This week has been one of our best weeks in a while. Despite the fact that I have a sinus infection, or a dead tooth, we’re doing very well. Courtney is getting back on track. She woke up yesterday morning for the first time in two weeks without snot all over her face and a crazy runny nose. Her cough is gone too, which means we’re all sleeping better. As a matter of fact, Courtney went to bed at 7:45 last night and didn’t get up this morning until 9:20. That’s unheard of. I wish I’d known about her plan, I’d have slept in! And her appetite has returned. We went to lunch with some friends today, and I’m not lying, she probably ate a cup of peas. A cup. As well as some cheese, some pizza, some pasta and some other things. I’m not sue where all those peas are going, maybe into her hollow leg, but she ate them ALL.
We hit a rough patch last week with the weaning. When Courtney was sick on Friday she wouldn’t take any milk from the cup, and she wouldn’t do it over the weekend either. It was making me really nervous. I have a drop dead date of October 8th to have this kid off the boob. Fortunately for Paul, Courtney and myself, she seemed to pick it up on Monday without missing a beat. At this point I’ve got her off the lunch feeding and we’re (back to) cutting the night time feeding now. I hope to cut the night time feeding completely in the next couple days. I think the morning nursing is going to be our hardest though. And I’m going to miss it. I’m going to miss lying with my girl, having her put that little hand on my face, look at me with those big brown eyes, and smile her beautiful smile. But she’s not coming to Vegas with me so no more boob for her.
And the best news of all for this rainy, wet, Atlanta Wednesday… My cousin who had a long and ugly battle with breast cancer, and won, had a scary doctors appointment last week. She went in to her oncologist yesterday and it turns out that her PET scan was clear. PHEW! What a relief. I just LOVE good news like that.
Courtney loves the remote, even if she isn't allowed to watch TV.
