This is the fort Ryan made Coranelle on Monday. She is trying to crawl down it here. She doesn't quite know her limits yet!
Crawling up it!
And through it.
Fishing around in the basket!
Looking for her elephant.
Hi daddy!
The first day that she got to wear a t-shirt, capris and sunscreen!
What a cute family I have!
Love that face!
And finally crawling for real!On Monday, I was headed to a baby shower for a local organization that provides money and supplies for pregnant teens and single moms. I thought I should try to nurse Coranelle before we went since she normally nurses sometime during the hours of the shower. Apparently Coranelle had another idea, because she bit me HARD, on both sides. She's been biting recently, with those two little sharp teeth, and it hurts immensely! Ryan and my pediatrician told me I need to be more stern with her when I tell her, "No Bite". So, after she cut through the skin, on both sides and I was literally bleeding- I was pretty harsh. Too harsh, perhaps. She hasn't nursed since. It is so frustrating! I have tried everything- again. Nursing in a dark room, with the rocker, with the sound machine. I have woken her up from naps so she is sleepy to see if she'll nurse half asleep- nope. Nothing. I can't pump anymore. My hand pump won't allow me to let down anymore. So, I am going to give it the rest of today and tomorrow, and then I'm done. I don't want to be battling with her while I have another baby to watch on Friday. I just don't have the energy to fight it anymore.
Part of me is really sad. I had this vision of nursing her until she was a year old. Being the type that likes to have a plan and control things, it is disappointing that things might not work out according to the plan. But, I am not the only factor in this equation. I cannot force her to nurse. On the other hand, part of me is relieved that we might be done with this stage of parenting. I won't have to plan my day around when she needs to nurse every 4 hours. We'll see what happens in the next few days.
In other news, Coranelle has finally switched to crawling on all fours(most of the time), instead of the army crawl. It's fun to watch her! She's got such a cute little bum scooting around the house and getting into everything!
Anyhow, I hope you are enjoying your week, and that you Coloradans are enjoying the warm weather!
3 comments:
samuel JUST started crawling on his knees a few days ago! i love seeing his little bum scooting around the corners :) tristan never crawled, so this is all new to me!
kari, you are seriously 2 months away from nursing coranelle for a year. you have done AMAZING!!!! do not be disappointed in yourself! i have to tell you, the way samuel's been biting me lately, sometimes i just wish the last couple of months would hurry themselves up because i'm not longer enjoying it so much. (but he won't take a bottle, so i have no options) so i know how you feel. you will have more babies, God willing, and then you'll get to enjoy nursing all over again (hopefully without the strikes!)
Kari, jeep us posted OR I will just call you to see how she is doing. Maybe she is ready to quit nursing. She can't keep biting...ouch! I know you are worried that she doesn't like milk/formula/bottle, etc. She will just have to start drinking more out of her sippy cup...she might just decide she likes milk....she sure looks cute crawling all over. Thanks for all the cute pictures! I can't wait to see her Friday AND Sunday!!!
Good luck! I know how you feel, my plans for nursing did not work out how I was hoping. but if there's one thing I've learned in these last 10 months is that we have to learn to give up a little bit of our control her and there. Fight the battles that are worth fighting.
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