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Stairs are no longer an obstacle…

Fortunately, Liv’s easily distracted.

This baby will be nine months old next week. I can’t believe it!

I think she might be starting to cruise. I haven’t seen her in action, but I’ve noticed that she’s moved from one end of the sofa to the other pretty rapidly a couple of times. I don’t know if she’s dropping down to crawl and then pulling herself back up again, or if she actually is walking along the side. I guess we’ll just have to keep a closer eye on her.

She “talks” constantly. Between this one and the other one, there’s never a moment of peace in our house. I’m sure it sounds like a zoo when people call.

Also, Olivia is cutting her eighth tooth. Despite eating more than Ava at dinner, she still wakes up twice a night to nurse.

Since she started daycare at four months old, I’ve been going to feed her over the lunch hour. I thought I’d do this for maybe a month or two so, but it’s been almost five. I said I’d stop going when she was six months, and then eight months old, and then I gave myself another yet another month. As next week approaches, I’m not sure I’ll be able to stop.

In all honesty, she’s not all that interested in nursing when I arrive–she just had lunch, along with 3 oz of milk from a cup(!). Sure, she’s happy to see me, but there’s no longer much of a purpose.  And, she’s reaching that age where she cries when I leave. I’m torn–should I keep going, or reclaim my lunch hour? I don’t think she’ll miss me, but I will definitely miss her.