Letter No.14 Aquatic Animal Looking for Food/エサを探す水生生物

 

"Look at his lusty thirst !"

said my 79 year-old former English teacher,

raising his gray eyebrows

The milk was swirling into Bubu's sucking mouth.

These days, I'm finally beginning to understand the signs of his hungriness. 

The most notable one is when he screams like a fire alarm after 3-4 hour interval. 

It's a relatively discernible sign to respond to. 

But then, there's a gray zone, 

where he is running wilder but not quite palpable enough as to what he is asking for.

At that time, I try to have a better look at the subtle movement of his mouth and hands. 

When he pouts his lips and sucks the air like a carp,

and when he sticks out both of his hands reaching for something to grab onto

like a sea otter struggling to hold a shell to crack it open,

he is usually driven by his cravings for formula. 

He can be very aggressive sometimes,

particularly when Daddy is too sluggish in putting the bottle nipple into his mouth.

"Daddy, you're too slow! 

I hate it the most when I'm kept waiting 

when the formula is almost within my reach!"

Recently he drools and blows bubble a lot too. 

Some say it's the sign of teething or baby showing his desire for solids, 

and he looks very hungry when he does that.

When he blows bubbles, he is just like a crab. 

Whenever he goes to bed, 

we usually put him in his favorite baby swaddle called Swaddle Up, 

which is a sleeping bag that helps a baby to keep its arms up near its face and its legs in a frog position. 

When his appetite takes control of him during the swaddle time, 

he turns into a fast-moving starfish, 

sticking out his limbs in all directions. 

So in conclusion, 

I have a theory on how to detect Bubu’s unquenchable appetite.

He becomes an aquatic animal.

To be continued...