When Kate gets tired it’s an obvious thing, with her wailing and whining far more than is normal. It can come out of nowhere, from happy baby to needs-a-nap baby in the blink of an eye. Thankfully she’s very predictable so I almost always know that it’s coming any minute.<\/p>\n
It can be a little bit of a hassle to drop everything and take her to bed and lay down with her until I can get her settled. Sometimes my immediate reaction is annoyance at being interrupted. But as soon as I lay down with her I immediately feel my body relax, releasing tensions I wasn’t even aware of. The hormones of breastfeeding further knead at my body, softening it. The rest of the world melts away and I curl closer to my baby, kiss her hair, breathe her in. Sometimes in that moment I realize how exhausted I am and I choose to stay there and drift away, napping with my daughter. Most of the time I get up and return to whatever I was doing before… but with more calm, more patience, more appreciation.<\/p>\n
Kate still listens to that voice inside that tells her to drop everything and sleep to recharge her batteries. Being an adult I’ve forgotten how to do that, I need her to constantly remind me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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