Tales from the battle zone

Lily has a new favorite pastime - pinching me. While she's nursing, she feels the need to pinch my arm over and over again. I now have a sizeable bruise as the result of her tormenting. I do try to prevent her from this abusive treatment, but I am sometimes on the phone or writing while I'm nursing at work, and I can't block her attacks fast enough. So what hotline number do I call for help in this situation? ;)

Lily has been going to sleep in her crib for the past 3 nights, and we couldn't be happier. We seem to be back on track on that front.

She is also pulling up constantly at home and at school and even taking steps while holding on to things like the free-standing mirror at school. Of course, these early attempts at walking have led to several boo boos, although all very minor so far.

Lily continues to be a very good eater. Her total repertoire to date includes: rice cereal, avocados, bananas, sweet potatoes, apricots, nectarines, peaches, pears, papaya, mango, apples, asparagus, carrots, prunes, green beans, peas, and squash. In the next couple of weeks, we will add broccoli, plums, and kiwi. Mango is definitely still the hands-down winner for best taste. Green veggies continue to be barely tolerable on their own but are readily eaten as long as we maintain a 2:1 ratio with the sweeter, orange veggies.

We tried a different formula, and Lily has not had any negative reactions to it, but she doesn't like it either. I make a very small amount (2 oz.) for her to drink at school, but she immediately spits it out. Because we have not used bottles in such a long time, she refuses them; so she only drinks from a cup. She does really well drinking from the cup, she just doesn't like what is in it. So it may be that we go the full 12 months with breastfeeding by default. There are certainly worse things.