Serious bonding

Yesterday, at 5:30 a.m. the phone rang. It was Bird asking for some help. She had been up all night with c8 and needed to get some sleep. She was asking for cs to come down and help tend because FSIL was going to work and she needed to get some sleep.

So cs said, Yes and volunteered me! I was glad to get to spend some time with c8. I wasn't so glad to get the "mothering" lecture for 15 minutes before I was released to go.

Don't pound on her when you burp her. Remember gentle taps. If you can hear your fingers tapping then that is too hard. You're not pounding on a drum. (Right, like I'm going to pound Iron Butterfly's drum solo of In-A-Gadda-Diva on my grandkid's back.)

Keep her upright for 15 minutes after you feed her. Don't let the bottle drain too fast. Give it to her for a minute then pull it away. Yada, yada, yada.

c8 and I had a great time bonding for half-a-day. (She told me that I was a "natural").