Bottles are Stupid
I'm not sure who told Mila she was allowed to have opinions about anything, but LIES. IT IS ALL LIES. STOP WITH THE OPINIONS, CHILD.
Ahem.
What I'm saying is this has continued.
I've been back to work for three weeks now and for three weeks, Mila has been all BOTTLES ARE STUPID, Y'ALL. She has yelled and carried on endlessly as she continuously chose to be hungry rather than eat the food that everyone was offering her.
Long story short, I think I've spent more on bottles and nipples the past three weeks than your average strip club owner does when stocking a bar and hiring dancers. We have tried EVERYTHING. Mila has rewarded my investments by being so kind as to eat 2 oz all day long.
TWO OUNCES.
By the way, do you know what happens when a baby who is accustomed to sleeping 7 hours stops eating during the day?
Yup. Bad things.
She totally flipped day with night. It happened very quickly. I went from getting an almost reasonable amount of sleep to hanging out with a baby all night long. Her total food consumption in 24 hours was rather fantastic, but she was saving all her meals for me. ALL OF THEM.
Until today!!!!!!!!!!!
All! That says "all"! Mila drank an entire bottle!
Sure, it was a small bottle and her total for the day still sucked, but PROGRESS! WOOOHOOOO!
For what it's worth, the bottle that she finished was a bottle that she has rejected no less than a dozen times in the past few weeks.
I'm being trolled by a 3-month old. It's a fact.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Reader Comments (5)
Ah, I remember this... I opted for bed sharing with the baby so I could nurse and sleep at the same time. This time round (19 weeks pregnant) the baby isn;t even getting a room or a crib. I'm in my bed sleeping, so that's where the baby will be.
Hang in there!!
Congrats! That's great news! Do you think it was a particular bottle she liked or just that she finally gave in?
My son was just as stubborn. We finally figured out that if we soaked the nipple in hot water for a minute before giving him the bottle, he would take it. Maybe that would help?
Friends loaned us several different types of bottles to try before we were able to find one that my son would take. He did best with the playtex drop-ins with a slow flow nipple. I'm glad she did finally take some milk!
can't blame mila. i'd rather have your boob than a bottle. wait. that didn't sound right!