A week of breakthroughs

Things have been going poorly with Elizabeth's weight, but this week, I tried a new tactic that it has taken me six months to figure out. I make her take a few sips of whole milk before I nurse her. The first day, I got 4 ounces into her. Then four and a half, then six, and five more today. She doesn't want it for the most part and it takes forever and a LOT of sips (like, she practically drinks one drop at a time), but she's doing it. I can't believe it. And I don't think it's a coincidence that she's been bouncing off the walls with energy.

Then today, we had another event of equal magnitude. This being Thursday, we woke up and got ready for bible study--and her nursery class there. She didn't want to go. She started crying when we pulled into the parking lot of the church. But she cried for five minutes and then didn't cry anymore for almost two hours! And she even played and talked to the teachers a little! When I went to pick her up at the end, she wasn't even crying. That's huge.

I've been totally stressing out about both of these issues for a long, long time. It's amazing what a relief these two small steps have brought.