Reverse psychology?

[ailbhe]

Linnea

Last night, Linnea went to bed at 20:00, had a nappy change at 23:15 and came into our bed, nursed on and off, and was finally woken by Rob at 7:30 this morning - and she had a practically dry nappy. We did our daytime stuff and went to our swimming lesson, and afterwards, she napped from around 13:30 to 16:30. And went to sleep no later than 20:45.

It remains to be seen when she will wake tomorrow, but we're now Officially Confused, which is normal for parents.

Tomorrow is Rhyme Time at the library. I hope to go with a friend.

Linnea will cheerfully swim a few feet underwater before she notices that she's underwater. She's too top-heavy to come up for air unaided - still baby-proportioned, and big with it. She will also cover surprisingly large distances hand-over-hand along the side of the pool. Surprisingly fast. Go on, ask me how I know, go on...

Knitting:

In knitting news, I have finished the knitting part of the Thingie and sewn it together. Ugh, sewing knit stuff is hard. It's hard to see. Knitting is much easier. But I have yet more interesting designs in my head - hats and skirts. I have to trim the Thingie first though, and see about buttons. Then I need to pick up The Other Project, which is on much smaller needles.

I have no interest in knitting scarves. It's too warm, and I can only wear one, anyway. I don't seem to do much in the way of scarves.

Things And Stuff

Yesterday I was in such a good mood that I stated a few opinions in my brash, cheerful way - and got asked whether I was in a bad mood, since I was being very strident in my opinions. That was someone who disagreed with me. I didn't think I was particularly strident. Right, perhaps. Unassailably correct, perhaps. But strident? Feh.

I also received an invitation to a hen party in Dublin on Monday the 20th of this month. In this morning's post. I can only assume that I am not in fact expected to attend, but have been sent an invitation as a polite gesture. Does this often happen? I'm kind of annoyed, as had the invitation been sent with three weeks notice instead of 11 days, I might have been able to attend, with effort. As it is, I just plain can't. There you go. This is related to the fact that I have an important but probably futile medical appointment on Tuesday the 21st, of course.

And I recently heard it expressed that a wife and mother should agree to a husband's demand that she stop breastfeeding at one year because she married him, so he shoudl come first, and that it is only normal that he should consider himself to have a right to her breasts, and that he should feel jealous of his child's trampling on that right. Don't all shout at once, the servers can't take it, and you'll break the laptop speakers. Form an orderly queue. But what the fuck?

Comments

[pauamma]

How do you know?

[ailbhe]

Got into trouble at swimming lesson for inadequate supervision of comet cunningly disguised as child.

[buzzy-bee.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well that husband can just f*** of IMO.

Strident? Moi?

[ailbhe]

It would be a serious relationship-breaker for me, if he meant it. No-one has a right to my body except me.

[rosefox]

I didn't think I was particularly strident. Right, perhaps. Unassailably correct, perhaps. But strident?

I swear, you keep this up and you're going to be taking up a disproportionate amount of space in my .sigfile collection.

it is only normal that he should consider himself to have a right to her breasts, and that he should feel jealous of his child's trampling on that right

It's only normal that the baby should consider zirself to have a right to the mother's breastmilk, and that zie should feel jealous of the father trampling on that right. The best solution is to breastfeed them both until the father grows old enough to no longer behave like a baby.

[khrister.livejournal.com]

But will the father ever grow old enough?

[thereyougothen.livejournal.com]

I just figure i can use my breasts for more than one thing. just because they work for one, doesn't mean they don't work for the other. of course, i can say that quite easily having reached a total of ooh, 37 months of nursing over two kids now. (moi, proud?) ha ha, i can have a sex life and kids too, miracle of miracles.
go on, what did you say when you heard that expressed?
seriously, at a few months in, there was no way my boobs were being touched, hell, they weren't even for looking at "like that" after a while, well, they're back to being part of the furniture.
and swimming classes - we have to wait until the 20th to sign N up for next term. poor little guy has missed out, and isn't too keen on the swimming. TT loves the water. Sounds like Linnea does too.

[(Anonymous)]

oh, I'm just feeling smug because I see your 37 and raise you 56 (2 kids)

Julie (paradox from afp)

[rmc28]

The alternative explanation for the hen party invitation is the person organising it is running late.

Speaking as someone who hasn't done anything about invitations for her own, with a month to go to the wedding ...

[ailbhe]

Oh, I'm sure that's why invitations are being sent out so late - but if they really expect me to go, or take offense because I don't, I shall be upset.

The bride isn't organising it - if she was, invitations would have gone out at least a fortnight before the event, more likely 3-4 weeks.

[rmc28]

Ah yes, taking offense at people not going to something organised late is clearly not on.

[wingedkami.livejournal.com]

Um...trying to say something sensible about that last paragraph but...um...*headsplodey*

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

Can't even express a situation where that would be acceptable (last paragraph). I could understand a situation where someone was not strong enough to continue breastfeeding and her husband stepped in out of concern for both her and the baby, or a situation where she wasn't actually being ill but it had become clear that she sould be - but beyond that?

And as for breasts being a husband's property, well sod that. And my husband goes *pbbt* to the idea too.

[heraldis.livejournal.com]

Well, if a couple have a marriage entirely founded on the husbands access to his wifes dry breasts, then this opinion might hold... ;)

[k425.livejournal.com]

Sleeping...

I hope it sticks! YoungBloke went to sleep at 7.30 last night, made some noises when we went to bed at 11, but didn't actually wake up till 5.30. 5.30! It won't last, but I hope L's new pattern does!

[ailbhe]

She fell out of bed at 5:30 this morning. She'd been nursing since about 2. So Rob got up, and I got almost 3 hours sleep.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's certainly a, "WTF?!" moment.

Also, I don't own my wife, and don't have any inherent right to any part of her body, at any time, for any purpose.