Pat asked:

>"Away in a manger no crib for a bed...
>The little Lord Jesus asleep in the hay."

>For goodness sake, what was he doing in the hay?

I always assumed that Mary laid Him in the manger while Joseph helped her 
clean herself up from the birth!  As poor travelers they did not have a 
doula to help them.  :-(

 I also assumed that the Lord Jesus was patient and didn't cry while they 
took care of necessities, even though they were in a stable full of animal 
sounds and he was in a manger full of hay - not the best of beds.  I'll bet 
Mary picked him up as soon as she was able!

It's true, though, that this world did not give him a warm welcome - 
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2053%20:3-6;&version=50;

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate Christ's birth!

Melanie Young
IBCLC, LLLL
Johnston County, NC 

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