Josie has a new-found love affair with her hands!
Now that Josie appears to be fine on the Soy formula, I've started giving her some of the breast milk I've frozen. I thought everything would be fine if I didn't drink milk...but I guess I wasn't very diligent with cheese, and chocolate...and sour cream...and those 2 pieces of ice cream cake to celebrate my 2 year work anniversary. It seems that the breast milk is making Josie get a rash again. And she hasn't had hiccups in the longest time (well, since we've been feeding her formula). I don't really know what causes hiccups, but I guess breast milk does.
My friend recently drove from California to Colorado and reported that the female mullet is alive and well in Utah. I would like to report that it is also alive and well in Colorado.
Josie has a great daddy!
This last week Josie has really liked to be in the Baby Bjorn facing forward. In fact, she's even fallen asleep that way.
Today it was 50 degrees, so I put on her hat and mittens (Josie is so cute in a hat, by the way) and wrapped a blanket around her and we went for a walk. When we got home, I knew she would be tired and ready for a nap, so I took her out of the Baby Bjorn and she started to cry. I swaddled her and put her in the swing, and she still kept crying. So, I put her back in the baby bjorn and that's how she fell asleep.
Josie is getting better at playing independently. Not that I like to have her play on her own much (because I love playing with her), but it is nice to set her down and have her play while I sterilize bottles etc.
This little girl is also getting so independent that she likes to put herself to sleep. I don’t know if this has to do with her being in daycare and maybe the daycare provider puts her down when she's still awake and leaves the room. But right before I took this next picture Josie was crying…she was NOT happy. I knew she was overly-tired so I kept trying to rock her and get her to quit crying and fall asleep. But she kept crying. So, I thought that maybe she just wanted to quit rocking…so I put her in her bouncy seat and she quit crying immediately. (It’s kind of sad to know that she was unhappy because I was holding her…haha). Then, she just stared at the ceiling fan for about 5 minutes and fell asleep. She's does the same thing at night after we feed her her last bottle. She's been dozing while we feed her, so we swaddle her and lay her in her crib before she's completely asleep and she falls asleep on her own. I do feel very lucky for that. Also, my friend Jill told me that Josie is a great transferor. That means if she is a asleep in my arms and I put her in her bouncy seat or swing, she stays asleep. I am so grateful that Josie is such a great sleeper.
Josie is growing so big and is so cute! Sadly, if you look closely in these pictures you can see the scratch on her nose.
