Friday, December 10, 2010

Oh, men...


"Every baby that is born is proof that God has not yet given up on humans."

Awww, I read that on Twitter a couple weeks ago. How nice. And hurray! A new baby has been born into the world! A dear friend of mine recently gave birth to her baby girl. And she has told me she plans to breastfeed and use her Chichi Power! Double hurray!! Her husband though, oh what a funny guy. He told us that on one of the baby's first nights at the hospital, she was a little feisty and they only got one hour of sleep. That's funny, you see, because he actually thought he would be able to sleep at all with a newborn LOL! AND, while still in the hospital! Hahahahaha (breathe) hahahaha! :-) Men, you gotta love 'em though (but only when they stick around to be a father for the baby right??). Breastfeeding moms know first-hand that sometimes it's not about getting sleep, it's about making sure your baby is fed. Or is that sometimes, or ALL of the time? And I know those first few days, the baby is very very hungry, since all you have is colostrum in your breasts. So yeah, I would consider yourselves lucky if you were able to sleep an hour at the hospital. And the baby wasn't "feisty", the baby was very hungry! I remember those days, oooh wheee I was so tired I wanted to cry! I did cry actually, a lot. But you know my story...

Anyway, bless his heart that new daddy who has no idea what's in store. But a big congratulations and kudos for taking on that venture of being a wonderful father to this baby girl! We need more of those que no? Pero you know what, I think that most husbands that get asked if "the baby is letting you sleep at night," and especially if their wife is a breastfeeding mom, they will say "Yes?", question mark, and then look at their wife. Because clearly they have no idea. Husbands usually sleep at night just fine and I mean, what can they do really, if you're the one who has to breastfeed the baby. They can bring the baby to you in the bed. Okay cool, that's nice. They can change the baby's diaper. Oh yeah, another good one. Fine. But have you noticed that for some strange cosmic mystical reason, men can't hear when the baby is crying? It's so weird because I hear it. I hear it just fine, it's pretty loud. The neighbors probably hear it. But husbands, I don't know, their ears just don't hear the sound of babies for soooome reason...insert a bit of sarcasm here. Smile.

Let's hang in there my breastfeeding mamas. It'll all be worth it to commit to this exclusive breastfeeding for your baby. And soon enough, baby will be done with having to be breastfeed, healthy, vibrant, solids, smart, running around, solid foods, off with daddy to the park, solid foods, or the zoo, solid foods, aaaah *sigh*, and you can kick back, relax, and have yourself a mimosa (or three). Can I get an amen!

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