03 October 2009

Back to work: Bottle Battles

Twelve weeks went by Too Fast. I had to go back to work finally. I arranged to have Mondays and Fridays off, and Quinton has Wednesdays and Thursdays off. That only leaves Tuesdays (only when I'm scheduled) and Saturdays that we need someone to watch our baby. Good plan. One problem. My baby is Such a good breastfeeder! She does not recognize a bottle as a source of food!! A week before I was scheduled, I started offering a bottle once a day. She would play with it, gag on it, push it out of her mouth, or just flat out scream and cry. Sucking on it is a rare thing, and usually short lived. Her biggest achievement was drinking one ounce. I don't think its been repeated. We've tried everything and every nipple. I think I'm just a sucker (at least one of us is!) because whoever has her will end up bringing her to me at work and I'll take a break and feed her. Which is nice that I can do that, but hindering the bottle battle. Someone needs to tell my baby that its the SAME MILK no matter where its coming from.

2 comments:

Wendy and Spencer said...

Oh, good luck! I hope work is going well. I'm so happy you got to visit Nancy. It was fun to see a picture of her and her family. I hope you had a good conference. I wish I could see you more! Somehow we are always barely making it when we come down to WVC. If you ever have time to, I'd love to have you visit here in Provo!

bequi said...

My mom says if she gets hungry enough, she'll take a bottle.