Maternal Instincts

Despite the fact that I have had no real problems pumping breastmilk, and that I have a private space in my office to do it, it's hard to step away from the work of the day and try to relax enough to really get the milk flowing. Sometimes I look at a picture of Dexter but after a few minutes my mind wanders back to work. I recently started viewing the 3 year old "baby" Giant Panda Tai Shan on the live PandaCam and discovered that it doesn't have to be a human baby to get my maternal instincts in gear. If only we had a DexterCam!

I added the PandaCam link (see left). After you get to the site, just scroll down on the page to see the live panda action.

The Blanket Game

Sleeping Like a Baby

Can it be?? Is he really getting better at this sleep thing? For the past four nights, he's awoken only once for a feeding giving Mommy about 6 hours of sleep at a stretch!

No Rest for the Weary

Since I've gone back to work, Dexter has decided that he's not going to sleep for long 4-5 hours stretches at night anymore. Maybe he's making up for lost "mommy-time" during the day. But last night he went down for 5 hours, did a quick feeding around 12:30 and slept again until 3:45. This would have been fantastic for me except that I was plagued with nightmares where I was in the middle of the Israeli/Palestinian war in Gaza, trying to escape with Dexter. I'm guessing that this has something to do with some unresolvable internal conflict I'm experiencing lately. Balancing work and motherhood perhaps??

So That's What It's For!

We are used to Dexter shoving both hands into his mouth like his Daddy shoves a double cheeseburger into his but yesterday Dexy discovered that it felt good when he chilled out a bit and just sucked his thumb.

Spring Forward in the Stroller

Yesterday's 65 degree temperatures lured us all out for a family walk using Dexter's fancy stroller (thanks Grandma and Grampy Fowler!). We may have overdressed young Dexter but he didn't complain.

Love Bite

Dexter gave me a hickey! While we were playing this afternoon, he grabbed my arm and pulled my wrist to his mouth and sucked and sucked and sucked until he left a little love bite. No wonder we never had any real problems with breastfeeding.