Today was the first day of bottle training for Maddy. It's been a little tough, but we know that if she is very hungry, she will take the bottle...but only enough to keep her from starving. I'd say she takes in about an ounce at most. But my breast produce about 1.5 oz.
Update @ 10:10 pm: Maddy has taken the bottle! And not just an ounce, she took about 2 ounces and then later took maybe another 1 or 2 ounces! I warmed the bottle up to mimic my breastmilk temperature. I put about a third of my milk in the microwave for about 20 seconds and then mixed it with the cold milk. She took it like a charm! I was surprised and so proud of my little maddy cat. It only took a day for her to figure it out! I remember it took weeks for rhys to get it. But I also think that I maybe wasn't ready for rhys to get it either. I was always a nervous and anxious wreck when Rhys was an infant. I stressed myself out but I also stressed Brian out a lot.
Today was totally different. I took Rhys to preschool while maddy was taking her morning nap (brian was at home). Then I came home after getting a car window shade for rhys from target and started officially bottle training her. She wasn't taking any by lunchtime so I pumped around 12:30 and then Brian and I were off to get some lunch and go to trader joes. She napped for us while we ate (yay!)
......today is 3/18/16. I didnt realize i never finished this blog post. But I will still post.
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