Training: Day 3

Swe-cha seems to be getting the hang of the Playtex nipple. He didn't make me chase after him when I gave him the bottle this afternoon but he did make me cringe when I saw him chomp down on the nipple. His face didn't look angry, he just seemed nang-gigigil. I thought of those 4 sharp teeth and gave a silent prayer that I wasn't feeding him directly from the breast.

I think we may be ready to give him playtex bottles round the clock now as there does not seem to be any problems w/ his milk intake w/ this nurser. In fact, there have been a few times in the last couple of days when he finished the entire contents of his Playtex nurser (around 4.5 oz if I fill it to the brim) - I think we may have to move on to the 8oz liners so that he isn't bitin when he feeds. Now, if only we could manage to make the trip to the store to get more nipples.

This is making my love-hate relationship w/ the Medela bottles lean more into the hate side (more on this on another post,... or maybe not). I love my medela bottles and love how I can just screw on a nipple and feed directly from them, less to wash & sterilize later at night. But they've started leaking horribly lately and we couldn't figure out why. Our best guess is that they may have somehow degraded or warped w/ constant use - we've been using, washing and sterilizing them every day for the past 9 months, after all.