sibling(that would never happen)haha, then more chores are added. This was all my Sophia's idea. It's working very well so far.
could it have been symbolic of jubilee? xoxoxo 🙂
Your dream made me laugh out loud. It's funny when we're dreaming and everything makes total sense and we would never question the whole idea of forgetting about a baby.
I have similar dreams, although in my dream I'm back in college and I realize it's the end of the semester and I've totally forgotten to go to a class all semester long, and I don't even know which classroom it meets in. Then I panic and think I need to take the final and wonder if I will pass, etc. I have that dream ALL the time! I always assume I dream it when I am feeling out of control in some area of my life (which is very often).
~Amy
that is hilarious!!! :))
Hi dear Linny, I giggled when I read this because I too am thankful that the Lord didn't bless me with little ones when I was menopausal. My hat is off to you and DW because I get tired when I have my grandkids-can't imagine having little ones in my late 50's(not that you guys are my age) and being the kind of momma I always was…so I love sending them home. 😎
Blessings to you and yours this Labor Day weekend.
Hugs, Noreen
…well…when I was pregnant my mom and I both had those kinds of dreams!
Anyone prego in your family?
I know, I saw where Abi said she wasn't….
Crazy dreams…
http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?search=baby&method=exact&header=symbol
I googled dream dictionary and came up with that link…I hope it helps!
Katie
It's simple, you are supposed to adopt a baby boy and use one of those nursey things you used for Autumn. Just let us know who, where and when in your next dream!
Every time I have a dream about a baby or young child- yep we end up with one for real! he he he ……Jubilee maybe closer than you think?
Linny, I laughed out loud because this so reminds me of a dream I have had lately. I am a fairly new nurse, on a med-surg floor at a small hospital, and I dream that I forget a paitent all night, or that I didn't even know the patient was mine, and then I rush around trying to find them and see if they are all right. For me, I think it's just fear that I COULD mess up when I'm responsible for a sick patient. I haven't forgotten one yet, though! I have no intepretations for you, other than once a mom, always a mom!
No interpretation … but I can certainly picture it. Too funny!
mama of 13
These verses came to mind when I was reading your post,
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…" Isaiah 49:15, 16
He loves us so!!
Linny,
Just my inexperienced thoughts here, but two things came to mind. First, the baby could represent Jubilee and the uncertainty you have right now on that status. Or, I have been told that babies in our dreams often represent our dreams. Maybe the Lord is urging you to pick up a dream you once nurtured, but set aside, and now it's time to pursue that dream again.
Hugs!
I think your dream has something to do with Jubilee. You all have been loving on her for quite sometime now, waiting to bring her home to join your family, and now that China has changed their mind about the adoption(for the time being, UNTIL GOD changes it back.)I think the baby in the dream represents the loss you are feeling for Jubilee, and the desperation you had to find the baby in the dream, is the desperation you are feeling about a resolution to getting your Jubilee home safely with her family where she belongs. And my prayer is that the end of your dream where you finally find the baby is God telling you not to worry that He has a plan to get your little girl home.
I cant wait for the day when we can all celebrate with you when God moves those mountains and brings your little Jubilee home. Right where she belongs. Keeping you in my prayers here in Arizona.
I guess there is the obvious:
Isaiah 49:15
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!"
No other interpretation unfortunately but I am interested to hear if anyone has one!
xo ellie
LOL maybe an adoption of a baby (under 2) is in your future and you'll be an adoptive nursing mama! It can be done :0)
Linny! I've had that same dream!! Sometimes it involves my actual baby and sometimes it's a fictional baby who I KNOW doesn't exist but I freak out anyway. I have no interpretation to offer. But if what you say is true and my memory will only get worse the older I get…I'm in BIG trouble! 🙂
Jubilee is lost right now—but she WILL be found!!! By YOU!!!
I think Karin and Kimberlie are right on. You are in the valley and our flesh gets weary, but our Father in heaven never forgets us. I also thought what kimberlie said about a dream of your heart that has maybe been laid down. pick it up and nurture it!
I think Karin and Kimberlie are right on. You are in the valley and our flesh gets weary, but our Father in heaven never forgets us. I also thought what kimberlie said about a dream of your heart that has maybe been laid down. pick it up and nurture it!