There are definitely pros and cons to bottles and soothers as we've come to find out. Quinn has historically not been a fan of either. I'm very happy about the no soother thing because it means that we don't have to wean her off of it later...and that's less work for us! She usually just chews on the soother anyway, so sometimes it does keep her occupied, she just doesn't suck on it. And that's the same thing that she has been doing with bottle nipples and sippie cups. She'll take the bottle nipple or the sippy cup spout in her mouth, slide it to the side, and just chew on it with her imaginary molars.
When we think back about Quinn's feeding history, it hasn't been the easiest road as I've outlined in earlier blog posts. She fed well in the hospital and then when my milk came in, she couldn't feed very well and we actually had to feed her off of a syringe/feeding tube. Then we hired a lactation consultant and she got me using a nipple shield, which helped Quinn actually eat. The next part in the series is what gave us the big brain wave about bottle feeding - I did the "bait and switch" with the nipple shield and she actually started feeding without the shield. So what I did this time, was start to nurse her and then stick the bottle in her mouth. The first time that I did it (last week), the bottled milk had gotten a little too cold for the bait and switch to really work well, but she did suck a couple of times off of the bottle before pushing it away. So we tried the bottle again yesterday...and success!!! With the bait and switch method, Quinn actually ate the 2 oz of milk in the bottle. It was so hard to contain my glee! Today we tried it again with freshly pumped milk (about an ounce), and I didn't even have to do the switch. We're currently trying to see if she'll take any more of some frozen milk that I thawed, but I think that she just might be too tired tonight to try again. Oh well! Progress has been made!
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