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Looking back

I finally upgraded my template (not that it looks that much different -- I couldn't bear to get rid of my dinosaur) and now I'm all organized with labels.

I went back and looked at all the "doctor's appointment" posts. In one of the early posts from when K was just a few months old, I found this, referring to an advice column that said your four-month old baby will stare at you while nursing because he wants to show how much he loves you:

I got all excited, thinking, really, he's going to love me when he's four months old? That kept me going for a while.

I remember how hard the first few months were, but I forgot about this part. I occasionally get frustrated now because I've spent an hour cooking him something that he refuses to try, but that's nothing compared to four months of feeling like you're devoting all your time and energy (and then some) to somebody who wouldn't care if you were replaced by a milk-emitting robot. (It would have to be a fuzzy robot though. They did studies with monkeys where they made wire "mothers," one that had food and the other that was furry, and the baby monkeys preferred the furry mother.)

Full post as published by Magic Cookie on November 13, 2008 (boomark / email).