Bring On The Foods!

Val's eating a bunch of different foods now: rice cereal, green beans and now squash and tofu. She's really gotten the hang of the eating off a spoon business, opening her mouth and bouncing in her seat until we feed her another bite.

She's still breastfeeding, too. But the addition of 1-2 meals made of solids takes a ton of pressure off me.

Why? Because I managed to completely mess up my milk supply while we were in Columbus. I've been taking domperidone to increase my supply. It totally worked. Until I dared to take 3 days off from it while we were on vacation.

Since we returned I've been doing everything I can to get it back up. I'm pleased to announce that it's creeping back up to where it was. But even better is the solids replacing even a little of her milk needs.

She's growing up and I know one day I'll miss the closeness we have while she's breastfeeding. But I sure as hell won't miss the whirr of that goddamn pump or the pressure I felt about being her sole food source.