One instant they're staring blankly past your loving glances, intermittently smiling at the passing gas bubble or tickle on their cheek and entertaining themselves with the shadows on the ceiling.
And then in another, you look over at them with your tired, bloodshot, "isn't red sexy?" eyes and they're sitting straight up out of their bouncy seat;
grabbing at your coffee cup with their other hand full of your hair;
batting at your necklace and hanging on it like it's a zip cord;
belly laughing at the dogs racing around the yard in the warm Spring air;
rolling over with intention and reaching for the smallest, chokeable toy on the floor;
screaming every time you leave the room like you've put nails in their diaper;
smiling at their siblings desperately trying to impress them with fart noises and pirouettes;
and grinning mischievously as they chomp down on your nipple with a couple of brand new razor sharp baby teeth. Can you hear my screams?
All the better to eat from you with, mama
Crucial Tip, fresh from my LLL meeting where my guys was actively clamping down in front of an audience: when they bite, pull them in close to your boob. When you pull them in their little noses get covered and they open their mouth. For the naysayers, nobody's getting smothered, they let go immediately so it's only an instant.
It worked for me, like magic.
Posted by: Carrie | April 02, 2009 at 01:46 PM
We have four girls with the youngest 12 months. With each one I swore I woundn't bf again bc of the pain but the love and instinct is just too strong not to do it.
Posted by: Michelle | March 29, 2009 at 10:50 PM
cutie :-) we weaned today bc mine won't. stop. biting. i tried every method to stop it i could find, but he's past one yr, so i'm just done. it was getting to the point where i was afraid i would show up in the ER with a nipple (MY NIPPLE) in my hand and the surgeon would be like... 'well why the fuck didn't you wean him?!' and then he would tell me i will not grow a new nipple. and that would suck. more than the sadness of weaning.
Posted by: MommyNamedApril | March 27, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Kristen, My son crawled this week. Crawled. Six months old and I can not believe he is capable of crawling. They grow so freaking fast.
She's beautiful.
Posted by: Issa | March 27, 2009 at 09:51 PM
Ouch, I can hear your screams. There were a few bites I got toward the end with my younger daughter, and I was afraid to look down. I really thought there was a possibility that my nipple would be GONE! It hurts THAT bad. I feel your pain. Though not at the moment I don't.
Posted by: Jenny | March 27, 2009 at 07:18 PM
Oh she's so cute! You just wanna bite her! lol
Posted by: LilliGirl | March 27, 2009 at 07:10 PM
Ouch, my son quit breastfeeding before that stage:) They grow up so fast. I still think of my son as a baby to which I am corrected every time by him that he is not.
Posted by: Jenny | March 27, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Aww...they really grow up so fast!
Posted by: Asianmommy | March 27, 2009 at 03:31 PM
She is so freakin' cute! Just look at those cheeks!
I'm still mourning that my baby will be a two year old in exactly two months.
They do grow fast.
Posted by: Christina | March 27, 2009 at 03:30 PM
I think that the first 6 weeks are the longest bits of their lives, then you BLINK and they're little people, with individual personalities and stuff.
She's absolutely adorable!
Posted by: psumommy | March 27, 2009 at 03:18 PM
Squeee! She's adorable!
Posted by: Amy Jo | March 27, 2009 at 02:20 PM
My baby is there right now too. Only, he still doesn't have teeth. I hope I get that awesome toothless grin for a while longer. Its the best.
Posted by: Natalie | March 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Nom nom. She's the edible one. ;)
Posted by: Amelia Sprout | March 27, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Good thing they're cute!
She's pretty darn cute.
Posted by: KrisUnderwood | March 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Yes. It is quiet surprising when they seem to turn from helpless lumps of skin and bones into grabby, drooly, nipple munching monsters!
Congrats on your latest monster! Don't blink, she'll be in school before you know it.
Posted by: Trista | March 27, 2009 at 10:33 AM
How about when they hold onto your necklace and headbutt you repeatedly...ugh.
Posted by: Kerrie | March 27, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Yup, sometimes it feels like they change daily - and I've been there with the nipple munchy. Yow!
Posted by: RHW | March 27, 2009 at 09:30 AM
As the mother of 2, it really does take humor to make it all work! http://ohhhgirl.wordpress.com/
Posted by: deborah | March 27, 2009 at 08:33 AM
How adorable. :)
Posted by: S | March 27, 2009 at 08:27 AM
Ah.
Let the GAMES BEGIN.
Posted by: TNG | March 27, 2009 at 07:38 AM
So true.
My babies are 15 and 14, and it is only yesterday they were Margot's size.
Posted by: Michelle | March 27, 2009 at 06:44 AM