Missing Mama

Emily's been out of town for work for a few days this week, and Simon is very noticeably missing her - especially when he first wakes up and at bedtime. When I take him out of his crib in the morning he's happy to see me but soon he starts looking around for Mama since usually if she's not the one to greet him in the morning then she's not far behind me. After more time has goes by and she still hasn't shown up, he gets more frantic and starts signing "milk" (which is also his way of saying "nursing" and "snuggle with Mommy") over and over.  Normally he's very content to play by himself for a while, but after a full day/night of her being gone he starts being more and more needy/clingy/fragile.  And finally today he wasn't his typical cheerful self... not necessarily crying or cranky, but just very serious.

He gets lots of love from everyone, but there's no substitute for Mama

He hasn't been upset the whole time she's been gone - overall, we've had a fun couple days with just us boys.  But we're both looking forward to having Mama back tomorrow morning.

More sleepy serious Simon after the jump...

Usually he's really distracted and stopping every 10-15 seconds when I give him a bottle at night before bed, but tonight he just downed the whole thing with only a few short breaks.

He uses nursing to help him feel better when he's upset about something, and this was the closest he could get to Mama for now.

So sleepy after lots of milk

Goodnight Mama!  Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!