This time last year, I was prego, anxious and virtually (I said VIRTUALLY, Anne!) friendless as a new Phoenix resident. I spent much of my five months of unemployed pregnancy trolling the InterWebs for breastfeeding support and advice. I was lucky to find Breastfeeding Arizona's Babies & Beyond, a blog by Leslie Ott, Certified Lactation Educator here in the AZ. Recently, I met Leslie as part of her documentary project, Formula Fed America. Thanks to the crack staff at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea, Soren and I had a rough time of it with nursing in the beginning. He had his share of formula for the first four months of his life. I don't consider this to be a bad thing, necessarily. But I was disappointed that I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do, which was exclusively nurse him for six months. Now he's eight months old and he's still nursing for most of his meals in addition to two meals a day of solid foods. He hasn't had a formula in months, but as I told Leslie, I was thankful for it in the beginning because my hospital experience scared me into thinking I couldn't feed my baby without it. I hope a lot of people watch Leslie's documentary. Keep an eye on its progress at FormulaFedAmerica.Com.
I'm not sick of the BABY, mind you. Just those accessories and topics associated with him and his ilk as they pertain to this blog. Whoever just thought, "that'll last a day...." - good call. So, minus the baby, my lack of sleep and my foray into cooking that doesn't make my husband gag, what do I have to talk about?
I'll get back to you on that. See you in a month or so when I blog again!
The kid's gonna be an awesome swimmer. Especially when he actually hits water.
How cute is this Kozy Carrier Mei Tai Baby Carrier in Spotsylvania!?.
BabyCarriersDirect.Com
I entered a contest through one of my favorite blogs, Breastfeeding 1-2-3, who I also follow on Twitter, under @Breastfeed123.
Wish me luck!
Christian said it was delicious. Just kidding. Master Soren had his first solid food today - 1 day after his 6 month birthday. He had some groovy avocado wearing the World's Best Bib courtesy of Aunt Menzanna.
Best. Bib. Ever.
Watch Soren snarl, but grab at his baby guacamole...
Soren's first solid meal from Christian Yates on Vimeo.
Photo courtesy of Aunt Vicki.
ladies man
All Soren, all the time.