Moo

My little girls are incredibly fascinated with their newborn baby sister. They want to help with everything from diapers to bathing. They really wish that their baby sister was bottle-fed so that they could feed her too. They both find the breastfeeding very amusing however.

I explained how it worked before the baby was born. They both seemed to think that I must have been kidding, because honestly, it sounded completely ridiculous to them. Did I really expect them to fall for that? Katie really wants to understand the whole process in detail. She asks many questions since she is four and asking questions is pretty much her job. Which she takes very seriously by the way. Refer to earlier post about “The Quiet Game.”

She asked while gesturing towards my chest, “Why do you have two for the baby? Is this one for chocolate and the other one white?”

That kid is always thinking. Of course if one were chocolate, I would still have her hanging on me too.

Company's Coming

Claire is very interested in the business of newborns. She has a lot of questions, including those pertaining to the stump from the umbilical cord.

“Why is her electrical cord turning black?"

I should have known that there was going to be a whole lot of entertainment value after that comment. Even now that the umbilical stump has fallen off, the amusing comments continue.

I was changing the baby’s diaper and noticed that it was oozing a bit. Claire and Katie were standing right there observing, as usual. I asked Katie to hand me an alcohol pad, which is her normal contribution to the procedure.

Claire asked why I needed it, evidently thinking that since the blackened stump was gone that we were done with that part. After twelve straight hours of questions, I was just not in the mood to explain why I needed the swab again.

“I don’t know Claire. Why do you think I need it?”

Claire replies, “I don’t know. Somebody’s coming over?”