Hi and new here

Hello

I am new to this forum, We have two beautiful daughters, Sara is almost 4 and Sonya is almost 1.  THe oldest one has taken to being a big sister, a little too well it you know what I mean.  The younger one is growing ever day.  She already has three teeth,  which we thought this was amazing because Sara did not have any teeth well beyond her first birthday.

Sonya is giving us some problems because she is done with pablem, she will not eat any of those baby cereals.  At present she is living on 4 bottles, a piece of toast, cheerios and what ever fruit and vegtables we can encourage her to eat  I wonder if this is enough or not.  Any other parents have trouble getting their young one too eat?  WHat did you do?

We have recently moved to a small town and also finding it hard to make connections with other people.  This is in some ways a rather churchy, lack of a better word, town each church has a congragation off 200+ and there are at least 15 churches in town.  We have been going to the same church for almost 3-4 months and people are starting to remember our faces and our names.  Niether my wife and I are that outgoing and finding it hard to make connections.  My wife and I feel that this move and opportunity to be here is from God and are trying to trust him in building those relationships. If you are from a big church, what did you do to get involved and what do you do now to help other new people

With the move is some ways my wife and I have switched roles, in other words she goes off to work and I get to stay home and look after our girls.  I thank God everyday for this opportunity because my father was an abusvie parent and my mom had to work 40+ hours a week to make ends meet therefore I was raised by everyone else but my parents.  And I/We did not want that to happen to our children.  But we also could not pass up this opportunity that God laid on our path.

So in a nut shell I am struggling with;

*being main caregiver to our girls when I did not have a good role model

*trying to establish a home in a new small town

*trying to be a part of a much bigger church than we desire, agian knowing that God picked this church for us.

Thankyou for letting me ramble on and taking the time to read it.  Any encourging thoughts that you may have would be helpful.

Bryan

 

Thanks Karla

For the reply!

I agree with the point that stay at home dads to not have the same level of support. I think that it is because as a generialization men seem to be those islands in the stream, but I am not one of those I realize that I can not do this on my own. Yes in Gods strength but not my own.

Thanks for telling me about your daughter, because my wife, Joy, has been telling me not to worry about it too, in fact she used the same example ony with our older daughter. I seem to have forgotten what Sara's eating habits were. Both you and Joy have reminded me. THanks again

We are slowly getting involved with the church but slowly is the operative word!

I have found one play group in the area, and it even has a stay at home dad in it as well. But he comes across as one of those Islands. I have only gone twice, and I am trying to get to know him and his kids. I have already been praying for him, so who knows.
Bryan