And here I am now:
nursing a squirming and disinterested toddler, every once in a while, and knowing that one
of these times, it will be her last time, and it will be my last time to lay skin to skin,
tummy to
tummy, with my own
babies, breastfeeding, and that time is coming soon.
Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes of Tummy Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your
Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (
baby's and yours), made a cup
of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes
of Tummy Time so the
baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the
baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half
of it on the
baby's head, clothing changes all around,
nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your
nursing, found now - cold cup
of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more
nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your
nursing,
baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee,
nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your
nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your friend?
A few things the American Academy
of Pediatrics suggests: swaddling
baby, applying firm pressure to her
tummy, changing your diet if you're
nursing in case there's a food sensitivity or gas, offering a pacifier, holding
baby, running a hair dryer or other noise - maker that might remind her
of sounds in the womb, etc..