Bottles, Hiccups, Ambidextrosity

Rose will now take a bottle, mom's milk or (gasp) formula. Unfortunately, formula (which is what we had last night, as I used all the pumped milk in the morning) does not have oxytocin in it, so she does not fall asleep on the bottle as she does on the breast. She gives me the strangest look when I'm feeding her, like she is still trying to parse the whole "That doesn't look or smell like mama, and this is clearly some sort of plastic contraption and not a real nipple at all, and yet...food!" thing.

Baby hiccups crack me up. They make her whole body jump around, but Rose can fall fast asleep while in the middle of a boisterous round of hiccups; meanwhile, with apologies to Carl Stalling, real live baby hiccups are funnier than any cartoon sound effect ever created. Seriously, it's the loudest noise she makes.

When she sneezes, Rose hits herself in the face with both hands. She also uses both hands when she's flailing around madly with hunger, a feat which effectively keeps her AWAY from the breast, because otherwise mama runs the risk of being rendered with terrible foreclaws (AttrDamn Sam & Max). There must be some evolutionary advantage to these behaviors, but I am at a loss for explanation at this time.

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Rose weighs 9 lbs. 2 oz. this morning. I thought my arms were getting tired faster.