<p>Today I am leaving for a girls weekend with a bunch of friends. I am excited…and scared….and excited. This is my first time away from Maddie for more than a few hours. I know we will both survive, but I am still nervous to go.</p>
<p>I started trying to get Maddie to <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/08/23/a-battle-between-mom-and-baby/">drink from something other than me</a> on Monday. I am happy to say that she is still alive! She didn&#8217;t starve. She also still won&#8217;t drink from a bottle. Here are a couple videos.</p>
<p>First, Maddie has gotten really good at eating. Here is proof.</p>
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<p>And here is Maddie drinking from a cup. This is her preferred way to drink milk. 6 month old babies are not supposed to drink from a cup. But this is what she likes.</p>
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<p>And here is a funny video…and proof that she doesn&#8217;t like bottles. She likes the top and the bottom of the bottle separately, but you put them together and she hates it. I can&#8217;t wait to show her these videos when she is older!</p>
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<p>So I am still hopeful that she will drink from a bottle or something more efficient than feeding her out of a cup. At least she likes eating food!</p>
<p>At least she knows what she wants! Stubborn little Maddie. <img decoding="async" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-style: none;" src="http://andihays.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wlEmoticon-smile8.png" alt="Smile" /></p>
<p>So Chuck is on Maddie duty this weekend and I&#8217;m running off to hang out with my friends. I feel like I am being selfish somehow even though I know it&#8217;s good for me. Chuck will do great and Maddie will have too much fun to even notice I am gone! That&#8217;s what I tell myself at least. <img decoding="async" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-style: none;" src="http://andihays.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wlEmoticon-smile8.png" alt="Smile" /></p>
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{"id":1815,"date":"2011-08-26T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andihays.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/26\/a-big-step\/"},"modified":"2011-08-25T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T02:11:48","slug":"a-big-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andihays.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/26\/a-big-step\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Step&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am leaving for a girls weekend with a bunch of friends. I am excited\u2026and scared\u2026.and excited. This is my first time away from Maddie for more than a few hours. I know we will both survive, but I am still nervous to go.<\/p>\n<p>I started trying to get Maddie to <a href=\"http:\/\/andihays.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/23\/a-battle-between-mom-and-baby\/\">drink from something other than me<\/a> on Monday. I am happy to say that she is still alive! She didn&#8217;t starve. She also still won&#8217;t drink from a bottle. 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