Feb 7, 2011  •  In Baby, Claire, Cute, Personal

Girl Talk, and Poop

I must have looked especially haggard yesterday morning, because as soon as J woke up he announced, “I’ll take over. Go sleep. NOW.”

(I love this man.)

Knowing that the baby was in good hands with her doting father, I gathered the dog into my arms and snuggled up in bed. I took a wonderful 2-hour nap, and when I emerged from our bedroom refreshed and energized and ready to relieve J from baby duty, he assured me that everything was under control and that I should go “do my own thing.”

(Have I mentioned that I love him?)

And so I did. Grocery shopping. Watching a couple of episodes of Veronica Mars on Netflix. Surfing the web.

By the time the baby’s bedtime rolled around, I realized that I missed my daughter and took over for her bedtime routine. And I guess the little booger missed me too, because as I gave her her nighttime bottle she drank for a couple of minutes, then stopped and looked up at me.

“What’s wrong, little girl? Not hungry?”

She gurgled, smiled, then launched into a five-minute long speech.

Alright, so what she was saying weren’t words, but a series of syllables, sighs, and various other baby sounds. But I played along just the same, because it really did seem like she was telling me all about her day with daddy!

“Really?….You don’t say….Wow!….Well then….”

When she finally finished, I waved the bottle in front of her face and she eagerly opened her mouth. She gulped down the rest hungrily, satisfied that she was able to tell mommy all that she had wanted.

J was to go through something similar this morning. He told me that as he gave Claire her morning bottle, she stopped drinking after a couple of minutes once again.

“So why did she stop?” I asked him.

“She needed to poop. As soon as she finished her business, she went back to drinking again.”

I laughed, and we agreed that the only things that would get in the way of our hungry baby must be the desire for girl talk with mommy, and the need to poop.

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9 Responses to “Girl Talk, and Poop”

  1. Rebekah says:

    So cute!! This entry made me smile. I can’t wait until my daughter (2 months old now) does more talking. I totally do that talking back thing as if we’re having real conversation with the cat already, so I look forward to “talking” with my daughter, too.

    • It really does get SOOO much more fun once they become more interactive. I can’t wait until I can have real conversations with her, to read to her (and have her understand what I’m reading), and even to have her argue back!

  2. Megan says:

    i love it! babies are awesome.

  3. That picture cracks me UP! Her pensive little gaze is so adorable.

  4. kalen says:

    LOL – I love that picture – she’s soooo cute and getting bigger! 🙂 It’s really sweet that she took a break to let you know everything was okay and she missed you, too. <3 These are the best moments of motherhood, by far.

  5. Haha! I love that photo of her!

  6. Carly says:

    Awww, that’s really just too cute! Nothing wrong with a little chat, and a little poop 🙂

  7. Mina says:

    *what* a cutie. i’d like to scoop her up in my arms and plant a big kiss on each one of those dumpling cheeks.

  8. Kate says:

    This made me giggle, which I needed on a Monday night. 🙂

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