Hey Dr T, how is B, did he get sick like you were afraid he might?

I took T to day care for the first time yesterday. It was just for a few hours as a trial run. There was a moment there when I was telling the carer that he'd never had formula before that I almost lost it! I just can't seem to express much these days, so bought a box of 4 sachets of formula for his first day. My plan was that I'd only need to use them this once and express the feed he would have had if he'd been with me and freeze it for the next week (not that he has any routine whatsoever!). Now that I write that I realize I would have had to do that for a couple of weeks at least. Anyway, the carer made up the formula and tried to feed it to him, but he wouldn't take it! Apparently he had 30ml but only because she squirted it into his mouth. Not that she called to tell me this, and he was ready for a feed when I got there two hours later. I hope he wasn't hungry that whole time. I don't know whether it was the bottle or the formula itself that he objected to. He's been happy to consume bottles of expressed milk in the past but it's been a couple of months since we last gave him a bottle. We're going to experiment to try and figure out which it is.

I have to admit I REALLY enjoyed having 3 hours to myself! When I got home I felt like I could breathe more deeply or something, a bit like after he was born! Though I kept wondering if he was okay or whether he was crying, but was able to console myself by thinking how much he cries here with me anyway! He was fine when I left him. When I got back the carer was feeding the only other baby there while T was on the floor, and T was crying but I think it was just an "I'm bored" kind of cry.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.