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May. 21st, 2008 08:48 amNaomi was very cooperative when we had to go to her passport appointment...because all minor children need to appear in person, so my four week old baby had to go appear at the post office for a passport. It would have been nice if they hadn't been running quite so far behind, but that's okay.
In my sleep deprived state I managed to teach myself yet another reason why I hate not being able to exclusively breastfeed this child. I walked out of the house with the diaper bag packed with everything we needed except for something to feed her from. Oops.
I'm trying to find bright sides in the whole breastfeeding deal. So far I've come up with the idea that it's likely my period will return sooner without EBF than with it, and that means that we'd be able to plan on trying for #2 sooner. (Yes there are plans for a second child, and I'd like for that to happen before I turn 35, which is not all that far off considering I turn 33 in less than a week.) As much as a second child, especially one so close in age will be difficult, I really do want more than one...to me, so many of the good things I remember from my own childhood involve my siblings, and there were a lot of lessons about sharing and compromise and all sorts of other positive life skills that came from being a child with siblings.
And the other lesson? Doesn't matter what the books and the experts say. Naomi is an individual and will do what she wants along the way, and all the theory and all the science and all the reading and preparation goes out the window when it needs to. My job is love her, and make what I think are the best choices possible to guide her to being a mensch.
In my sleep deprived state I managed to teach myself yet another reason why I hate not being able to exclusively breastfeed this child. I walked out of the house with the diaper bag packed with everything we needed except for something to feed her from. Oops.
I'm trying to find bright sides in the whole breastfeeding deal. So far I've come up with the idea that it's likely my period will return sooner without EBF than with it, and that means that we'd be able to plan on trying for #2 sooner. (Yes there are plans for a second child, and I'd like for that to happen before I turn 35, which is not all that far off considering I turn 33 in less than a week.) As much as a second child, especially one so close in age will be difficult, I really do want more than one...to me, so many of the good things I remember from my own childhood involve my siblings, and there were a lot of lessons about sharing and compromise and all sorts of other positive life skills that came from being a child with siblings.
And the other lesson? Doesn't matter what the books and the experts say. Naomi is an individual and will do what she wants along the way, and all the theory and all the science and all the reading and preparation goes out the window when it needs to. My job is love her, and make what I think are the best choices possible to guide her to being a mensch.
