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Sure, every pregnancy and child are different, but Jordan Harrell's little ones all had one thing in common: They were extremely difficult babies. Her long nights and equally trying days consisted of endless crying with each of her children, and this went on for years. It even got to the point where on a few occasions, she didn't know if she could take it anymore and resorted to pleading with her baby to stop the tears -- but of course, that didn't work.
"I went 0 for 3 on easy babies. There was a lot of colic and crying and ear infections and food allergies and little-to-no sleep," the blogger mom wrote on Facebook. "My tubes are tied, just in case you're wondering how much I loved it."
Harrell admits that during these draining nights, she felt like a failure and questioned what was wrong with her as a mom. "THREE hard babies? That seems illogical. Surely, the common denominator is their flipping ill-equipped mother. That would make more sense," she wrote. "So the crying would go from a solo to a duet, me and the baby swaying in dramatic harmony, alternating heaves as we wondered who would be able to [rein] it in first."
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The stranger went on to explain why Justin's tears are a good thing and why this desperate mom should cherish them. "'It means he trusts you, trusts that you'll come,'" the woman said.
So on those sleepless nights, whenever Harrell is about to end up in tears herself, she blocks out the guilt by playing this mantra in her mind on repeat. "His crying is a good thing. He's crying because he knows I'll answer," she wrote. "So to the mamas of hard babies, be thankful for the crying. Go scoop them up and hold them close. They're not crying because you're a bad mom. They're crying because you're such a good one."
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