i took the kid to catch a few minutes of shut-eye last night around 9p. bad idea. he slept and squirmed and tooted and burped and did not allow for much naptime for his mama. around 10p, he was awake and hungry (isn't he always?). we nursed and he was back off to dreamland. or so i thought. 10:30p he was awake and hungry. again. we changed dirty pants, nursed and he was back off to dreamland. or so i thought. 11p he was awake and, you guessed it, hungry. again. now, i don't want you to think poorly of me as a nursing mother, but i've been told (and firmly believe) if i am available and my kid is hickeying his own arm with hunger (which happened the other day), i will nurse. I AM MOTHER, WATCH ME NURSE! however, when this trend continued at 12m, 1a, 2a, 3:30a etc, i was ready to place a "for sale" sign on my kid and set him out front. i may have done just that, too, if there weren't 4 police cars outside our house from 3-4:30a performing their monthly raid of the around-the-corner neighbors (for being illegal or druglords or whatever). so instead, we changed dirty pants, nursed and napped pretty much round the clock. and then this morning, before i finally dragged us both out of bed at 10:45a, and i rolled over and sniffed my kid good morning, i realized no lack of sleep could ever make me sell a kid that smelled so dang good after so many late-night/early-morning diaper changes and feedings.
doesn't hurt that he's unbelievably adorable either.
I could just pinch those cheeks.
ReplyDeleteunrelated, but the word verification word i was given is FINGSTA. I can offer many ideas as to what a fingsta would do/be. Just thought you should know.