Today was the first English-version Baby Time of the new year at the Ottawa Public Library. It was so neat to see the babies after the 4-week break. They've changed so much! Lucas is tall and thin, Abigail is looking so alert, Emma is running around on chubby little toddler legs . . .
Madeleine was fascinated with Amelia, who is 15 months and walking and generally very interactive. Amelia wasn't quite so interested in Madeleine, though she kept on stealing whatever books Madeleine was looking at. It's not easy for them to interact at these ages, as they are much more likely to yank each other's hair or pull their pants down than do anything resembling "play" together.
I got two more issues of The Compleat Mother out but have yet to take a look at them. It's a neat magazine; a bit flaky, but full of positive birth stories, mostly home births. In one of the last issues I learned about "Lotus Birth" practices, where the umbilical cord is not severed, but allowed to detach naturally a few days after the birth. Some say it's a beautiful practice and a "logical" extension of natural birthing . . . others say "eeeeeew".
One other note: I was talking to a mom who is by herself at home. She is enjoying motherhood so much, but the loneliness is really getting to her. It's a long day at home with a little one, even when you know the relief troops are coming at 5:30. I can't imagine what it would be like to be the only one, 24/7. If you (readers? if there are any?) know any single moms, go ahead and invite yourself over, even just for a quick visit. It just might save her sanity!
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