I'll push myself up through the dirt and shake my petals free
I'm resigned to being born and so resigned to bravery.
~Dar Williams

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Help needed

Dear Abby,

I might look like a cute little human,

but actually I'm a large-scale flatulence-production device. Sometimes I'm able to sleep through this foul-smelling problem,

but other times I wake myself up with a startle.

Luckily, I find my gas expulsion quite funny at times.

My mom has given up onions, spinach, milk, garlic, and broccoli (not a huge sacrifice, I'm told). In addition, she burps me and keeps me upright for a half hour after every meal. Still... I just can't help myself.

Please advise...

Dateless in Boston


7 comments:

Diana said...

Oh my goodness, CUTE pictures! Oh the gas, from both ends! I'm not sure what makes it better! There are times when we have to bend the baby's knees and then push their legs kind of into their stomach to help relieve some gas when we can hear it gurgling around and they are fussy! Good luck, and if you find out anything that really helps, pass it on!!

Jill said...

Looks like you might have to give up chocolate Laura, or else put up with the fluffs (as my dad calls them). Look at the smiles they produce though. It seems worth it.

Cami said...

I'll take her out on a date any day! Especially if she gives me one of those happy smiles.

Have you thought about Beano?!?

Lesa said...

She is so cute! If I weren't having one of my own I might come to Boston and kidnap her while you were sleeping! :)

Karen said...

Cami's onto something. You should definitely try beano.

Also, please mail that baby to me immediately.

David said...

Oh, she is so beautiful! Who cares about gas and tummy aches and non-sleepingability, etc.!? Who cares about not eating chocolate and tomatoes and fish, etc...? In a hundred years, it just won't matter! Enjoy the now.

Joe and Joanne said...

:) Lol.

Well, at least it's coming out and not staying lodged in there creating colic. No colic is a really good thing (so I've heard).