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Amelia refuses most mushy food now. We don’t know if it is from her teeth or she is ready to move on. This morning she had apple chunks, toast with cream cheese, and cheerios for breakfast. Lunch is chopped tortillini, peas, and more apple chunks.

The smile faded when we went for her blood test (iron & lead) this morning. She charmed most of the waiting room and crawled up into some nice man’s lap. But, then the phlebotomist couldn’t find her vein…then thought it was best to squeeze it out of her finger onto her glove, and wipe the glove over a tube. Another woman came in to help after Amelia screamed for 5 minutes and finished with expert technique in less than a minute. The poor girl has a bruise on her arm from holding it still and little broken capillaries from the rubberband they use to check for your vein. That was traumatic.

Once again, the Garfield bandaid was off Amelia’s finger when we got home. I couldn’t find it in the car so I figured maybe she ate it. (Ha! Finger food!) When I changed her diaper, I found it tucked into a corner of her cheek (mouth cheek, that is) and fished it out.