In my last week at work before leaving to have Milly, one of my work buddies gave me a beautiful stuffed toy – a soft, white lamb with long floppy ears. We call him “Lamby” and he is Milly’s favourite cuddly toy.
Lamby lives in Milly’s cot and has come to our rescue plenty of times. Up until the last three months Milly could be quite the cranky pants. She would be happily playing one minute and would then unexplainably burst into tears and be inconsolable the next. When hunger, a dirty nappy and the rest have all been ruled out and she’s still screaming and we need a break, we would just put her in her cot and she would grasp Lamby, bury her face in him and within a minute or two she would calm and be ready to face the world again.
Lamby is also Milly’s bedtime toy and when checking on her while she is asleep we are every so often amazed at the positions we find Lamby in. Sometimes Lamby is standing on top of her as if he has pinned her down. Other times he is perched on her head like a hat. We’ve even been dumbfounded to find Milly sleeping on her tummy with Lamby straddling her back. But Lamby isn’t always the dominate one, Milly gets her own back by occasionally using Lamby as a pillow.
Lamby lives in Milly’s cot and has come to our rescue plenty of times. Up until the last three months Milly could be quite the cranky pants. She would be happily playing one minute and would then unexplainably burst into tears and be inconsolable the next. When hunger, a dirty nappy and the rest have all been ruled out and she’s still screaming and we need a break, we would just put her in her cot and she would grasp Lamby, bury her face in him and within a minute or two she would calm and be ready to face the world again.
Lamby is also Milly’s bedtime toy and when checking on her while she is asleep we are every so often amazed at the positions we find Lamby in. Sometimes Lamby is standing on top of her as if he has pinned her down. Other times he is perched on her head like a hat. We’ve even been dumbfounded to find Milly sleeping on her tummy with Lamby straddling her back. But Lamby isn’t always the dominate one, Milly gets her own back by occasionally using Lamby as a pillow.
2 comments:
Tiff this is beautiful - you should write for parents' magazines!
And yes I can remember being at your place when Lamby was the only respite from Milly's screams.
I do hope you keep Lamby's bottom cleaned for those times when Milly needs to bury her head in it.
Lots of love from Nanoo
Oh how lovely. Milly is clearly going to be a vet as she has every part of Lammy in her care and attention radar.
Aunty Kathy x
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