Remember, just like a butterfly, she too will spread her wings and fly some day.
Enjoy her caterpillar years.
~Michael Mitchell

Monday, October 10, 2011

Messy Kid Bootcamp, Day 5

Day 5: Spilled Formula


So, rainy-then-muddy days and Thanksgiving have made my bootcamp attempt follow not consecutive days. That’s okay. I’ll get 7 messy days in before the end of the month. 

Today was an impromptu messy bootcamp experience. As mentioned in the previous post, Kaylee had been having a few days of “bottle-stike” and I was getting worried about her fluid intake. So I pulled out a sippy cup and found the valve for it so it wouldn’t be a mess… but Kaylee wasn’t interested in it with the valve in place. It reminded me of why bottle feeding became necessary in the first place – she was too impatient trying to get anything when she was nursing! So I reluctantly took out the valve and that’s when the mess began. She’s so independent now with feeding-related things that she Did Not want me helping her drink from the sippy cup. AAAAAANNNND commence formula spilling everywhere! She didn’t even get any of it anyway. I’m counting it as bootcamp material because it got my blood pressure up.

It was then that I gave her Orajel all over her mouth that I discovered the new back tooth coming in. There has been a lot of wasted formula the past few days. I wish I’d found the new tooth sooner, not only so I could have solved the bottle problem sooner (by facing the bottle nipple away from the ouchy area!), but so she could have had pain relief sooner!

Conclusion: Just another case of When Kaylee’s Not Being As Good As She Usually Is, There’s A Reason!!! And don’t cry (or get stressed out!) over spilt formula.


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