Naomi, I'm hearin' you with the boob only thing! My litle Monkey (I use an alias for her) only takes her milk from me too.... We have given up on bottles and are trying a cup too.... she has an Avent one (with the white spout) and it took her about 2wks to learn how to get water out of it. Once she got it, we have tried the odd EBM feed from it - best we've ever done is 35ml... not great, but a start! Good luck; there has also been some chat on this thread recently about the Tommy Tippee Nuby cups being really good....
All this talk about feeding from cup / bottle makes me even more nervous about starting work on Saturday!!!! I've got a new job, which is going to encompass 2 feeds.... DH is bringing Monkey to me for a late morning/lunch feed then we are going to hope that EBM/water/food will get her thru the afternoon until I get home around 5pm..... I am kinda looking forward to it, but very nervous and I know I'll miss her like crazy.
Kel, we are a bit all over the place too at the moment (which makes it even harder for me to predict how Sat will go!) I totally sympathise.... I think that with Monkey it might be partly 'cos she is trying to work out a new "routine" for herself and is potentially working twd dropping down to 2 day sleeps etc... Maybe Jemima is going thru this as well??
Generally we do:
BF around 6:30ish then b'fast
BF mid-late morning then lunch
BF mid afternoon
Dinner around 5-5:30, evening routine then BF around 6:30
Usually BF once overnight, around 1am
I have found Monkey has skipped the mid afternoon BF a few times, which has meant a few 6hr gaps in the day..... my boobs seem to cope OK; but they don't cope on the odd occasion she skips the o/n feed and goes 10-11 hrs! She seems pretty happy with 3 meals at the moment, but I am noticing if I offer her little snacks in between, she is very keen for more.....
Oh, and I did notice the change in signature, Kel...... I thought you were a brave woman to even be thinking about it!!!!
And can I also add my love of the HAB!!! I got one on loan from a friend and have found it waaaay more comfy than our Bjorn now that Monkey is over 8kg.
Catherine, so awesome about new formula helping for El!!! And Monkey didn't really like potato either; I think it's too starchy maybe??
Must go, just been reminded by DH that I need some sleep!! Funny how we all were AWOL for a few days then all posting today, hey!
Love to all and sending "good" baby vibes.... ie. lots of smiles, cuddles and sleep!
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