I need to come clean. I am a total freak about formula. Why, you may ask? ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD REASON! It is one of those things that I got in my head I wasn’t going to do and haven’t thought much about it since until now when I am only pumping 5-7 oz. at lunch and each day that I do it I have been wondering how much longer I can really keep it up.

Yet another very uncomfortable difference is the teeth. Yes, you read correctly, teeth…she has two now. Even with one, when she bit down it CERTAINLY GOT MY ATTENTION. After yelping like a wounded dog or a grown man kicked in the balls, pick your favorite visual image, I use my “I am not happy with you” voice even though I am not quite certain she gets it yet.

Belén’s six-month doctors visit was today. It turns out she has thrush and her head has grown too quickly.

Belén has decided that biting me is the appropriate way to let me know when she is done feeding. Also, we are getting ready to introduce solids and in preparation purchased a baby food processor from Williams & Sonoma.

At nearly six months of age, the baby has regressed to habits of her first week on earth.

it much at this point. She felt the same about the bottle until she realized there was milk in it and she was starving. Then, according to Andy, she “pounded” the milk and went through two bags of milk I had previous pumped and frozen. More on that later.

Last Thursday, my mom and I took Belén to St. Lukes Hospital for an ultrasound on her hips. Apparently there is a high percentage of first born, female, breech babies who have congenital hip problems so it is standard procedure to do an ultrasound on the hips of babies who meet this profile. Unfortunately Belén was a little hungry for the test so once I stripped her down and took off her diaper for the test, she became pretty fussy.

My labor story for our first child.

Tami is actually the teacher of the hypnobirthing® class at St. Lukes which Christi had also recommended. When I looked into the class prior to hiring Tami, I was intrigued but thought it was too expensive for just another childbirthing class.