Farm adventure:

Husband goes down to the barn this morning to find a new lamb and the new mom not letting him nurse.

She is a first time mom and kept moving away from him and kicking him away. All the other sheep were rejecting it as well. Baby was baaa-ing. Mom was baaa-ing. We needed to get to church.

Husband picks up mom (no small feat) and I carry baby to a smaller enclosed stall. We hope that time together will allow them to sort this out.

Come home from church to find mom has escaped the stall and baby got itself wedged in a corner.

Reunite them in the stall. Baby is persistent. Finally, mom let's him nurse. She has got to be uncomfortable!

Mom has settled down and is now accepting her new boy. Looks like they worked this out.

I have named him Burke. (Cardinal Burke) He was rejected by his mother because she did not understand his role. But his persistence caused her to relent and bring him into the fold.