Feed me!

Daddy can do it! No longer will we live under the tyranny of the boob! Daddy can do anything mommy can, I am all powerful!




Well, maybe there will still be a bit of boob tyranny. Mommy was sweet enought to pump a couple little bottles of milk so I could try feeding Petra. We need to get her used to the bottle before I become stay-at-home-daddy in a month. Petra had no problem with it of course. She was more than happy to snork down an ounce of milk from the bottle, even if it was daddy serving it up. I did get that loving stare in the eyes as she ate, so I'm feeling pretty happy about the whole thing.


Another first this week was Petra discovering that she can suck on her fist. It isn't quite boob or bottle, but it helps her calm down if she is starting to freak out. Anything that keeps her calm and quiet is good by me! She was even sucking her thumb for a while. Before long she'll be a buck-tooth beauty!




As I mentioned earlier, Petra is smiling and talking (-ish) quite a bit now. She loves to laugh and play a bit after a good nap and snack.

And she has quite a bit to smile about too. Christmas is coming, and she is going to get plenty of loot. She got her Hanna Andersson stocking on Tuesday, along with a VERY cute Dala horse sweater and a little jungle jacket. I got the biggest sizes avaialble, so she'll be set for a couple of years before she needs new ones! She also received a lovely hand knit blanked from Gina and Guillermo, a hawaiian print dress from Sonja, and an Oscar the grouch puppet from her aunt & uncle the big time movie editors. She's going to need a trailer or storage unit to hold all her stuff soon!