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I so wish I had read this article pre-baby. It would have probably saved me a lot of angst, though ultimately I'm glad I stuck it out on breastfeeding long enough to be at the point now where our mix of daytime formula/night nursing works well for us. But the guilt! I could have been saved a boatload of formula guilt! Now I just have "I don't spend enough time with our baby" guilt. Poor kid gets nonstop enrichment while he's home.

West is starting to figure out his hands, and also starting to explore everything by very clumsily putting things in his mouth. It might just be the cutest thing ever.

Also, apparently there's a name for the excruciating pain in my wrists: De Quervain's tenosynovitis. Or "New Mom Wrist." Ladies who may have babies, heed my warning: do not pick up babies exactly the same way all the time, you will kill your wrists until you feel like you have two useless claws for hands.

Also, I love it when research that sounds really hard turns out to be pretty easy thanks to the power of books! I always tell my attorneys "why reinvent the wheel when someone has probably written about your topic before." Don't start doing case research until you've checked the books!