Phil caught Bethany and tied her up for me this morning. That was helpful. It wasn't as cold as it's been. That was helpful. Bethany is figuring out what we want from her (she has been milked before, though not for some years and not, I believe, ever by hand). That was helpful. She did knock over the pail a bit when Shadow got too close, but Shadow is still realizing that she needs to stay away at milking.
And rather than wait a full 12 hours until it is dark, I milked at about 8am and about 5pm. Fourteen cups in two milkings is not great, but I'll certainly take that over a quart a day!
Caleb is settling in to a good wake and sleep cycle. He falls asleep for the night around 10:30pm and wakes up around 7:30am ready to eat and doze and eat. He does nurse on and off through the night, but we are both used to it, mostly, so I don't feel like I'm being jerked awake all night.
He has been taking one really good, long nap for about three hours in the middle of the day. The rest of the day he is awake or dozing asleep, but it's not such a long stretch of deep sleep.
Phil spent the day working on storage cabinets. He put down rosin paper and then pulled the saw out of the room that still needs flooring.
It is a bit overwhelming to see how much packaging there is.
He worked well through the day, until right about 5pm, when the drill bit he needed was just a bit too large. He ended up running in to town, because he knew Thursday would have no time for errands.
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