Search Results for feeding tag:www.jocelynmathewes.com,2010:/cgi/mt//feed/feeding 2010-09-10T20:42:40Z Movable Type 4.24-en 11 1 11 Tiny Wonder Kid tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2009://5.292 2009-03-27T12:00:00Z 2009-03-26T20:36:14Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com It's Official: All Grown Up tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2009://5.283 2009-03-04T14:53:03Z 2009-03-04T15:36:32Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com 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 tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2009://5.261 2009-01-25T20:15:18Z 2009-01-25T21:20:57Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com 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 tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.229 2008-11-10T15:42:21Z 2008-11-10T15:43:34Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com 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 tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.209 2008-10-02T02:05:45Z 2008-10-02T02:30:29Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com 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 tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.135 2008-07-20T11:47:22Z 2008-07-31T17:45:49Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com Despite the look on her face in this picture, she does a good job of eating all her peas. The Ruth Report tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.130 2008-07-11T02:19:02Z 2008-09-19T01:25:58Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com And the amazing thing is, the next child will change all the rules. a few thoughts on Ruu tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.117 2008-05-28T21:10:22Z 2008-09-19T01:25:35Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com All I know for absolute certainty is this: I love my daughter, deeply and completely. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.106 2008-05-06T01:07:26Z 2008-05-06T01:37:53Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com This past week we had a breakthrough: Ruthie started taking a bottle without much (if any) fuss. It's a Long Road tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.102 2008-04-24T12:36:25Z 2008-07-31T17:45:49Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com 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 tag:www.ruthmathewes.com,2008://5.96 2008-04-10T19:58:37Z 2008-07-31T17:45:11Z Jocelyn http://www.jocelynmathewes.com 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...