March Perfect Post

My time is limited since I had the baby. I haven't learned to multitask while I sit idle and he nurses. I don't know if I want to learn to do other things at the same time either. Feeding time is a special time when I sit and rock my baby and watch his sweet face. It is a time when I absorb and learn his every habit. I am learning to read his body language with presicion. This is something that makes Steven feel inadequate or should I say not as useful(?). I try and explain it is because I am with the baby 12 hours a day alone, I am the caretaker therefore I observe more. It doesn't mean he is any less to the welfare of our child. I still see the hurt flash across his face when I can sooth our baby and he can't. I am also flippant at times and say something like, "It's because I have boobs." Sometimes I am territorial, especially when he is fussy in a way that indicates something is wrong and nothing can be found that is wrong and his cries are so pitiful to my ears. And I will say, "I am the momma." And I relieve him of the baby and sooth him because I CAN NOT sit by while my baby cries. If he is going to cry he can cry in my arms, dammit. So as I said my time these days is limited. I don't get around to everyone in one day every day. It might take me two days to visit. This week it took me four days to visit every one. I had a crying fussy baby who seemed to have a tummy ache and needed to be held and rocked almost all day long. By the time I made it around the neighborhood I found I had missed far too much. Kim over at Glamourouse has had a realy bad week. Her home was burglerized. She has been dealing with the violation, loss, the emotional distress. In the midst of trying to wrap her head around it all and find some sanity she has written a beautiful piece about women, blogging, support, friends all over the world and friends close at home, trying to have it all, beating yourself up along the way and making an amazing discovery. I am always conscious of the wonderful women in this world I have been able to meet through this medium. I never want to take any of you for granted. I hope you all feel special and know that I do count you as friends. I am thankful for you, readers, commenters, and lurkers alike. I am amazed by the network of bright, educated women I encounter every single day. I don't know how to express what I feel for each you. Kim had no trouble and she expressed herself beautifully. This month I award the March Perfect Post award to Kim at Glamourouse for her post You Know. For more Perfect Posts visit MommaK@Petroville and Lucinda@SuburbanTurmoil.