We (okay.. mostly me) decided that we'll tackle Swe-cha's training this way:
- We will give him milk in Playtex nursers in the afternoon so as not to disturb his night feedings (Playtex bottles in the afternoons are a hit & miss, he would sometimes drink from them and sometimes not)
- We will go back to using medela bottles at night to avoid stressing him because he would always cry and not feed when we give him Playtex bottles at night.
- He will still co-sleep with us but we will start putting him to bed slightly awake. We will probably move him to his crib next week or later, depending on how he reacts to these changes we're making now.
15:00 Playtex nurser, fast flow - no complaints, 2 oz
17:20 Playtex nurser, fast flow - gagged & cried
17:30 Playtex nurser, medium flow - no complaints, 1.5 oz
21:45 Medela, 4 oz
He fell asleep during feeding and I woke him up a little before putting him down on the bed. He opens his eyes, tries to settle down to sleep. Unfortunately, Daddy also decides to clean the master bathroom tonight and just as Swe-cha is settling down to sleep on his own, Daddy sneezes loudly (bathroom cleaners make him sneeze) 3 times. Swe-cha is startled and starts crying. Mommy wants to flick Daddy's ears but decides to play it cool and just give Swe-cha the bottle again to settle him down.
All in all, day 1 went relatively easy because he had a good nap schedule today and was sleepy by 9:30 (his bedtime). It is usually easy to get him to bed at night when he does not take a 3rd nap in the early evening but I am not looking forward to early morning tomorrow, that's when things get difficult and he would wake & need to be pacified w/ the bottle hourly.
*bracing myself for the early morning hours*
Good luck!
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