There is a certain softness that Luca has brought out in both Lars and I. The kind that makes us talk in strange voices, the kind that wakens us in the night right before Luca needs to be fed and the kind that makes it sort of funny to get peed on. (by the way, Lars has a story involving a thermometer!)
But there is also a certain fierceness that has come as well. The kind that a lioness instictively possesses in regards to her little cubs whether they are in real danger or just some jack rabbit (or other choice word) has gotten too close. The kind that makies you want to defend and protect, watching out for germs and cars and bad people. The kind of fierceness that lets you know the need by the cry that rings out from those little lungs.
A friend of ours gave us the best parenting advice. He told us just to trust our insticts...we'll know what to do from that. There are so many times that really I have no idea what to do. I'm not sure why Luca is crying or is sleeping so much or is not sleeping enough, or is spitting up too much. But really its just all part of it. I have to make a decision and let that be it. If its wrong...we'll find out soon enough...then we get to make another decision!
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