I just want to say thank you to everyone for your advice the other day. Charlie has now drunk a bottle for the second night in a row. I don't know if he would eventually have caved and had a normal bottle anyway, but I went out and got the boob-shape tommee tippee bottle yesterday. I gave him some water in it with his lunch but he was still not sure about it. (Today I just gave him a cup for his water. He may as well learn to use one.) Then yesterday evening he drank a good-size bottle. He still didn't sleep properly last night, though. In fact, I think he slept worse.
Tonight, we added some heavier formula which promises to give him a more satisfied feeling for longer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The bottle is a good start already because in theory I could now get a longer sleep. If I didn't stay up to watch TV and then go online.
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Great! Keep the faith!
ReplyDeleteSlightly horrified I've turned into a formula pusher, but oh well :)
Yay! Crossing my fingers for sleep for you.
ReplyDeleteI have forgotten those days and how sleep deprivation really is not fun. Good luck! (A Modern Mother)
ReplyDeleteGood luck! It's great that he will have a bottle. He will get more and more used to it and be loving it soon :)
ReplyDeleteWe just took a scalpel to our Tommee Tippee #2 teats, to make the hole a little bit bigger, they are really really slow to drink from (but I think that's why they recommend you use them with booby feeders too, so they don't reject a boob in preference for a bottle, they have to "work for it", if you know what I mean?
Sleep well tonight x
Oh honey. I hope you get some rest.
ReplyDeleteTURN off the TV and computer and go to bed!!!!!!NOW!!!!!
ReplyDelete(I'm prob old enough to be your mum, albeit a very young one)
x Sandi
yes! if the bottle i have doesn't work, i'm going to try the wide nipple too.
ReplyDeleteHope it means you get some sleep soon!!!
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