AHHHHHH! so after posting my blog yesterday I decided to look up some ideas for getting Landry to take the bottle. I found a lot of different websites. So I showed JR one that said to try to get others to feed the bottle - a baby can smell its mother's scent from 20 ft. away. It also advises to leave the house because a baby can sense its mother's presence even if she is in the next room. So last night about 20 minutes before Landry's normal feeding time, I made a bottle handed it to JR and I left the house to run to the store to get Diet Coke for my mom. I was gone for about 15 - 20 minutes and when I walked through the door, JR was putting Landry to sleep. I saw the bottle on the night stand and checked it out. I made a 3 oz. bottle, and when I inspected it, there was about 2 7/8 oz. So, obviously, there was no success. But, at least she went down for the night at 9:30. Of course, she got up at 11:30 and again at 4:30 and again at 7:30....but hey count your blessings, right? Logan went to bed at 10:15!!!
Anyway, I decided to try some alternatives to the bottle. Today, I made the bottle, but left the top of and grabbed the the medicine dropper. I started off giving her some carrots, and then I decided that I should try the bottle one more time, so I got up and put the lid on and gave it a shot.....it only pissed her off. So I calmed her down, filled the syringe and slowly started to push it in to her mouth! She ate nearly 2 ounces of the 3 oz. bottle plus some carrots. when I could tell that she wouldn't eat any more, I put it away and we moved on. 20 minutes later I was nursing her and then she was OUT! I guess we will have to feed her from a syringe for a while and maybe the bottle wont seem so bad - then again she may just go strait to the sippy cup! I guess we will have to wait it out.
JR meets up with the owners of the house TODAY to get the keys. We are going to move some of the smaller stuff tomorrow and all the big stuff on Thursday. I am so excited to be almost in our new house! It is so close, and yet time seems to be crawling by! ughhhh....I can't wait!
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