In the end, sneezing is not as hilarious as we once thought..
August 26th, 2007
Avery started at a home daycare 2 weeks ago. Needless to say, Corey, Avery, and I have stepped onto the daycare sickness merry-go-round. Corey and Avery got sick from me about 3 weeks ago. And now Avery and I are sick again this past week. Actually, the first round wasn’t too bad, but I think babies breed some kind of super kid germs or something. I actually was running a fever and feeling sicker than I’ve been in years this time. Avery is chugging along as hyper and uncomfortable as ever. He’s getting over it now and mostly just coughing.
I went to La Leche League meeting a few weeks ago, and the topic was weaning. I was thinking of weaning, mostly because I’m producing even less now, and I have been so busy at the lab, I’ve been neglecting to pump. While I still hate it, I’ve adjusted to the idea of formula and bottles. My original thought was that I wanted to go to at least a year, but given all my difficulties, I’m amazed I made it this long (8+ months!). In a turn of irony, Avery has stopped accepting all bottles and especially formula. He’s taken an ounce or two at daycare occasionally, but most days he goes without drinking anything all day. The only thing he will do is breastfeed. I’ve started being diligent about pumping at work, but the milk-supply damage is already done. I’m considering going back on domperidone to try and get it up again. We can get him to take liquids (other than breastfeeding) by dropping them in his mouth with a straw. This is very distressing, especially since he needs to gain weight. We went to the doctor and they say he’s fine (not dehydrated) and to make his food really soupy and make sure he gets lots of fats. I’ve been mixing formula or this high milkfat greek yogurt into all his foods. We’ve discovered he REALLY likes yogurt. Even when he seems done with his food (usually a fruit or veg, some baby cereal) he’ll down 2-3 oz of yogurt.
He’s not crawling yet, mostly rolling. He loves being on his stomach now. If he sees something he wants to get to, he just rolls over, assesses whether he’s there or not, and then rolls again. He can travel a good 10-15 ft like this, so we have to be careful now. I’m thinking he’s going to stand up before he ever crawls. He doesn’t like bending in the middle to sit, he can sit really well but prefers not to. He either likes being on his back or stomach, or having you hold him standing up. I sense he’s learning to manipulate us now. He’s started to perfect his whiny cry, and even threw a fit when he saw he was going back in his carseat and didn’t really want to. Unfortunately for us, he’s inherited some personality traits from my side of the family. Even the daycare person said “he’s very strong willed”.
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