Mommy never goes anywhere

by chuckofish

Well, Katiebelle continues to be the sweetest baby alive. When we wake her up in the morning, she just seems so thrilled to be with us. No matter how fussy the day before has been, she wakes up full of smiles. Happiness really is a full tank of gas, and she has been filling up on long nights of sleep and, shall we say, enthusiastic nursing come morning.

“Hooray for a new day!”
“No one told me that rainstorms could be so captivating!!”

In news from our never-ending semi-quarantine, we recently laughed about the rather dour direction of one of my sing-songy chats with Katie. I must have stepped or looked away from her for a minute, so in response to a brief fuss I sang something like, “Mommy’s still here / Mommy’s still here / Mommy didn’t go anywhere,” which eventually morphed into “Mommy never goes anywhere.” Is singing to your baby free therapy?

Katie’s advice for coping with COVID stress:

Lay on the floor and kick at the air a bunch. Gets rid of any pent-up tension.

Stare at your bookshelves. Very soothing.

But whatever you do, STAY OFF ZOOM!!