It’s been five weeks since Pitter last nursed, and for days–weeks even–he doesn’t mention it at all. And then there are the more sentimental days when he seems to remember. I talk around the topic a bit, telling him that nee nees are for babies now–that Brother will have them when he is born. Pitter seems to accept this, but some mornings, after whining that he’s “all done” with sleeping, he cries for his “nee nees! nee nees.” It’s enough to break my heart, although I don’t miss nursing in. the. least.
Sweet Cheeks is away on business this week. Pitter’s response to his absence are daily reminders that “Daddy makes BIG poops. BIG poops!” and that “Daddy’s car [is] at work.” Yes, the male obsession with bowel movements and cars offically begins around age 2, it seems.
And while Sweet Cheeks is away, Pitter has the opportunity to see me naked more often when I get dressed. This brings up the third major male obsession: breasts.
“Nee nees!” He says ecstatically upon the sight of my naked torso.
“SEE them!” His face beams. “Ooohhhh! Nee NEES. TOUCH them? TOUCH nee nees?” He says this as if he hasn’t been smashed against them for the majority of his brief life.
I relent, because he has had a long relationship with them, and whatever–it’s not sexual or anything.
What does the touching entail? A poke with his finger and a maniacal laugh, as if he’s just gotten away with something truly evil.
When I put my clothes on he starts to cry. “SEE THEM. SEE MY NEE NEES!”
I tell him he can see them later.
He usually takes me up on the offer, insisting that I flash him for a peep once or twice in the afternoon. Sometimes he wants to snuggle up against them. But he does not try to nurse, so we are definitely not regressing entirely here. And he seems to be clear on the next concept:
“Nee nees for brudder. No sistah, brudder.”
We’ll see how this plays out once “brudder” is actually here. I have visions of Pitter throwing poops and small cars at the poor little guy when he sees that his nee nees are truly no longer “MINE!.”
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