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I think I know why her pee made my eyes water.
Just got back from getting her immunizations. She handled it really well. Oh sure she screamed her head off but the nurse had a rattle and it distracted her enough that she forgot what her problem was. She was getting cranky by the end but I'll elaborate on that later. So we're talking about feeding and weaning. She asks me about how much milk she's getting. Well to make a long storey short (I really should do that more often) I'm not giving her enough liquids. Explains the smelly pee and the terrible poos. With all her food switching, it didn't seem that weird to have really smelly pee. So when I got home (still fussy) I immediately made a bottle of formula (I'm trying again. I hope she takes it). I could hear her squawking so I hurried and poured it into a bottle and walked back to her still strapped in the car seat in the living room. She's fast asleep.
When she wakes up, she'll get her bottle. I hope it goes well. So I'm feeling pretty crappy about my poor dehydrated girl. If she won't take her bottle, I don't really know what to do. I guess there's a sippy cup we could try. But I really want her to take the bottle.
I miss being able to fulfil all her dietary needs all the time at one time and have her tell me when she got enough. And know that she actually has enough.
Yeesh, with all this going on, I totally forgot all about Opening Day! I did watch it. It was great. I'l blog about it later. Too many thoughts.
Just got back from getting her immunizations. She handled it really well. Oh sure she screamed her head off but the nurse had a rattle and it distracted her enough that she forgot what her problem was. She was getting cranky by the end but I'll elaborate on that later. So we're talking about feeding and weaning. She asks me about how much milk she's getting. Well to make a long storey short (I really should do that more often) I'm not giving her enough liquids. Explains the smelly pee and the terrible poos. With all her food switching, it didn't seem that weird to have really smelly pee. So when I got home (still fussy) I immediately made a bottle of formula (I'm trying again. I hope she takes it). I could hear her squawking so I hurried and poured it into a bottle and walked back to her still strapped in the car seat in the living room. She's fast asleep.
When she wakes up, she'll get her bottle. I hope it goes well. So I'm feeling pretty crappy about my poor dehydrated girl. If she won't take her bottle, I don't really know what to do. I guess there's a sippy cup we could try. But I really want her to take the bottle.
I miss being able to fulfil all her dietary needs all the time at one time and have her tell me when she got enough. And know that she actually has enough.
Yeesh, with all this going on, I totally forgot all about Opening Day! I did watch it. It was great. I'l blog about it later. Too many thoughts.
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I guess I can understand the whole part of her depending on you in regards to the bottle and feeling the need to go through the bottle stage, but you know... she is still depending on you. And for as fast as that little girl is growing and as smart as she is, I wouldn't be surprised if she skipped a few steps along the way. She strikes me as the little kind of personality that couldn't be bothered with "inane" things like bottles. Or crawling.