Over the past 4-5 months, Syd has become extremely stubborn when it comes to bottle feeding. I know it is because it happens so rarely that it is confusing and foreign. Understandable. However, I have a few things coming up in the next month where I'm going to need to leave her for longer than a 4 hour period, so bottle feeding needs to become a reality. I decided I couldn't wait any longer, and April 1st sounded like a good time to try. Yesterday was probably one of the hardest days of my parenting journey thus far - dealing with potty training PLUS trying to get Syd to take a bottle PLUS pumping. It was worth it though...day 2 of the bottle feeding is going fantastic! The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems book was a big help here. I stuck with it all day yesterday and Syd figured out that she needed to accept the bottle if she was going to eat. She also took a bottle for JKK last night. Today, I breastfed her for her first 3 feedings and then after nap I plopped her down next to Mills and handed her a bottle...voila! She took it with zero problems! It only took one day to get her back on track with bottle feeding....what a humongous relief! I'm going to give her a bottle once a day to keep her used to it. Hopefully in a week or so, I can start adding in some formula just to supplement my (extremely) low supply of frozen breastmilk.
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