Willow is getting greedy. Or maybe she's just exploring the bounds of possibility. No. She's getting greedy. This morning during her second bottle, she tried to combine two of the things she loves most: She tried to drink her bottle AND play. At the same time. The two together. Maybe some day she'll be able to do this, but today was not that day. Normally she sits near-Indian-style on the floor drinking her bottle (this is the Daddy variation of bottle-taking; Mommy lets Willow sit in her lap for bottle time; this is my loss, I suppose, but I like to tackle a quick chores during that time without having little hands pulling on my pants leg). She usually sits there sucking on her bottle the whole time then quickly discards the bottle when its empty and pursues her play. Not this morning. While she was tugging on the nipple, Willow got brave. She was next to her ExerSaucer, and she tried pulling up on it with her right hand while the bottle was in her left. This didn...
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