What's this... What's this...
What's this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my eyes
I must be dreaming
Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong
What's this?
There are people singing songs
What's this?
The streets are lined with
Little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy?
What is this?
What's this?
There are children throwing snowballs
instead of throwing heads
They're busy building toys
And absolutely no one's dead
There's frost on every window
I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel a warmth
That's coming from inside
Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss?
Why that looks so unique, inspired
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts on a fire
What's this?
What's this?
In here they've got a little tree, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?
They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?
Oh my, what now?
The children are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and
scare them
Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
Secure inside their dreamland
What's this?
The monsters are all missing
And the nightmares can't be found
And in their place there seems to be
Good feeling all around
Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the air
The smell of cakes and pies
Is absolutely everywhere
The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this?
Christmas Town, hmm...
No I'm not going to do a Christmas post... but snippets of this song runs through my head almost daily. Why you ask? I answer..because I am a breastfeeding mother of a 6 month old. So....what's the big deal.. millions of mothers breastfeed...millions of mothers have 6 month old babies.
I have what you would call currently... a distractable baby. Said 6 month old has been a really really good baby - rarely cries, soothes easily, sleeps great - but she LOVES to observe. She will be content to just be held and walked around the room and stare at anything and everything. So naturally she wants to know what is going on, especially now that she get getting the hang of this outside world thing.
www.kellymom.com/parenting/parenting-faq/distractible-baby/
http://www.writingchapterthree.com/2012/07/breastfeeding-ever-distracted-baby.html
There is nothing more sacred to a breastfeeding mother than the down time while feeding their baby.... nothing else matters, nothing else needs to get done, nothing in the world could break that bond.... Unless it's the baby themselves....
Imagine if you will you are eating lunch with a colleague, friend, family member and they begin eating and enjoy their food - then they stop - look around - smile - go back to eating - stop - see a reflection of light - eat - talk - eat - listen to someone else's conversation - eat - watch a person walk by - smile - eat - etc etc repeat repeat repeat. That gets annoying because you're just trying to have a nice relaxing time and enjoy the moment while said person is so preoccupied that you can't enjoy it and it gets stressful so you end up getting frustrated and just leave, because obviously said friend doesn't want you around or is totally uninterested in what you have to offer that there is no point is forcing this interaction. THEN at say midnight or 2 o'clock in the morning said friend calls you up and is like 'hey... I'm so hungry...wanna go catch a bite to eat', and you're like but we were having dinner like 4 hours ago and you didn't want anything to do with it... but OK... and it is the mellowest, calmest moment and your friend eats and eats and eats, lazily dozing in and out while you are fighting to stay awake.
That is what nursing a distracted baby is like. Sure if she's really hungry and wants to look around I can give her a bottle.... but it's SO time consuming: get bottle of pumped milk out of fridge, assemble Dr Brown's bottles(the only bottles she'll drink from), warm bottle, feed baby, put baby some place content (somewhere she can still see me yet still look around), assemble pump, pump for 15-20 minutes, clean bottle and pump parts, store pumped milk. It takes 45 minutes to an hour to feed her this way rather than 20-30 minutes to feed her naturally.
There is nothing that I want more than after a day of being away from her at work, machine pumping every 3 hours, to just snuggle up with her and feed her as soon as I get home. But no... it's hi mom, hi big sisters, hi dad, oh look the cat, oh look the couch, oh look... look mom..do you see it too... hi mom...smile...look mom do you see your shirt...mom see my hand... mom look....mom i hear something... mom I can't see because you're trying to cover me up so I can eat... mom why are we going upstairs...mom all the fun is in the living room, I don't want to rock... mom... mom look there is my crib...and my changing table... oh look the cat followed us upstairs...mom the rocking chair is making a funny noise... Then add in the two other children that want my attention as soon as I get in the door... it's chaos, I'm left hanging out (quite literally) and then we can just forget nursing until it's bedtime.
Once we finally settle down it's another hour or two of nursing - because she is sooo hungry and sooo tired. And a lot of times she nursed through the night due to the lack of eating during the day. But I love having this relationship with my baby, knowing I've giving her the best I can give her in her early life. Soon it will be over and another food battle will have begun with solids and real food and on to the 'eww I don't want that for supper' phase. So I'll take my gurgly, smily, gummy, drooly nurser when she wants to nurse and let it all hang out.
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my eyes
I must be dreaming
Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong
What's this?
There are people singing songs
What's this?
The streets are lined with
Little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy?
What is this?
What's this?
There are children throwing snowballs
instead of throwing heads
They're busy building toys
And absolutely no one's dead
There's frost on every window
I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel a warmth
That's coming from inside
Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss?
Why that looks so unique, inspired
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts on a fire
What's this?
What's this?
In here they've got a little tree, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?
They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?
Oh my, what now?
The children are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and
scare them
Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
Secure inside their dreamland
What's this?
The monsters are all missing
And the nightmares can't be found
And in their place there seems to be
Good feeling all around
Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the air
The smell of cakes and pies
Is absolutely everywhere
The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt so good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough
I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this?
Christmas Town, hmm...
No I'm not going to do a Christmas post... but snippets of this song runs through my head almost daily. Why you ask? I answer..because I am a breastfeeding mother of a 6 month old. So....what's the big deal.. millions of mothers breastfeed...millions of mothers have 6 month old babies.
I have what you would call currently... a distractable baby. Said 6 month old has been a really really good baby - rarely cries, soothes easily, sleeps great - but she LOVES to observe. She will be content to just be held and walked around the room and stare at anything and everything. So naturally she wants to know what is going on, especially now that she get getting the hang of this outside world thing.
www.kellymom.com/parenting/parenting-faq/distractible-baby/
http://www.writingchapterthree.com/2012/07/breastfeeding-ever-distracted-baby.html
There is nothing more sacred to a breastfeeding mother than the down time while feeding their baby.... nothing else matters, nothing else needs to get done, nothing in the world could break that bond.... Unless it's the baby themselves....
Imagine if you will you are eating lunch with a colleague, friend, family member and they begin eating and enjoy their food - then they stop - look around - smile - go back to eating - stop - see a reflection of light - eat - talk - eat - listen to someone else's conversation - eat - watch a person walk by - smile - eat - etc etc repeat repeat repeat. That gets annoying because you're just trying to have a nice relaxing time and enjoy the moment while said person is so preoccupied that you can't enjoy it and it gets stressful so you end up getting frustrated and just leave, because obviously said friend doesn't want you around or is totally uninterested in what you have to offer that there is no point is forcing this interaction. THEN at say midnight or 2 o'clock in the morning said friend calls you up and is like 'hey... I'm so hungry...wanna go catch a bite to eat', and you're like but we were having dinner like 4 hours ago and you didn't want anything to do with it... but OK... and it is the mellowest, calmest moment and your friend eats and eats and eats, lazily dozing in and out while you are fighting to stay awake.
That is what nursing a distracted baby is like. Sure if she's really hungry and wants to look around I can give her a bottle.... but it's SO time consuming: get bottle of pumped milk out of fridge, assemble Dr Brown's bottles(the only bottles she'll drink from), warm bottle, feed baby, put baby some place content (somewhere she can still see me yet still look around), assemble pump, pump for 15-20 minutes, clean bottle and pump parts, store pumped milk. It takes 45 minutes to an hour to feed her this way rather than 20-30 minutes to feed her naturally.
There is nothing that I want more than after a day of being away from her at work, machine pumping every 3 hours, to just snuggle up with her and feed her as soon as I get home. But no... it's hi mom, hi big sisters, hi dad, oh look the cat, oh look the couch, oh look... look mom..do you see it too... hi mom...smile...look mom do you see your shirt...mom see my hand... mom look....mom i hear something... mom I can't see because you're trying to cover me up so I can eat... mom why are we going upstairs...mom all the fun is in the living room, I don't want to rock... mom... mom look there is my crib...and my changing table... oh look the cat followed us upstairs...mom the rocking chair is making a funny noise... Then add in the two other children that want my attention as soon as I get in the door... it's chaos, I'm left hanging out (quite literally) and then we can just forget nursing until it's bedtime.
Once we finally settle down it's another hour or two of nursing - because she is sooo hungry and sooo tired. And a lot of times she nursed through the night due to the lack of eating during the day. But I love having this relationship with my baby, knowing I've giving her the best I can give her in her early life. Soon it will be over and another food battle will have begun with solids and real food and on to the 'eww I don't want that for supper' phase. So I'll take my gurgly, smily, gummy, drooly nurser when she wants to nurse and let it all hang out.
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