Feeding cues

As a new parent, you expect that you and your baby might be able to communicate a little without words. That you could, with time, get to know your baby enough to understand that a certain kind of cry means "I'm hungry". That, when you hold your young nursling and he dives for your chest, you come to realize that he may require some boobie juice.

Last night as I prepped for big-people dinner, Jacob was getting a little fussy as Big Brother and he played in the kitchen. Suddenly, he stopped his whining and made a slow, steady, crawling beeline for the open door of the pantry. Jacob oh-so-politely let me know he was hungry by climbing up on the wholesale club box of Cheerios, shaking it violently, and letting out his best baby-lion roars in my direction.

He's not subtle, that fat boy of mine.