They say...

They say it's impossible to break an empty hallowed out ostrich egg. But Bea just broke one of two yesterday. There goes that theory. :) It wasn't all her fault. The eggs were in a flimsy 'bowl', that I bought while in South Africa, on the bottom tier of our coffee table. Somehow Bea rolled off her mat, like she always does, and managed to hit the bowl, which in turn sent the bowl wobbling for stability, but since it's poorly made (no offensive to the 'hard worker' who made it) it could not find stability and thus rolled over enough to let one of the ostrich eggs escape. Which then fell onto the tile and broke open. All the while Bea just looked at me, watching my facial expressions. All I could do was stand there and watch to see the event unfold. I don't know why I didn't try to run to catch it. Maybe I wanted to see if it would really break? Or maybe I just thought, it's an empty egg. No big deal. I'm not going to trample my daughter to save an empty egg. :)


This morning I was watching Bea on her mat again. She initially was sitting upright, but somehow managed to get onto her tummy. She was trying to play with Neko. When he left to eat his breakfast she looked around at her many toys to decide which one she wanted to play with. She saw the cell phone her fairy godmother, Randi, had bought her and tried as hard as she could to get it. She refuses to crawl, so once she discovered that her movements were futile she opted for the smart way out. She just pulled the mat towards her, and voila! That cell phone was in her hands within seconds. Such a smart girl.


It always amazed me how many people cared about whether or not I was going to breast feed. I mean aside from the family, friends, doctors, nurses... seemingly 'strangers' would ask. (And I don't mean strangers off the street. I just mean people I would have thought just wouldn't care.) I remember there being such strong opinions for breast feeding. And I mean, 'It's the only way' type of opinion. I chose to breast feed. I hoped that things would go smoothly and so far they have. I hope to continue to breast feed Bea till she's a year. But we'll see. I'm open. I don't really have any strong opinions for or against. I do feel that if you're not going to give it a try, that's sad. I do feel that if you're just doing the minimum so you don't have to do it for a year, just so you can drink, is selfish. But hey. I suppose I can't judge. Who would actually tell me that they chose not to breast feed just so they can drink? Maybe I'm making that up for those people. Anyways. There's my two cents on the matter.