Not hers, mine. I got really run-down, and have been feeling crummy for the past 2.5 days. I came home from work early today and took a great, nearly two-hour nap. I am definitely feeling better, but still tired.
Kid A fought against her final nap of the day today, and had a hard time going down to sleep, despite lots of feeding, a bath, and playtime. She's doing this very unpleasant thing while nursing lately, which, if it continues, will mean an early wean. Feel free to comment with suggestions if this has happened to you: she's clamping down. It HURTS. Even though she doesn't have any teeth, that shit hurts. I don't know why she does it, and I don't know what I can do about it, other than to take her off the boob for a little while.
There are some really lovely things that I've been noticing about nursing though, and they are things that I want to be sure to remember. Like when she throws her arm across her eyes, as though melodramatically saying, "Oh, it's all just too much!" Or putting her hand on top of her head, as in the I'm-a-little-teapot song. Or when she grabs the top of my thumb, as though it were a doorknob, with her strong little fingers.
Since she's so restless (even though she's asleep, I can hear her stirring), I'm going to cut this one short. Night!
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