Myla enjoys her junk cereal; mainly fruit loops. When I was a kid, I loved sleeping over friends' houses because their parents allowed them to eat sugary cereals. The rule in our house was that if we ate Frosted Flakes, they would have to mixed with Corn Flakes. If we at cocoa crispies, they were to be mixed with rice crispies...you get it. We are promoting the eating of junky cereals, and I love it. Today, she actually crunched one of them and swallowed it. Most of them she spit out, but she did swallow one as well. We were so proud. Not much else was new in terms of her eat, just a lot of exploring, playing, tasting, etc. Her feeds were cut by 20% today. She was a little more fussy, a little more clingy, which makes us think, she was a little more hungry. We are expecting a couple "rock bottom" days before we have a breakthrough.
After we learned two weeks ago that our GI doctor was "on board" with our weaning plan, she barraged my lovely wife today with questions and concerned about the wean. She was concerned about Myla's hydration levels during the wean, stating that she needed 700 mLs of fluid per day. This number essential takes her weight in Kg and multiplies it by 100 mLs and there you have it. There are other methods to measure hydration. There is a different chart that I found that indicates she needs about 400 mLs and still others, including many doctors, are more concerned with output rather than input. If she is having wet diapers, tears in her, saliva, etc, then she is hydrated. According to our GI doc, we cut to 650 mLs today, she wasn't hydrated. She was plenty hydrated. I digress.
My assumption is that tomorrow will be even more difficult for Myla. We are cutting 30% tomorrow, but the good thing is that we will both be home at certain parts of the day. I can't wait to watch Myla explore her new world of tastes, textures, smells, etc. What an exciting and scary time for us.
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