Just Stuff

Just stuff that's been going on around here.....

Every once in awhile, Miss A comes in our room during the night if she has a bad dream. She usually just brings her pillow and blanket, lays down on the floor, and we find her there in the morning. A few nights ago she came in during the night to find me sitting in bed feeding Miss H. She asked, "Mom, what are you doing?"
"Feeding the baby," I replied.
She came back with, "Aw, that's not fair. I wish I could have a snack in the middle of the night. That's really not fair."

Miss A also really loves to talk on the phone. I find her talking to the relatives she knows how to call from my cell phone all the time. The other day I was talking on the phone with one of my friends who has a daughter that is one of Alexa's best friends. After I was done she asked if she could talk to her friend on the phone. I passed her the phone, she started talking, and I walked out of the room to do something else. This is part of the conversation that I heard:
"My mom has to feed the baby all the time. Do you know how she feeds the baby? She lifts up her shirt and just feeds her. Isn't that soooo weird? I think that's weird! I wish she could just open her mouth and feed her!" Getting back into the swing of nursing a baby is obviously a big deal to her. I don't think she has much memory of me nursing Mr. L, even though it hasn't been that long since I stopped.

Miss H had her one month check-up this morning. I had been slightly concerned about her weight gain just because she's not always a very interested eater. It's sometimes difficult to get her to eat well. I guess I don't have any reason to worry. She's at 9 lbs 2 oz, up two pounds from her birth weight of 7 lbs. 3 oz. She's also grown 2.5 inches in the last month. I guess she's just efficient!

We had peas with dinner tonight. Mr. L loves peas, which is good because he gets to eat them a lot. I try to avoid broccoli and cauliflower for awhile while I'm nursing, he has a corn allergy, and he doesn't eat green salad very well yet. Considering all those things, his main vegetables are peas, green beans, and carrots. Tonight as I was putting on his pajamas for bed, I noticed he had a pea up his nose. I guess it wasn't bothering him, but I went and got the bulb syringe to try to suck it out. Wow! I've never used a bulb syringe on an almost 30 pound nineteen-month-old, but, boy, did it make him mad! After sucking out his nose, though, I couldn't see the pea anymore. Do you think it just went all the way up his nose and then down his throat? Anyone have any experience with this???

I'm realizing now that this post seems to be focused quite a bit around nursing. That was totally not my intention, but I guess that's pretty representative of what life is focused around right now..... :)