Pod has gotten adorably aware of me looking at her or picking her up. Its very very rewarding when she looks at me and breaks into a smile or launches into Happy Baby pose. I know she doesn’t really know me from Beckie from any other person or from a stuffed animal, and her reaction is just a reaction. But so is mine, so I get all happy for no good reason too.
Except its very time-consuming. It distracts her from the goal at hand – inhaling a bottle so I can get back to whatever I was doing that was not staring at a smiling Pod. Its cute to the mutual exclusion of her nutrition.
Since my staycation, its been very hard to get back onto a pod-pace. I feel like I really need to give that to her, that she will be lacking if she does not have warmth, and it will pass by so fast I will be lacking too.
its all just a reaction. She’s not so frail, and neither am I. But it would be nice to have another staycation.
Didn’t you know that babies were “designed” to be cute and lovable. Thus, the smiles and cooing and other effects selected for maximum “good” response from the caregiver. That goes for puppies, kittens, fawns, chicks, even baby gators, but for some reason excludes tadpoles. Whatthehell – take what we are given. It’s either that or get drunk and play on the beach.
Luv the pics of the entire family.
DAD