Need To Nurse Noises

When ND was first born, crying was the only way she really communicated anything. If she needed to nurse, that was how she told me. Eventually I learned to tell the difference between a need-to-nurse cry and other cries.

Later she made more of a coughing sound. It makes sense. A cough uses the same part of the mouth and body. At least I think so.

Then not too long ago, once she really learned to giggle, she would laugh whenever she wanted to nurse. She knew she could get my attention that way. She is so CUTE when she laughs.

But our daughter is the sort who really enjoys making noise. And truthfully, we encourage it. One of our fun games is when she starts yelling really loud, sort of a tekiah, for those of you who know what that is, we do it too. She likes it and so do we. She's been experimenting with different pitches of yelling and screaming for fun. Sometimes she'll be really quite, but will open her eyes wide, raise her eyebrows and clearly be aiming for the highest pitch she can reach. Such a goofball.

So now, when she wants to nurse, she screams at the top of her voice and arches her whole body. It's not like I don't already know what she wants. I've learned to figure it out just by intuition, even before she asks sometimes. But she does like to scream, so this might as well be the chance to do it.

Maybe we should start working on our quiet skills.