the best way to wake up.

now, we've not been getting much sleep for the past 6 months but it doesn't seem to matter once 6 (if we're lucky) rolls around. gideon stops chomping on the boob in a frantic manner and suddenly is awake. wide awake. with the giggles and the putting of his fingers in our mouths and rolling back and forth between us. and then we hear mia in the next room exclaiming, "hey guys, i made it light!" as she turns on her bug light. she's known how to do this for ages and ages but suddenly it's as though she's creating light from scratch and oh! what a miracle she's performing! and then there is family snuggling and giggling.

of course then we start in with the whining and the pooping and the rest of the things that will fill our day until nighttime. but those few minutes first thing in the morning? make the sleep deprivation worthwhile.

mooma nuba booba

mia is making up her own language these days. makes us all repeat it. speaks to her animals in tongues. her imagination is taking shape so beautifully these days. so big. so crazy. she makes "beds" all over the house with baby blankets, tucking us all in and singing us songs.

it's definitely something to do with the age, which i think is odd. i met her uncle, ze'ev when he was 2.5 and he was busily putting people to sleep. her friend "A" was doing the same thing when she was 2.5. josh and i both thought these were 2 of the funniest, most imaginiative, WEIRD little kids we'd ever met. and now we have one. it's pretty awesome.

she's also very shy right now. tells me she's going to be shy before we get to whatever event we're scheduled to. hides behind me for about 20 minutes and then lets loose with the crazy. typical toddler.

not so typical? she's weirded out by babies that aren't gideon. really weirded out. but when you really think about it? babies are weird. they stare, don't say anything, maybe babble unintelligibly, make sudden lunging movements before falling on their faces, are often covered in their own bodily fluids. i guess i forgot to tell josh how freaked out she was with the babies. he took her with him to drop gideon off at his class (per usual) when a 10 month old walked (yup) up to mia and squealed in her general direction. mia hid. nearly cried. stupid babies. hee.

breakthrough!

we have teeth, people. i repeat, we have teeth. and we hate them. they are evil and not really all that necessary.

so gideon's not a good sleeper. he's a sweet baby. he loves his mama (and her boobs) but he does not like to sleep alone. or without the boob. or while you sit. or for longer than 2.5 hours. that said...last week he started eating some rice cereal at night and lo! he slept! from 6:30 until between 1-3 in the morning. and then back down again until 6. it was miraculous. but then came saturday. saturday he decided that food was not only a waste of time but was disgusting as well. it's not a boob! and sleeping is also for babies. stupid babies who do not appreciate the boob. saturday night he was up every hour or so for a nibble and a cry. at 5 he was tired of talking happily to himself and nursing off and on. i felt a pinch, looked down and saw a happy, wide-eyed little boy stretching my nipple as far as he could and biting me with his very first tooth. "good morning mama, please wake up."

and so it began. there has since been little sleep. lots of crying. many fevers. and still no eating.

and tonight? tonight we have a stomach virus. i was laughing to myself as i wiped him down that josh and i used to wonder how we would know the difference between vomit and spitup with mia (mia who was never sick). ha! if you're wondering? it's not vomit.