Nurse-ery rhymes
"Two-two-tee-tee-done-done-done!"
That's my little guy's version of "eeny meeny," when he's deciding what side to start with. It's absolutely amazing!
Looking over my posts, it seems like a large percentage deal with breastfeeding in a fairly short time. In fact all of these posts deal with nursing, food, or baby food. Hmm, I've made the decision to keep nursing my toddler, but maybe I'm still feeling a little weird about it? I mean, it's becoming a social reference for him-- I was looking at an online album of a distant friend (with the tot in my lap) when we came across a photo of someone doing a shot out of another's cleavage. "Yum-mum?" he asked. "Yep," I replied, "although you have to stick to virgin yum-mum for now." I also have a memory of wanting to nurse long after I had been weaned (I think I was jealous of my little brother) and when my mother finally broke down and let me, I'd forgotten how. (You can occasionally see someone who can still perform the required rippling tongue movements on "America's Funniest Home Videos," or maybe if you get really lucky in Amsterdam some summer you'll come across Amazink Elke.)
I asked at the last LaLecheLeague meeting if anyone else had ever had to nurse a toy and almost everyone there who had nursed beyond a year had some story to tell about refueling toy trucks or nursing a teddy bear to sleep. I'm also reading a great (if slanted-- its published by LLL after all) book about nursing toddlers (and preschoolers, gulp) and there's a really great quote in there-- "You're not a real woman until you've nursed a triceratops!" Well, does an American black bear count? I mean, it's not as big as a dinosaur, but it's also not extinct...
That's my little guy's version of "eeny meeny," when he's deciding what side to start with. It's absolutely amazing!
Looking over my posts, it seems like a large percentage deal with breastfeeding in a fairly short time. In fact all of these posts deal with nursing, food, or baby food. Hmm, I've made the decision to keep nursing my toddler, but maybe I'm still feeling a little weird about it? I mean, it's becoming a social reference for him-- I was looking at an online album of a distant friend (with the tot in my lap) when we came across a photo of someone doing a shot out of another's cleavage. "Yum-mum?" he asked. "Yep," I replied, "although you have to stick to virgin yum-mum for now." I also have a memory of wanting to nurse long after I had been weaned (I think I was jealous of my little brother) and when my mother finally broke down and let me, I'd forgotten how. (You can occasionally see someone who can still perform the required rippling tongue movements on "America's Funniest Home Videos," or maybe if you get really lucky in Amsterdam some summer you'll come across Amazink Elke.)
I asked at the last LaLecheLeague meeting if anyone else had ever had to nurse a toy and almost everyone there who had nursed beyond a year had some story to tell about refueling toy trucks or nursing a teddy bear to sleep. I'm also reading a great (if slanted-- its published by LLL after all) book about nursing toddlers (and preschoolers, gulp) and there's a really great quote in there-- "You're not a real woman until you've nursed a triceratops!" Well, does an American black bear count? I mean, it's not as big as a dinosaur, but it's also not extinct...
posted by RoRo's Mama at 5:46 PM
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