Early Bird

I am so sad to announce that Peanut has given up naps. It is not going well at all, he is exhausted by 4 pm without a nap and has been ending up in bed, asleep by 6:30 pm and then up at 5 am. I do not like this, not at all. Squirrel generally wakes to eat between 4 and 5 am so I have been up since 4 am today. No good, tired and cranky toddler plus tired and cranky mama is not a pleasant combo. At least I got Peanut spend a relatively quiet hour in his room and rest a little this afternoon. Unfortunately this does not appear to have helped all that much and it seems like another crazy evening shall be taking place later. Any suggestions on how to get Peanut to sleep until 6 am or the until the amazingly late hour of 7 am? I'm thinking he's just an early bird and I'm just going to need some extra coffee because I am so not a morning person!

On the plus side Squirrel continues to do well on formula and my discomfort due to her sudden weening in beginning to subside. I do not like making a bottle at 4 am though nor do I like washing the extra dishes. Her tummy is happy though and that was the goal.

Formula Time

On Saturday we/I bit the bullet and switched the Squirrel to formula. It was such a sad day for me, I want so much to nurse her until she is at least 12 months. However, that does not seem like it was meant to be. She has had issues with food sensitivities and reflux since she was 2 weeks old and my dietary changes weren't enough somehow. Poor Squirrel would be hungry and trying to nurse and pull away and get back on and pull off, etc. She was starting to seem very hungry often but couldn't/wouldn't stay on to nurse long enough to be content and my supply dropped sharply with all of this. As sad as I am to end the breastfeeding, Squirrel is doing amazingly well on formula! She has sucked down every drop from the first bottle on and is having less reflux and normal bowel movements. It is amazing and I am so glad that formula is agreeing with her sensitive little insides.


That was the big excitement of the weekend. It rained more and was disgustingly humid out when the rain stopped so it was a mostly inside weekend. The trip to Target for more bottles was our big outing and even that was quick because it looked like a big storm was rolling in. At some point we will have a totally sunny day again, right???