I Want to Remember Today
June 29, 2009 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under advantages of breastfeeding, mothering, nursing in public
Today my husband took my older girls to a major league baseball game while I stayed home with my 11-month-old. The minute her sisters (i.e., the entertainment) left she started fussing! Who wants to stay home with boring old mom anyway?! Now I say this in the most loving way possible: this child is like a dog, if only in the sense that she goes to the door, bangs on it with her hands and yells until I say we’re going out! She wants to be where the action is, there’s no mistaking that.
My baby in the Baby Jogger stroller
, and of course then she was all smiles! Part way through the walk she fell asleep and I stopped to read a book on a park bench underneath a pepper tree. When my daughter woke up flushed from sleep and the heat, I pulled her into my lap and she nursed contentedly until she popped off and beamed another big smile at me! We set out again, and she stayed happily in the stroller for another fifteen minutes or so. Then it was back to my arms for the rest of the way home. We must have looked quite the sight — me holding the baby in one arm and pulling the Jogger with the other (it was too hot for the sling I’d brought) because a kind woman pulled her car over to ask if I wanted a ride. I was quite happy and near home anyway, so I politely declined. The baby and I continued, with one more pit stop to play on the grass in the shade of the trees. All in all we were out for over an hour and a half. I had brought water for me, my cell phone and keys, a book, and some diapers, but that was enough to see us through for a grand adventure!
My baby does the same thing, he crawls to the door and bangs on it. And if I open it he crawls off like a flash. He just loves being outdoors. I find it a little frightening, though, I really don’t know how far he’d crawl before he stopped. I’d rather not find out.
And your little one is just the picture of a healthy breastfed baby. Just look at those cheeks!
My Hannah is the same. She wants to be where the action is, too.
Glad you had such a lovely day with your adorable daughter.