Fat baby hands are pulling at my buttons Fat baby hands are cold upon my skin Fat baby hands are burrowing in my clothes Fat baby hands are shouting "Hungry! Let me in!"
Hold your hand out flat, and then fold your fingers up - This means Milk, and Milk means Grub. Lean a long way over and point a baby finger - This means "That! You've got my dinner!"
Warm baby mouth is trying to suck a bra-strap Warm baby mouth could get blood from a bone Warm baby mouth has sharp baby teeth in Warm baby mouth proving "This is mine alone."
Try not to squeeze her, because she's just a baby Try not to hug her until she just goes POP Try not to shout out how very much you love her Try not to think about the day breastfeeding stops.
In the middle of the night If I call to her just right Mammy feeds me, just for fun, And loves me when the feeding's done, And we play at patting faces And at baby girl embraces And at smiling at each other - I grin for smiling from my mother - And at last she makes me rest Because it's really for the best But secretly, she'd rather play If she wasn't sensible today.