fiona v. the bottle

given fiona is such a good eater, it never occurred to us that she would not take the bottle with ease. at about week 6, we gave her a bottle and with some coaxing, she took it. however, now at 2 months old, she totally refuses it. i'm talking crying, squirming, sweating, and screaming if we persist for too long. we thought it might be the milk because we have a lot of frozen milk and with olivia, my milk spoiled as soon as it was frozen. today, i pumped a bit and she still refused it. by today's end, she let the bottle go into her mouth, but rather than suck, she just bit it and within a few minutes, would start to get upset. so frustrating!

looks like we are going to start hitting the interwebs to see what we can find out about coaxing a stubborn, breastfed girl to take the bottle so that mama bear can go out for longer than 2 1/2 hours.

our new plan:
try different bottles/nipples - apparently playtex has a nipple that works with even the most stubborn of babies
have mom be out of the house
have mom feed her with the bottle
face her away from us in the glider rocker while trying to feed her with the bottle
try daily to have her take the bottle...apparently we should not try for longer than 10 minutes

my 3rd birthday!

i had so much fun at my birthday party. it was nice to have all my friends there, Arlo Big, Yuli, Tealie, Lincoln, Dahlia, Alder, Loic, Levi, Asher, Cash, Brazon, Metztli. i also loved that my big people friends were there as well. i cannot believe i am 3 years old.






mom and dad had organized for periwinkle possum to come. she was fabulous! it was an interactive puppet show and everyone seemed to really like it. and my friends and i got to make dragonflies to help wake the possum up. i punched the possum. not sure why. i think i thought i would wake him up.



the cake was amazing. dad made it. i got to have 2 pieces and pretty much just ate the icing. wow. lots of sugar for me. i played a lot with my very good friend lincoln. i actually call him my boyfriend. we played all night long and it was awesome!

From emo to smiles in 60 seconds

Oh, and thanks for the new dress, Grumpus + Barbara. I thought it would look good with the new striped leggings that my mom got for me. If I recall, Grumpus said he used to do patterns on patterns in college. Style runs deep in this family...

My friend Cash turns 3

I went to my friend Cash's birthday party this weekend. It was a lot of fun. There was face painting and a bike parade. We had so much fun decorating my bike. Mom did most of it, but I picked out colors and art directed.

The Lakeman Ladies

I heart my daddy, too

I heart cuddles

I love it when my big sister cuddles on me. She sings to me and tells me stories. Tonight she gave me lots of kisses and "held" me for a very long time.

Grumpus comes to town

Oh, what fun I had with Grumpus this weekend. I mean, he really knows how to have a good time. We did all sorts of things together. He read me lots of books and took me to the park + coffeeshop in the rain! And Barbara is great. I hope we get to see her again. She made me her official cooking assistant. We made a salad with avocado, grapefruit and peach. So yummy! We made a real mess on the floor though.

One night, Grumpus and Barbara surprised me with an early birthday celebration. They had a cake with candles and gifts. It was so much fun. I even wore a cool cat hat.






What else did we do...we went to their hotel and to a restaurant in chandler's cove. We also walked seward park and threw rocks in the lake, hung out at oddfellows, went to dinner at cafe presse and had a yummy brunch with pancakes at our house. Twice grumpus and barbara babysat me and fiona while mom and dad went to yoga.






I really miss Grumpus. I wish he lived closer to me....

New blanket for me

Nini sent me the loveliest new blanket. And what great timing now that the weather has turned from hot and sunny to rain, rain, rain.