Thursday I had to attend another meeting. I left Angelina home with Kevin and some freshly expressed mommy milk and came home to the good news that she drank it all without a fuss. Kevin even had to defrost some milk from the freezer because she wanted more. She didn’t start fussing until around the 4th hour of my absence because she missed me (awwww), and I arrived home shortly afterwards.

I’ve been wondering whether our Burt’s Bees baby wash was causing Angie’s skin to break out. I finally confirmed it this week. The first time she broke out in a rash I stopped using it and started using Cetaphil instead. After the rash went away I tried Burt’s Bees again and voila, the rash came back, so now I’m sticking with the Cetaphil.

Here she is enjoying the ExerSaucer my parents lent us. As predicted, she loves it! You can tell in these pictures that she likes to lean forward. She also does that when sitting in our laps. IMHO it’s a good substitute for tummy time because it exercises similar muscles. In fact, after a couple of weeks with no tummy time, today she was able to push herself up while lying on her stomach.

Today I was in desperate need of a pick-me-up and drank a cup of caffeinated diet soda for the first time in over a year. According to the info I found online a little caffeine doesn’t really affect the breastmilk, and I haven’t noticed any changes in Angie’s behavior after I’ve had regular coffee, but she was unusually fussy a few hours after I drank the soda. I’m going to keep an eye on the situation and see if it happens again.

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