On Monday, our precious little girl turned six months old. On one hand it feels like it has dragged on, and that I've faced several battles I wasn't expecting.. But on the other hand, she seems to have grown so very much!!
I have managed to successfully feed her exclusively via breast for these first important months, however now that I am back at work I am finding that incredibly hard to do. For some reason, I just can't seem to produce for the pump after mid morning.
She also got her first cold this week, should have expected it from daycare but was hoping the milk might help. I felt so sorry for the poor little blighter... Running nose, constant dribbling, red wet eyes, and next to know appetite. Made me feel completely useless!!
The wondrous things though are the gabbling to us, the attempts at saying mum and da-da, the beginnings of crawling, the army crawls, those precious hugs, the big smiles she throws our way when she hasn't seen us for anything more than an hour, the giggling, the laughing at the dogs, and just general living really.
I never thought I would take to this whole 'mum' thing... But I've really surprised myself. I've probably surprised a whole heap of other people too, I have never been clucky around babies or children. What many didn't know though is I'm pretty ace at dealing with children. . . It was just great that they weren't mine, and I didn't have to worry about their daily living requirements.
Six months down, and a lifetime to go of being a mother - all that it entails. I'm happy that we've made it this far, and if I say so myself... We've done a darn fine marvellous job!! I can't wait to see what comes next!!
With love,
Chantal
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