MOAR GUSHING ABOWT BEBBE
Last night I got to snuggle with my boy in the loveliest way. I knew it would take him awhile to fall asleep, it generally does when he has a nap during the day, and I was prepared for the two hours of frustration and my arm falling asleep as he laid in the crook of my elbow and refused to let me move, the tossing and turning and endless (increasingly sleepy) requests to "geeeeet uuuuuup?" But it wasn't this at all.
After books and songs, he snuggled up close to me, closer than he usually does - closer than he really has since he stopped nursing. His head was leaning against my chest, my arms were both around him, and we just looked at each other's face in the dim glow from the baby monitor. He didn't ask to get up, he didn't fuss or squirm. His shadowy face was so beautiful, and I stroked his hair and his cheek, running my thumb over his nose and eyebrow because that helps him remember to close his eyes (a trick I learned when he was a newborn - he still sometimes forgets). I rubbed his back and kissed his sweet hair. His eyes drooped more and more, he opened them less and less, and finally he was asleep. I stayed awhile longer than I needed to, just because I didn't want to let him go.
This whole time I could feel our new baby inside me, kicking and squirming, and could only think how lucky I am. So so lucky. I don't want to forget these moments, and I'm terrible at recording them, so here it is.
In other news, I've contacted the Sutter Davis volunteer doula program to get more information. I'm hoping that I'll be able to connect with them and get my name on their volunteer list in the next week, so I'll be able to start attending births! I'm so excited, so thrilled to have the opportunity to do this, but also so nervous! Hopefully I can get it set up soon. Also need to get my certification packet from DONA, so when I do start attending births I'll have the necessary documentation to put them towards my certification.
After books and songs, he snuggled up close to me, closer than he usually does - closer than he really has since he stopped nursing. His head was leaning against my chest, my arms were both around him, and we just looked at each other's face in the dim glow from the baby monitor. He didn't ask to get up, he didn't fuss or squirm. His shadowy face was so beautiful, and I stroked his hair and his cheek, running my thumb over his nose and eyebrow because that helps him remember to close his eyes (a trick I learned when he was a newborn - he still sometimes forgets). I rubbed his back and kissed his sweet hair. His eyes drooped more and more, he opened them less and less, and finally he was asleep. I stayed awhile longer than I needed to, just because I didn't want to let him go.
This whole time I could feel our new baby inside me, kicking and squirming, and could only think how lucky I am. So so lucky. I don't want to forget these moments, and I'm terrible at recording them, so here it is.
In other news, I've contacted the Sutter Davis volunteer doula program to get more information. I'm hoping that I'll be able to connect with them and get my name on their volunteer list in the next week, so I'll be able to start attending births! I'm so excited, so thrilled to have the opportunity to do this, but also so nervous! Hopefully I can get it set up soon. Also need to get my certification packet from DONA, so when I do start attending births I'll have the necessary documentation to put them towards my certification.