alarming & a bit sad... yet exciting

I'm sure you can all picture a mother swaddling her new baby, holding him or her close to her chest. I'm sure you can also envision that little one curled up next to the mother feeding for the first time. What a wonderful and amazing process. How the child knows to do this from birth is beyond me. They enter the world knowing they need this valuable life source and are instinctively aware of how to get it. How beautiful!

Recently, this picture of beauty and time of sacred bonding changed in the Langstaff household. Today Grant decided he would prefer to sit up on my lap to eat!! All of a sudden he used his elbows to push up from his laying position, which I took to be a sign he was finished. WRONG!!! He was merely resituating before latching on again. I couldn't help but laugh at first, shocked that this was happening. Alarm quickly set in. What next? Will I be that mom whose kid walks up to her, lifts up her shirt and begins to feed?! The line has got to be drawn. I guess tomorrow the word "NO" will enter Grant's world.

On a different note: Grant experienced a milestone this evening. He has been able to get up on his hands and knees for some time now, though has never done more than rocking back and forth before lunging forward to his tummy... or sometimes his face. Tonight we were informed that he has indeed used his knees to crawl two paces. You read me right- we were informed.

George and I had a meeting which meant we left Grant with our dear friends the Colburns. Upon returning 2 hours later Joshua said,

I'm not sure if this is a big deal or not, but...

To which I exclaimed,

Yes, that's a very big deal! You're joking right?!

Nope, he was totally serious. I thought staying home with Grant meant I was sure to see all of his exciting firsts. Mark it down- one milestone missed:( At least he was able to recreate it when we returned home shortly thereafter.