Since my daughter was born, many people have asked me, "Are you enjoying being a mother?"
Yes, of course! She doesn't say no to me (yet), she doesn't slam the door because she's upset (yet), she doesn't think her parents are lame (hopefully), and I don't have to say no to her. All I have to do is love her, feed her, change her and love her more.
She really has been a great baby to us; the only problem we ever had was that she loved sleeping too much and we had such a hard time waking her up to feed her in the first month.
Some methods we were taught were to tickle her teeny tiny feet, take off her clothes and hold her to my chest, and wipe her back with a baby wipe! She did not like that one!
Thanks to her being such a laid back baby, we have also been rather relaxed and laid back parents.
I can't wait for her to start walking, talking, doing girly stuff with me like shopping and eating frozen yogurt, but I should probably embrace this baby moment with her.
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| Amane (means sound of the rain) 我が娘 アマネ |
娘が産まれてから頻繁に「母親業はどう？」と聞かれるのですが、現在彼女は4ヶ月。
両親を試すとか、反抗するとか、そういうのとはまだまだ無縁なお年頃。
なので、子育てと言っても可愛がって、食べさせて、おむつを替えてまた可愛がる。
この繰り返しなので、全然大変な事なんてありゃーせん。
唯一きつかったのは、生後1日2日目は3時間おきの授乳をせねばならないのに、とにかく起きなかった事くらい。
足の裏をこちょこちょされようが、ひんやりお尻拭きで背中を拭かれようが、まず起きない。飲ませない事には仕方がないので、1時間毎にこの繰り返し。
退院する頃には要領を得たのか、半分ほど覚醒するようにはなりましたが、このまま飲まないで寝続けるんだろうか、この赤子は。とやや心配しました。
今後歩いたり、転んで泣いたり、喋るようになって自分の意見を言ったりするのが怖くもあり楽しみだけれども、この時期はもう戻らないんだからまず今を楽しみなされ。という温かな助言に従って行こうと思います。
その前に初めての子なのに、２番目の子並みの写真の少なさをまず解消するのが先決か…
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