Holy cow. You know a kid is tired if she falls asleep eating cheerios. This has never happened before. Perhaps it never will again. She had worked herself up in quite a frenzy of car ride screaming, and that is apparently quite a workout. For her birthday we've bought a front-facing car seat, so maybe that will fix some of her car seat blues. Oh that would be sooooooo wonderful. I'm envisioning us driving to the next job in Colorado (just day dreaming), navigating this huge moving truck towing our car down the turnpike with Maggie screaming and screaming and screaming for our entire multiday drive. Please make a difference, front-facing car seat.
Week one of weaning has passed successfully. I only gave Maggie a little glass of milk over breakfast this past week. Just to see how it would settle in her tummy and get her used to the flavor and activity a little bit. She can digest it well if I heat it up first and break down some of those enzymes. (I put it back in the refrigerator to get cold before she drinks it though; drinking something warm is old hat.) By the end of the week she was pointing to her cup and asking for more, which I count as a huge success. Yes, it still has banana puree in it, but this week I'll keep the amount of banana the same while increasing the amount of milk in the glass. She'll also get some with every meal -- maybe a quarter cup -- to get this party really started.
