3 pounds

About 3 weeks ago I stopped Copper's morning nursing, which brought us down to two nursings. I have since gained about 3 pounds. I easily lost the baby weight after Copper was born and even lost an extra 5 for hell of it. I can take no credit for the weight loss. It was all boob. The whole 500 calories a day burned while breast feeding is no joke (at least for me anyways). I've barely been working out and pay absolutely no attention to calories. All that has come to an end. Apparently my boobs have gotten lazy. Two feedings a day is nothing for them and they no longer need any calories to do their job. Now I'm back to the real world where my hearty appetite must now be paired with daily exercise.

Learning

Copper's brain is a little sponge. Her skills may be a bit rudimentary, but she takes in everything. The other day my mom was holding Copper and using a toothpick in her mouth and then set it down. When she wasn't looking Copper picked up the toothpick and started poking at her mouth with it. This picture is from about 2 weeks ago when I was recovering a chair. I used a screwdriver to remove the old staples and when I wasn't using the screwdriver any more, Copper would pick it up and stab at the chair with it and rotate her hand back and forth. Here she's attempting to use the staple gun. I love seeing her copy the things that we're doing, but it also is a bit scary. Time to be on our best behavior.

Only 2 Times!

Copper only nursed 2 times today! We eliminated the morning feeding and she didn't even notice. Nap time and bed time are left. Now if she would just drink enough milk out of her sippy cups to make up for the decrease in booby milk. With nursing (at 3 times a day) and what I can get her to drink from cups, we're probably right around the recommended 16 ounces. She's going to need to step up her big girl drinking in order to cut back any more on the breastfeeding.

Forward Facing

On January 15th we turned Copper Jo Jo around. She officially became a forward facing passenger. We're well aware of the current advice to not turn your child around until they're 120 pounds or 14 years old, but we felt that Copper's freedom to look out the front window was worth the risk.