Crazy Milk Adventures
17th November 2004
Read on only if you want a glimpse of “real life” as a working/pumping mom:)
Before I dive into the adventure, here’s a glimpse of Analise “Puppy” Toone on her belly. She’s now rolling over and she’s pretty pleased with her new talent! The hat is one we just got on sale at Baby Gap:)
Last Thursday, (after a rough start to the day, which you’ll hear about soon) I realized that I’d forgotten to bring empty bottles to bring the milk I pump at work home. Grr… Anyone that’s breastfed will realize that milk is like “gold”… and you hate to dump it and you can’t just NOT pump. I thought I would have to dump the milk since I had no way to carry it home, but then I found a solution;) So here’s a conversation I had with Brian on Instant Messenger just before going to pump.
| Kristine: you’d freak out if I brought milk home in a coke bottle wouldn’t you? Brian: hmm Brian: well Brian: r u serious? Kristine: well yes Kristine: i just finished a coke Brian: if you rinse it out extremely well Brian: keeping in mind that the bathroom is a VERY contaminated place Brian: and all surfaces could be potentially full of germs Brian: and be very careful in washing your hands before rinsing the coke bottle Brian: being very careful not to touch the lid of the coke bottle on the spicket or any other surface Brian: or better yet if you have access to a sink outside of the bathroom Brian: you could rinse out the coke bottle there Brian: again assuming that everything (including the knobs to turn/off the water) are highly contaminated Brian: if all these precautions are in place, i would be OK with milk in coke bottle Kristine: April’s and I are laughing… but I’m hapy to tell you that I use the kitchen sink Brian: i’m glad i could lighten up the afternoon, but you need to exercise due precaution when handling our baby’s milk Kristine: which is so much less contaminated Brian: BUT you should assume that it could be contaminated by someone with SARS or the flu or maybe just a cold Kristine: lol Kristine: ok, will do Kristine: going to wash out my bottle and transfer the milk Brian: ok, proceed with caution |
(To break up the reading, here’s another glimpse of my smiley girl in her bouncy seat. She prefers to use her hands on the toys instead of kicking at them, so she’s learned to slouch way down until she can reach them. She’ll sit here as Brian’s working at his computer on his almost-complete dissertation.
Then a funny conversation with my sister, Kat, just as I’m leaving to pump:
| Kat: hi sister Kristine: i gotta go Kristine: sorry! Kristine: i need to pump – i’m leaking Kat: sick Kat: bye Kat: too much information Kristine: one day you’ll understand Kristine: it’s kind of funny Kat: i’d rather you don’t explain it now Kristine: paired with the fact that Analise threw up on me as we were leaving the house, and i didn’t have a clean shirt, so i just washed it off and wore it backwards Kristine: I’m a mom now, what can I say? Kristine: One day you’ll appreciate my honesty! |
So there you have it! Real life with the Toone family! No boredom here – we wouldn’t want it any other way!
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