Entries from The Mathewes Family tagged with 'feeding'
Tiny Wonder Kid
It's Official: All Grown Up
It's official: my daughter is now officially All Grown Up. Over a week ago, she stopped nursing, cold turkey. I breastfed her nearly exclusively for the first 6 months of her life, and never expected it all to last as...
Rises and Falls
Nursing is on the rise. Towards the end of December, we were down to once a day. Today, it's back up to three or four. I'm not too nervous about it; I will get nervous, however, if she doesn't decide...
three photos of the cutie
Some of my favorite photos of Ruthie of late: Loves sticks. Eats with THREE spoons. And she's the cutest baby ever....
Ruthie News Reel
I had already been working slowly towards this transition anyway, and it will be very nice to get a full night's rest for the first time in ten months. But I'll miss that little warm body snuggling next to me. And when she wakes up next to me in the morning, she has the goofiest drunken smile I've ever seen. She doesn't wake up happy in the crib. I can't snuggle next to her. I can't smell that intoxicating hair.
Ruthie and the Oobleck
Despite the look on her face in this picture, she does a good job of eating all her peas.
The Ruth Report
And the amazing thing is, the next child will change all the rules.
a few thoughts on Ruu
All I know for absolute certainty is this: I love my daughter, deeply and completely.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
This past week we had a breakthrough: Ruthie started taking a bottle without much (if any) fuss.
It's a Long Road
I just have to have faith. I've been doing everything I can to get her to a place where it'll be easier for both of us. I just have to have faith.
Baby Eats
Yesterday I tried to feed little Ruthie rice cereal for the first time. It was mixed with vast quantities of breast milk, of course, which meant that instead of spitting it outright, Ruu gave me this puzzled little look while...
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