Motherhood is glorious

We just got back from spending a week with family in Chicago. It was great! Everyone was so in love with our little one. It was so great sharing my joy with my extended family. My godsister was especially tickled pink to see him. We stayed with my grandmother which was so cool. When my mom was there, we had four generations in the house. I think that is incredible. Our little one is my grandmother's first great grandchild. I am so happy she has lived to see him. She is a young granny so I hope that she will be around to even see him graduate high school. So the flying with an infant experience was pretty good overall. The baby slept pretty much the whole flight on the way to Chicago. On the way back to NYC, he was awake most of the flight but pretty calm. We fed him right before boarding and he fell asleep. Then he work up shortly after take-off, fussing, so we fed him a little bit more and he calmed down. I think pressure was building in his ears. I purposely chose seats in the last row of the plane going both ways. I did some internet research and some parents say the back of the plane is good because you are right near the bathroom and galley so you have room to walk around a bit. This was good on the way there when I had to walk around with him in the baby wrap to lull him back to sleep. Also what's great about the back is that when you deplane, you have lots of time to get all your stuff together and you don't feel the pressure of a huge line of impatient people behind you waiting. I can already tell that he is going to be a great traveler. I am hoping he will be just as good this summer when we go visit friends in Matinik. Everyone was so nice to us in the airport and on the plane. Except for one TSA guy at the security who did not understand that shea butter is NOT a liquid, cream, lotion or gel. I kept telling him that it was a butter that was solid but he didn't understand. The other guy knew what shea butter was and kind of diffused the situtation. You know the whole "3 ounce" rule over liquids, gels and pastes. Somehow we got through with so much water for the baby's formula. And yes I am breastfeeding but I just have to still supplement, although I am working on increasing my supply. Anyway, happy new year!