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Fathers play a crucial role in a child's life.   But every now and then  I must admit that my role in parenthood is fairly unimportant and the mother is virtually irreplaceable.  We're breast feeding our second child as we speak and it's always gone smoothly. But we've come down with a stomach bug down here in Mexico and the number one priority is to keep Sandra healthy enough to keep breast feeding Annika. 

This really puts things in perspective. If I die or not is irrelevant, boobies must keep pumping milk. Annika is eating some tasting portions of real food but nowhere near enough to keep her happy.  What do we do if things get really bad and my strong wife gets too weak to  use her huge boobies?  Margaritas maybe? 

If you've breast fed full time before you know  it's very difficult to get a baby use a bottle instead of boobies.  Warm boobies full of milk beats a boring bottle any day.  We struggled some getting Daniel to take the bottle as well and it was not until after 12 months that he skipped bobbies.  We tried and tried but he liked boobies even more than daddy.  Same thing with Annika.  We've tried, although admittedly very hard, to get her used to the bottle.  So far we've failed.

Breast feeding is really an incredible body function.  Usually producing exactly the needed amount.  If a baby is hungry more will be produced and as food take over, less will be available.  And the benefits to the immune system are unbelievable. Wife is therefore priority number one at all times.  We always schedule things so that her needs are fulfilled first, that way we're flexible with Annika's somewhat irregular eating schedule.  That usually required some nagging from my side since the Mexicans can hardly be accused of over planning things.

For once, I'm recovering  nicely ahead of wife.  She's the one with an iron gut and I'm the one usually getting sick.  But she's now running to the bathroom about as often as I 'm getting another beer.  And that's often.  We're trying to figure out what food got us this time but have been unable to isolate it.  Daniel, my son with the unbelievable immune system, is totally fine so far.  And Annika  is doing better than ever after getting some medicine for her ear.  Abuela is also doing fine, she rarely gets sick since she eats like a bird.

Wife likes to think of this bug as something positive since she's now below her pre-Annika weight.  We're calling it "Diet Camp Mexico".  So far our bug is a 24 our thing and it looks like we'll be alright tomorrow.  Then again, who cares about me?  The main thing is to keep those boobies pumping milk.  My daughter is one high maintenance chic and she will be very unhappy if her favorite toys are out of order.

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