Something strange happened today. If DJ is hungry, he lets you know it. He belts out a cry that tells everyone in a 50 yard radius that I'm neglecting his need for the boob. And if I don't respond quickly, he gets MAD and starts really crying. It's not quite a scream, I've heard him scream before. It's rare for him to carry on in that manner, but it's happened before. That day that I skipped a meal and he got frightful gas I got a whole evening and night of it. Never doing THAT again. But still, mad crying is still pretty serious.
But something was different today. I needed breakfast and mom said treat meal time like an emergency on a plane: help yourself first and then help those around you. She said you need strength to feed him and if you're hungry you don't have any. So DJ was waiting for me to get my breakfast on. And he was trying to be patient. First, I got the "Hey, it's hungry in here" whine. And then it escalated to a mad, cry that says, "Yo, lady. Didn't you hear me?" Then, he stopped for a moment. Like he had said his piece and was waiting for me to respond. When I didn't, he started over again at the beginning. Mild whine, then full on cry. This pattern repeated several times, since breakfast took a little while to make. I thought it was amazing. Apparently, he's quite secure in the idea that I will respond to his needs at some point. Great!
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