"Lei?" Agnes calls out from the dark. I instantly wake up to see her carrying Alexis (LingLing) waiting by the bedside. It's LingLing's first feeding time and our treasured time together every morning as I am still breastfeeding her in the morning. Alexis smiles a big bright smile at me. She has been going to bed by 7pm so at 6:15 am, she is wide awake and hungry.
My routine is I get up to go to the bathroom and wash up a little, put on my feeding shirt which is a long sleeve buttoned shirt left open while Agnes puts a little burp cloth on my bed and puts Alexis down to wait for me to come back. By this time, she is always whining as she doesn't see me anymore and she doesn't stop until I come back to lie down next to her.
As soon as I am close, she aggressively goes after the boob and I feel relieved as well as she gets the milk. Luckily she doesn't have teeth yet so nursing her is still an awesome experience. We sometimes fall asleep again together while she nurses. I either hold her left hand as she likes hold on if she is wuite awake or I have my hand possessively on her back and little butt. It's just a great feeling to have her all cuddled up and happily eating like it's heaven for her (also for me).
As she is 9 month now, if she doesn't fall asleep, she is done in 10 min on one side and I get on top to tickle her a little and then move to the other side to nurse her. She doesn't feed as much on the other side. Within about 5 min, she tries her darnest to flip over so she can be on her stomach – her favorite position and climb around and on top of my pillows. She is now very happy and looks curiously around for fun stuff to go after – her favorites are my glasses which I promptly take away, the water bottle (I have it there in case I am dehydrated as milk does not come out if I am), but her most favorite is the clock with its bright digital dial and surprisingly the wooden headboard.
I would let her roam for 5 min holding on to one foot to make sure she doesn't fall. She is quite agile and fast now and can easily fall. Then I try again to feed her. Sometimes she will start nursing again for another 5 min. Once I tried again on both sides, I know she is done - at least with me.
Next come my other favorite part – I put her on my belly and just kisses her all over starting with her cheeks and necks. Her skin is sooooo nice and soft. She is so good about this and just lets me. It's awesome. Even though she smells a little like pee as we haven't changed her yet from the night, she feels AWESOME on my belly. She also usually flash that wonderful smile of hers. I raspberry her belly and sometime she just starts laughing. She eventually gets off of me and I hold her up to stand. She loves to stand now. I let go just for a sec and she giggles as she feels the feeling of falling but I catch her of course.
By now, it's close to 7. I bring her out to either Daddy who is up or Agnes to feed her the bottle some more. Yeah, she eats at least another 4 oz more after me. I either try to nap a little more before work or go workout depending on the day.
This has been my morning routine with Alexis for about 4-5 months now. I will miss it when I stop nursing her which will probably happen in less than a month.
Ah.... Motherhood - I love these moments
Lei
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