#teabud

[hello-delicious-tea]

Something you may not know about small, and I mean really small, babies is that they got jokes.

Yes.

At two and a half, three months old, baby got jokes.

The jokes are only on one subject (milk), but babies got ‘em!

My first baby flopped himself into my lap, looked me in the eyes, and pretended to bite the bottle I was pumping into. Then he grinned at me. I have photo evidence of this.

My second likes to open her mouth in an exaggerated nursing expression, bonk it onto her personal milk bar, and then pull back, looked me in the eyes, and grin.

This is the pinnacle of humor for babies, and while the humor is perhaps a bit mild for grownups, it’s really cool to see how early the “pretend to do something, get reaction, laugh about it” skill comes online!

[hello-delicious-tea]

Made this little cardigan for a friend’s imminent baby - he said he envisioned his daughter in lavender, so lavender it is! It’s a 50/50 merino/silk blend, using an adapted Lisle cardigan pattern - figured it would be easier to get in a fresh baby with less lace 😅

Modeled by TeaBud, who is almost 4 months old - I think it will be a full-sleeve length on the new little one, but wearable until she is much older!

[hello-delicious-tea]

Have tricked the baby into drinking from what Teaschooler refers to as the power side by nursing her to sleep on the other (“sleepy”) side, then quickly detaching her and rolling over to the other side (we’re doing side lying). She CAN nurse from the power side, she NEEDS to do so, but she doesn’t like to and she is stubborn as hell.

[hello-delicious-tea]

Made a new friend in the Costco clothing department by both of us looking longingly at the same white shirt with flowers on, remembering we have babies and perhaps more pertinently small boys, deciding not, then deciding to go for it anyway on the grounds that it would be better to have a shirt with wildflowers on it for a moment and stains and wildflowers for an age than a shirt that hides stains but hath no wildflowers

Her baby is one month older than mine

[hello-delicious-tea]

Pollen season and baby having a sudden Development in the digestive region should be mutually exclusive

[hello-delicious-tea]

Currently blooming are the cherries, peaches, Asian pear, sugar pear. Haven’t seen any flowers on the apples yet but I’m happy to have this many trees blooming! Perhaps this year, fruit!

Not pictured: my daughter, age one month, howling because mama is taking a picture of the peach blossoms and not providing her with milk (she just had milk)(she can always have more milk).

[grainfreeandhappykitchen]

Found this in my tea cupboard from @leafteaaustralia I’d forgotten it was there, it’s called double happiness. It’s a tea bud that’s uncurled to reveal a beautiful marigold and amaranth flower. It’s a delicate sweet white tea ❤️❤️ #tea #whitetea #teabud #flowertea #leaftea #noneedformilk #sipit #enjoyyourtea #prettytea #grainfree #glutenfree #grainfreeandhappykitchen #metime #timetorelax #stayingin #athome https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ORveSDZdA/?igshid=1ujvtarc1eoq6

[thelovefairy]

@teabud, someone sent you a love call 💌

“you are such a beautiful and wonderful person both inside & out! i love you so much!!”