Friday, September 17, 2010

Breastfeeding...to a 2-year-old

Ruthie cracks me up sometimes. She is very interested in everything Levi does, including breastfeeding. This is what I told her the first time: "Levi can only eat milk, and he gets the milk from mommy." After observing him eating, Ruthie has these impressions of breastfeeding:
"Mommy feed him"
"Feed him from the tummy!"
"Open the tummy!" (while lifting my shirt)
"Push the button! Feed him!" (referring to the clasps on my nursing bra/tank)
Whenever he cries, she tells me to feed him.
"Ruthie feed him!" (while lifting her own shirt)
She also thinks I need to pump all the time, and hands me the bottle and other accessories saying "more milk!" This may or may not be because she wants to drink some....because I may or may not have given her some when we got home late one night and had no regular milk in the fridge...and as I was talking with Brandon about whether she would drink it or not, she takes a gulp and says "Taste good!"
note: you may notice all of Ruthie's quotes end with an exclamation point. This is not an exaggeration.
Here are some fun photos of Ruthie:
Wearing the kitty-cat mask she made a story time

Playing outside in the sandbox. Likely singing a song, or telling me about the rock in her hand.

She decided to put letters on Levi's back during tummy time today.

Levi Update

OK...I know it's been awhile since I posted. But I have one chance to sleep during the day--that magical time when both the kids are napping--and I'm lucky if it's an hour.
So, here's a quick update on Levi:
He is now 3 weeks and 4 days old.
I don't know how much he weighs right now; he has a checkup next Friday, and I will fill you in then. It better be a lot, since it seems like he's been eating constantly!
He hardly ever spits up (yay!), but sometimes milk comes out his nose :(
He loves when we go new places. He will just sit (lie) there, wide awake, looking around.
He tolerates his big sister extremely well, and can sleep through anything.
He is a loud sleeper--lots of grunting, which wakes me up quite a bit.
He is growing out of some of his clothes already (even some 0-3 month stuff!)
He likes going for walks in the double stroller, or in the Baby Bjorn.
He drank a bottle for me today, which I'm thrilled about since Ruthie never really took a bottle, and I could never leave her for more than a few hours for a year!
He LOVES tummy time, and would probably stay on his tummy indefinitely if I let him. And Ruthie loves doing tummy time with him. It's really cute :)
He is such a sweet little baby, and we all love him to pieces! :)
And of course, here are a couple pictures. They were taken about a week ago, and he already looks bigger! (Doesn't Ruthie look HUGE??)