I surrender to his soft little tuna-fish breath on my cheek and his fleeced foot pressed against my stomach. I surrender to the stuffy-nose snoring and the midnight dream-wandering under our thick covers. To his warm diaper pressed against my head, to his hot sticky hands combing my hair, to four am demands for milk. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘sleep’
August 6, 2009
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WANTED: Mother who does not arbitrarily decide she will not breastfeed between the hrs of 3 and 4am. Mother who does not suddenly refuse a nip of milk and a snuggle upon waking after eleven months of allowing that exact behavior. A fair mother. A loving mother. A mother who will sacrifice her sanity for the whimsical desire of [...]
