Teething And Weaning

Esme woke up with a clear runny nose last Friday and I thought for sure she was getting another cold.  It seemed like time since it's been awhile.  When I got home she looked even worse - glassy eyes, flushed cheeks, and she just looked beat so it was an early night to bed.  In the morning it was all gone though so I guess it was teething.  The runny nose has been off and on since then but she's also drooling a ton and been real fussy so those teeth must really be bugging her.  I don't feel any new ones coming in but the lower left lateral incisor is still working its way out.

For the past few weeks we've been working on weaning and it's been going well.  Esme's had no problem taking a bottle of my frozen milk in place of a nursing session so on the days we're together she gets at least 2 bottles from me.  As of last week we were only nursing in the morning and this weekend I thought I could cut that one out too but that hasn't gone as smoothly as I planned.  Yesterday she woke up and was standing in her crib, signing "milk" as soon as I went in to get her.  So I took her downstairs and gave her a warm bottle and she did fine.  This morning was completely the opposite though.  She was standing in her crib again and signing but when I gave her the bottle she went nuts which is so unlike her since she usually wakes up so easily.  I tried to calm her down with other things but nursing was the only thing that did it ultimately.  So it looks like we'll be working on phasing out this morning feed for the next week or so. 

 Our little drool monster