Udder cover

July 5, 2010
This is pretty much how I spent my time at Bear Lake. Feeding a baby. Cole must have thought the only way to get my attention with so many willing and eager hands to hold him was to eat. I'm pretty sure he faked hunger a few times just because he either thought it was funny to watch me trudge back up the beach or so I'd hold him. I'd pick him up and set him on my lap and he'd start smiling and cooing at me. And as soon as he saw my nursing cover he'd kick his legs, open his mouth and start rooting around, and make this cute "oh oh oh" noise. A few times the kid just played with his meal, smiling and flicking you know what just out of pure happiness. It was super cute and pretty funny. But that little twit wouldn't take a bottle to save his life! Pearl was just the same... she never took a bottle. Even my dad couldn't convince him that taking a bottle wasn't the end of the world. And we're not even talking about a bottle of formula! I made my sister stop and pick up my breast pump for heaven's sake! While it's nice to know Cole loves me, it sure would be nice to get a break once in awhile from the mental exhaustion of knowing you're the sole source of nourishment and can't be gone more than two hours. I just don't believe my breasts are that wonderful to render the decision to starve. I mean, no one has ever paid that much attention to them in the first place!