Bartender, I'll have another

For those of you who don't know, Hannah was sick this weekend. Luckily, she's all better now, but the flu she had was pretty yucky. I called our doctor who told me to put her on a 24 hour clear liquid diet. Water, juice, Pedialite. No milk. Hard as it was to tell a hungry baby "no", we stuck to our guns (actually, I gave in once and regretted it about 2 minutes later. Then we really stuck to our guns). During one of the many nighttime wakings (where she is usually nursed back to sleep) I was doing anything I could to get her to drink some much needed fluids. She was absolutely refusing a bottle, so I sat on one of the bar stools at out kitchen counter and I poured a little splash of Pedialite in her "big-girl cup." She grabbed her cup, drank it up, slammed the cup on the counter and looked up at me for more. She did this several until she had quenched her thirst and eventually fell asleep in my arms. I am so glad she is feeling better. It is no fun to have a sick baby!