Monday, May 10, 2010

Wanted: Detachable Arms

I imagine that someday I will forget the scenario that I am about to describe...I'm just not sure when. I do believe that nursing one-year-old twins is one of the more amusing things I can recently recall. The easiest way to nurse involves two bare breasts, so I doubt this will ever be something I tape and post - though Andrew has suggested it. It starts with two ravenous babies suckling simultaneously. Then one will get her full, and pull off like a vampire looking up from her prey, except instead of blood, there's milk dripping from her jowls. She looks around and gets distracted by a spot on the wall. The other one notices there is a new object up for grabs and immediately descends upon the other breast. Sensing her prey has been compromised the first turns around and tries to pry the second off her prey. At some point they see and recall their pacifiers and insert in their mouths. They flop around on the bed some more and see the breast and decide they just want to nuzzle with a breast with a pacifier in their mouths. Not fully satisfied they drop their pacifiers in a random spot, typically letting them fall under their bodies and suckle some more. Eventually, they fall asleep. They probably started with my arms around their bodies, occasionally patting their backs to soothe to sleep. In slumber mode they are leaning against my arms and I'm unable to reach the pacifiers to put in their mouths to make keeping them asleep easier. I try as smooth and gentle movements as I can manage to find a pacifier to put into two sleeping mouths. If only I could detach my arms for a moment, I could sit up, find the pacifier, insert it peacefully into a mouth, reattach my arms and sneak out of bed. Is this disturbing?

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