Some Calgary Pictures

2 Bottom Teeth

are cutting through right now. She's not a happy camper :(

Naps

Today she had two big naps (about 2 hours each)... could it be the cereal? Lately she's been having one nap a day so today was a big treat :)

Bottles Pt.2 & Cereal

I think we've found a bottle winner! It's a little tricky at the moment, she's a snacker and nurses every hour so when we give her the bottle it's a slow process.

Tonight while we were eating our dinner, Robbie was taking his sweet time eating so I decided to crack open the rice cereal and see what happened. I had tried a couple weeks ago but she didn't like it, I think it was because it had formula in it. This new box was add your own breast milk or formula, I whipped out the pump and got a bit of milk and mixed it with the cereal... she was chowing it down! She even grabbed the spoon from me!! Seeing as though I didn't have any more mommy milk available right then I grabbed the other rice cereal box that already has formula in it - and she took it! She was gobbling it down!

This could be the start of something good, if she aquires the taste of formula via the cereal then maybe she'll be more inclined to take a formula bottle in the future.

Bottles

Well, we're going to start introducing formula along with re-introducing the bottle. We picked up some different bottles with a faster flow so we hope that she'll take to it. Lana's Nan tried to feed her a bottle while we were moving and she refused it. Grrrrr. Yesterday I pumped 6oz of milk and gave it to her in the new bottle, she drank 5oz! She was chewing/playing with the nipple (fast flow) a lot so I pushed it into her mouth and she started guzzling it down. I found some "wide" nipples yesterday I plan on giving those a whirl today.

We've decided to try giving formula about twice a day. I have been the go-to-girl for the past 5 months... wherever I go, she goes. Colin feels so helpless when she's hungry and he can't give her what she's looking for right away (defrosting and heating takes time). I'm still not ready to give up nursing, we're both really attached to it.

I shall post with the results later :) Wish us luck!!

She's teething

Hopefully this process won't be as severe as Robbie's was.

I had to give Tylenol twice yesterday. For the past 3-4 days she's been napping and yesterday she woke up screaming after only 30 minutes (and didn't really nap after that). Last night I was trying to nurse her to sleep (like I always do) and she was really hurting, she kept on pulling off the breast and screaming. I ended up giving her a dose at 10pm followed by a boob and she was out in record time. Ever since she's started napping again she's also been waking at night to nurse (she hasn't done this in 2-3 months!) but the Tylenol must have helped her because she didn't make a peep last night. Her bum has been effected thanks to these immanent teeth but I think it's slowly getting better, I've been putting Nelda's on her for the past week or two. Poor girl, I hope these teeth come sooner rather than later.

On another note, she's trying soooooo hard to roll. Last night I was trying to eat my dinner (at 9:15pm!!) so I put her on the floor for a sec and she was quite happy lying down there. She kept turning her head to the left and kept bringing her right arm across her body to her left side. She'll be mobile soon enough!

She also lets me know when she's done sitting/lying. She'll lift up her head and legs, almost like she's trying to sit up on her own.