breastfeeding through the winter

nobody told me that breastfeeding + cold season would = boogers on mom's boobs, but i guess it makes perfect sense really. are there special tissues for this? puffs plus plus? available in sizes B, C and D (cause no one nursing still has A)...
and it's not a simple passing from nose to breast. oh no, it is an intricate dance:
a tiny bit of mucus shyly peers out, you can see it ready like a waiting talent show contestant. then a gentle baby breath gives it a boost out the nostril and contact is made! you can practically see the electricity jumping because you have this beautiful strand connecting mother and baby.
that is until baby looks up at you with a gleam in her eye. then you just have boogers on your boob.

homemade baby "food"

while we do make most of our own baby food, from sweet potatoes to garbanzos, we have also started making baby food completely on accident..
in a fine demonstration of opposition of digits, baby L picks up a morsel and with lightning speed deposits it in her mouth. is it a cheerio? graham cracker? a puff? alas, no.
i am of course referring to a favorite habit of 8 month olds everywhere: eating each crumb/lint/fuzz/dustbunny/onion skin they can get their hands on.
you may never notice how many tiny crumbs and fuzzes you make in a day until a baby points them out to you!
so i guess the best solution to the problem is extra vacuuming, sweeping or mopping.
However, nearly as effective is a rug with a wild print to camouflage the debris and disorient the visual field of said baby so that larger items (ahem, baby toys) will be the items in focus. tah-dah.

here!

here i am starting a blog! because i am forgetting things as fast as they happen about growing a life, letting it out and watching it grow. things that i think should be part of the collective group knowledge but somehow have gotten elbowed out.
it's for me and maybe others embarking on the life changing experience of motherhood. and for curious onlookers!