i am slowly starting to feel better. what a monster this cold is! i guess it's a good sign that i feel like a spigot. guess that means the cold is draining. but what a pain! my eyes consistently water, my nose runs, i have this annoyingly itchy cough and i feel floaty as if i'm living underwater. the sore throat is better, but now it's all itchy and stuff. i just want to be well! i have spring cleaning to do, a job to find and a first birthday to plan! i hate this!

another thing i hate is baby formula.[how's that for a truly bizarre segue?] after a few months back at work [before i got laid off], i had to start supplementing trevor with a bottle of formula here and there. then came the really unpleasant nipple cyst, that made nursing on one side an exercise in pain tolerance. then i went away for a few days to germany for a gig and the bottle, and formula, became his mainstay. [if i nurse, it's only once a day--more just to comfort and bond with him, not to actually feed him.] he is nearly 11 months old now and i'm counting down the days until i can introduce cow's milk. i'm sick of the formula smell, the bottles, all the cleaning and how much room it takes up on the counter, how it makes his poop dark and hard like rabbit pellets. i'm sick of reading about how they keep finding weird chemicals in it.

so, starting this weekend, the month-long countdown to a formula-free house begins. i am currently auditioning sippy cups. so far i like the foogo--though once i put formula in it and it's smelled horrid ever since--and i just got some gerber soft tops, which seem fine, if a bit flimsy. if anyone has a favorite cup for a transitioning baby, let me know. and i promise to write more about the trip when this cold clears up!