The first cat we assume was just too young to have kittens. She had never seen any mother cat before and only did the bare minimum for her kittens. She wouldn't nurse them or keep them warm. In her weird sense of needing to protect them she would put them in the rocky flower beds or in the middle of the lawn and leave them there. At one point my friend took the kittens and gave the cat only visitation rights. These kittens, after being bottle fed by my friend every 2-3 hours, even at night, only lived about 6 weeks.
Now, on the other hand, this latest mother lays with her kittens to keep them warm, she nurses them, she keeps them in a box and is very loving and does everything for them she should. My friend just ignores them to give them their privacy and those kittens, at one week, are already as big as the first set were at 5 weeks.
I know this isn't a perfect parallel, many abandoned kittens survive, many cats abandon their kittens for good reason etc etc. But, The world thinks we can just send children out to be taken care of. I do not believe that and know many others as well who don't believe that. We are the BEST teachers, care takers, loves for our children. (under normal circumstances of course) No child will do better in day care all day or with a nanny than they would have with their mother, who loves them best!! That is the plan Heavenly Father has so it must be the best one (again, under normal circumstances). No matter how imperfect I may think I mother, or how many mistakes I make in trying to do the best for them, they will never get the best except from me! And the same goes for all you other hard working mothers out there!!
Plus, I won't even go into the benefits of breastfeeding. :)
Here is a picture of the first kittens at 16 days;
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Thank you Christine. I needed this.
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