Last week went by slowly. Ben, Eden and I didn't sleep very well for three days as a major change occured. I am no longer nursing Eden and so we had to switch to bottle. For 2-3 days I wasn't producing and that made Eden very frustrated as expected. She would pound on my chest hoping that milk would come. Therefore, we had to try formula. She did not want it nor did she want to eat baby food. She was just not herself. For those three days and even now I feel like I've lost that special bond we had. Once in a while I get a little sad but then I realize it's probably for the best.
What's funny is that I started producing again but experiencing what an agony it was to wean her, I didn't want to have to go through that again (I know I'll probably have to wean her off the bottle but we'll cross that bridge when we get there). Plus, it's a little bit easier to feed her in public and leave her with a babysitter.
Anyway, she is back to normal now - eating well, sleeping through the night, and happy.
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Oh, my dear! How traumatic for all of you ... I'm guessing all of this was your choice? Glad that she's back to her happy self ... it's amazing how quickly they adjust when they're so little. She seemed super happy in the nursery on Sunday. :) You guys are great parents.
I thought switching Erik from the bottle to the sippy cup would be hard, but he took to the Nuby sippy cups like a champ (he didn't like the others for a while but once he got a hang of the Nubys he was ready for others). According to Doc Simpson, you don't have to switch to the sippy cup until a year anyway so enjoy the bottle; you've got a while. And, in my opinion, you didn't lose a special bond - you just changed it a bit. The really precious part of feeding (bottle or breast) is the break from activity to snuggle and have solitude together. You'll still have that either way, and that is what is important!
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