And isn't that something?
Lucy goes to a babysitter while Dave and I are at work...which sucks...but it's also wonderful because we love our sitters. Dave's cousin's wife, Tracey, watches her on Mondays and Tuesdays and our friend Tammy Cassessa watches her on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Lucy has so much fun with Tracey's 3 dogs and gets to take her kids to school and see them in the afternoon...and she gets to have adventures with Tammy's son Dominic and hang out with their dog and cat. What sucks about it is...she's MY baby! And I want to be with her all of the time! But aside from needing the money, going to work is probably good for me anyway - it makes my Lucy time all the more precious.
I was reluctant to start Lucy on "food" - for a couple of reasons...first, she's a BABY! And I just want her to STAY THAT WAY! Ha! Second, I breastfeed and I just really cherish that closeness with her...and besides that, I feared my supply would drop if she started filling up on other things. But I gave in and we started her with sweet potatoes...we tried those for a few days (they were a hit!) then switched to green beans (which didn't go over quite as well). We tried the green beans for a few days and she didn't love them and I thought maybe this "food" was giving her stomach aches so we switched to cereal. Each night, she's been eating cereal before her final feeding.
My mom and others have suggested that maybe she eat cereal in the mornings and food in the evenings...I wasn't ready to start this because that may mean the sitter will be feeding her in the mornings...and again, it's MY baby and I don't want someone else to feed her (*I must point out, though, that Dave feeds her sometimes and I am fine with that...and if someone wants to feed her when I am there, that would be fine, too).
I'm crazy. I know it. I admit it. But also...SHE'S MY BABY! I would never deny my baby food but for now...she gets up a little earlier and we feed her cereal at home and she eats her veggies (or fruit...haven't tried any of those yet...) with us in the evenings...I'm blocking out the point my mom made: "You do realize she'll eventually need to be fed lunch, don't you?"
Hmm...maybe I could stop by the babysitters' every day on my own lunch break...?
But take a look at my green-bean-eating-girl (she seems to like them now)! Wouldn't YOU want to be the only one to feed her??
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