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The Hungry Elbow
By Peggy Vincent
My first child slept many hours of each night in the bed between my husband
and me, and I nursed him off and on all night, rarely coming fully awake in
the process. One night I felt him moving against my body, and I pulled him
close to my bared breast. But he wouldn't latch on, and he seemed to have
wiggled out of his clothes. I rolled him in the loose folds of my flannel
nightgown, tucked the bed sheet tightly around the edges, and pulled him
even closer to keep him warm, but he still wouldn't nurse.
Finally my husband's voice penetrated my sleepy brain: "What the devil are you trying to do to me?" I'd dragged him halfway across our king-size bed, entangled his arm in flannel and sheeting, and was desperately trying to get his elbow to nurse! Our baby was sound asleep in his crib on the far side of the room.
Peggy Vincent of California was the second place winner of the Breastfeed.com Best Nursing Stories Contest. The baby in the story, Colin, is now 29. Peggy is also mother to Jill, 26 and Skylar, 15.
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