The DreamFeed

This is that two am feeding where you and your spouse are still half asleep and the kids are partially dreaming, but they still want to eat!!!
I have a love/hate relationship with this time of the day. Lets start with why I hate it... well not to point out the obvious but it is two/three am. And I am usually sound asleep when I hear a little tiny whimper of a cry from one of the girls that tells me that loud screams are to come soon if I do not find something good to stop them and soon. So I not so quickly turn to Brian and we negotiate who is going to take the crying one and who gets to take their time to wake up the other. We usually alternate, but for some reason it seems that the baby I get is always the crying one. Funny how all that works. It is a good thing that I can pretty much fall asleep any where any time or else I think I would be very grumpy if my days started at 2 am.
The Love: With the lights dim, no radio, tv, cell phones, dogs barking, or an agenda to tend too, this is the most intimate time we spend with the girls. They are in a very relaxed and calm state where they eat and when they get done they curl up and snuggle on your chest, soon to fall back to sleep. And my most favorite part is watching Brian. His unconditional love shines the most at 2 am. Sitting in the chair with this tiny little person all snuggled up asleep on his bare chest and his eyes closed in the most relaxed state of mind that i have seen either of them in all day. It is a bond that I often dont want to break to tell him that it is time to go back to bed. They are so peaceful and yet this is the shortest amount of time that we spend feeding the girls. From the first whimper to back to bed is an hour and 10 minutes. But to me it is the most intimate, blissful, peaceful, and wonderful time of the day. It is at this time of the day regardless of what happened the prier 24 hours, I remember that I have the most wonderful, loving, compassionate husband and father that any one girl could ask for. I know that with every dream feed, I fall more in love with the man holding these little people and with the little people themselves.
These are the moments that parents look forward too and the moments that get you from one day to the other. It is nice to take a step out of the box to see the whole picture and how special moments like this are.
The DreamFeed