AWWWWWWWWWW, just Precious! And boy can I relate!!! I breastfed for a year, & let me tell you, when his little teeth started to come in, I would actually dread the sound of my infant son crying when he was hungry(I know, it's terrible to say). It actually went something like this...3:00 AM "whaaa(baby cries)...whaaa(mama cries)!" It was so painful, like feeding a baby shark!

Eventually though, my body toughened up(the two parts of my body that needed to anyway), & it was no longer painful. But boy, those first few weeks of him cutting teeth were brutal for the both of us. Then it was just an endless battle for me to be able to make & express the milk accordingly. Most woman find that they can't make enough milk for their baby's eating schedual. My problem was that I felt I was making too much. I was expressing it naturally to him, I was pumping & freezing it for later use, or for the nights he was home alone W/karl. And still it came in a plentyful way. I started calling my breasts "Twin Pines"! Oh maybe your not familiar w/the company. Well when I was a child, all of the schools supplied for their students, chocolate & white milk from Twin Pines milk co. It doesn't take much to get the connection there does it?

Also I remember when Spence was about 4 mos.old & most of the baby books said that a baby is ready for solids or baby oatmeal at about 4 mos. Well I was frusterated that I had had no signs from Spencer(the reason experts say 4 mos., is because an infant usually sits up on his own at that age,& that's supposed to be your first sign that they're ready for solids) that he was ready. My mom went out & bought us a really cool oatmeal bottle to start introducing him to it. Well he just wasn't having it, to put it bluntly! Even though he had been sitting up on his own at three mos! But then about a month later, he was no longer sleeping through the night. I would get up & breastfeed only for him to awaken two hours later to be fed again! Then suddenly instinctually I KNEW! He needed more sustenance in his meals...solids. So I again tried some baby oatmeal mixed w/mothers milk and voila...a baby that again slept through the night! I think it's just instinct like you said earlier. Maybe Tsuki noticed that her babies were waking more than usual in the night to be fed, & that's how she knew they were ready for solids. Then again maybe it was all she could do to give her poor little teets a break! Ahhh motherhood...the little boogers are always 'sucking' something from us aren't they? Milk, knowledge, money, college tuition, sanity! Boy no wonder the women are the ones in charge of creating(read growing)life, I just don't think men could give themselves so freely,selflessly and consistantly.

Makes me also think back to when Spencer was about 2 mos old & Karl set up this really nice spa package for me to be pampered, as thanks for giving him another beautiful child. This was a kick butt package, he made sure to include all of the frills too - hair cut ,hot oil treatment for my scalp,a full body massage, A foot bath & pedicure, mud bath & mud mask....Ahh heaven in a gift certificate!

Well I wasn't about to get naked in front of anyone in my post pregnancy body"! Not unless THEY paid ME!!! So I thanked him graciously,& asked if it would be ok if I cashed in the gift certificate for the money & go shopping for some clothes that would actually fit my voluptious(read fat) body. He wasn't happy about my new idea, but agreed since he knew it was necessary.

So off I go to buy a knew wardrobe that will make me feel better about this 'thing' disguising itself as my body! I stayed gone about four hours & when I returned home my mother in law was over visiting the baby. I walked in w/bags & bags of stuff,& when karl started to snoop through them to see what my new look would be, he discovers baby stuff! Yep I spent the whole $300.00 on my little Spencebug. When he said "The whole $300.00...really? Spencer already has so much stuff, he'll probably grow out of it before he gets the chance to wear it!". I didn't even get the chance to respond before my mother in law said "Yep! She's a mama - it is now official!" And she was right. How dare I eat the bone myself when I have another human being to look after.I know it sounds weird, but that was the moment for me that made it seem real,I was no longer just this person taking care of a baby, I was now two people...and I was someones MOM!

Ever since that day, I can't remember the last time I had a bone to myself. Also since that day, I can't remember WANTING a bone all to myself!

I sometimes feel so honored to be a member of the 'mommy club', I can't think of a better club to be in!