Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Imitation

When you've got two little ones in diapers, life is a little crazy.  Those of you with 3+ little ones can roll your eyes or laugh now if you like.  But there are days when things are so hectic and even frustrating that I find myself counting down the minutes until naptime.  Then there are days that are so sweet, I wish I could just press the pause button of life so that I can savor this time.  Yesterday was one of those days.

I was cleaning the nursery when Isabelle walked in.  Her little pink summery dress was pulled up and she was holding her baby doll to her chest.  Isabelle said "Mommy!  Feed baby!  Feed Andrew!"  She was nursing, feeding her baby the same way I feed Andrew. 




We then had to weigh her doll on the baby scale.  Isabelle declared "Eight pounds!"  According to Isabelle, everything weighs eight pounds, including herself. 


After that, the doll sat in Andrew's Bumbo seat.  I needed to put Andrew down for a nap, so Isabelle and I sat, side-by-side, with me in the glider and Izzy in her rocker, putting our babies to sleep.  When I shushed Andrew, she did the same, and when I put Andrew in his crib, Isabelle brought her doll to the doll's bed. 

We spent the rest of the time leading up to naptime sweeping and mopping together, me with my tall yellow broom, and Isabelle with her short red broom.  I love having my little shadow with me.

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2 comments:

  1. Elizabeth GuidryJune 11, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    This is sooo sweet. I'm sure ppl roll their eyes at me when I say life with one is hectic. She has enough energy for 3 kids and sometimes I want to pull my hair out. Since we are only having one, I will never experience a moment like the one above, but I get plenty of others :) Enjoy!

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  2. Carolina B.April 11, 2013 at 5:11 PM

    Hi,

    I'm spanish. I work as a teacher in a college, and I am working in an exhibition about breastfeeding, where I explain somethings about breastfeeding. I would like to finish with some pictures:
    - Breastfeeding yesterday (and some photographs of art, where we can see women breastfeeding, work art since Egipcien art, Lorenzetti, Leonardo Da vinci, Cézanne, etc.)
    - BREASTFEEDING TODAY (and some photographs quite actual of women breastfeeding).
    - BREASTFEEDING ALWAYS (with some photographs of Little girls breastfeeding a doll).

    I like a photograph of your daughter breastfeeding her doll. It's for this reason that I am asking you for your permission to use that photograph for my exhibition, that it just will have educational purposes.

    I await your reponse. Thanks,

    Carolina

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