Momsense...

The Lord truly looks out for the mothers and children on the Earth. This is a simple story but it meant a lot to me. Tonight I was getting my daughter ready for bed. The routine is this:

• Eat
  
• Burp
  
• Bath
  
• Story
  
• Prayer
  
• Scriptures
  
• Prayer
  
• Kiss 
  
• Sleep
  

Unfortunately Jessica has acid reflux issues and sometimes ends up throwing up everything she ate. 9/10 times this can be prevented by careful burping, slower feeding, and not over-feeding. 1/10 times she just throws up. Tonight, while she was in her bath, I had washed her little body and was getting ready to wash her hair. Suddenly the thought came to me that she needed to be done with her bath. I almost dismissed it but again, I felt very strongly that I needed to get her out of the bath. Before her bath I had also felt like I needed to get a thicker towel for her instead of the thin baby towels I usually used. After the 2nd time I felt like I needed to get her out of the bath I decided to get her out of the bath. I wrapped her in the thicker towel and we went into the bedroom so I could put a diaper and clothes on her. Suddenly she peed all over the towel. I was grateful for a thicker towel because it absorbed everything instead of getting all over. A few seconds after that, the poor thing threw up all over everything. Here's the simple part: if I had ignored that feeling and kept her in the bath, she would have thrown up in the bath which would have been a more complicated cleaning. As it was I was able to wipe a lot of the throw-up off her body, get a washrag wet from her bath, and sponge bathe her on the bed without any fuss or trouble.

I know this is simple, but I am positive that Heavenly Father was watching out for Jessica and me in this simple, sweet instance.