Bottles & Books
misty · Mon, Oct 12, 2015We stopped trying to give Milo a bottle a few weeks ago. Partially this is because I’m nervous about my supply decreasing if she drinks from a bottle too much. Partially it’s because I’m afraid she’s going to prefer the bottle and will begin to refuse the breast. Partially it’s because I found out that my milk has high lipase and I can’t freeze it without flash pasteurizing it, which I haven’t really had time for. Partially it’s because I just flat out don’t want to give her a bottle.
In any case, we resumed trying the bottle tonight. Because it’s been a while, we had to resort to some trickery to get her to take it. I draped my shirt across Chase’s chest, he held her and let her smell it for a moment, and then she took the bottle well enough. She only drank about 2 oz. I’m not sure if that’s normal, as I’m unable to measure how much milk she normally gets when she drinks from my breast. But it satisfied her, and she went to sleep easily enough.
Earlier in the day, Milo and I went to a book store. She didn’t sleep the entire time, so she was able to look around at someplace new. I bought a couple of sticker books for the kids back in Texas, and I restrained myself from buying every children’s book I saw. It was difficult.