Funny thing...and very sweet! The best way for Deen to go to sleep, especially when he is fussy, is still in my arms facing me like he is breastfeeding, but with the bottle in his mouth. His little arm hugging my back, and his other hand resting on my cheek, chin or chest. His eyes looking into mine, trying to read the world ahead of him in my dark orbs. I miss the bond of giving him biojuice.
Safah was stubborn after her time in the NICU---nothing but bottles of breastmilk for her, and Deen(since he was also introduced to the bottle because of an extended hospital stay) made the choice to wean himself at 3 months. I don't think he was getting all that he needed from the beginning. Even with me pumping to increase my production and taking Fenugreek. He just wasn't into it.
In retrospect, I think my body just couldn't keep up with the demand, since we got off to such a rocky start, and since he was a big baby! Big 12-pounders gotta eat! ;)
Gotta love that hand on your face. Except when I forget to cut his nails. Then he digs in because he can....Ouch!
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lol, vat a cutie yaar! i know what you are talking about though - usman and i were talking about something similar - how even though everyone says it's best to have them sleeping on their own, nothing compares to mornings in bed with musa, when he sort of half wakes up, sits up and looks around sleepily, finds one or the other parent in his field of vision, then just crashes down face forward onto said parent and dozes back off, etc etc :) i wouldn't trade that for anything, even full nights' sleeps :)
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