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Thursday, December 2, 2010

First bottle...

The best advice we received when Agnes was pregnant: Many people will offer their advice but choose for yourself which ones to listen to and do what you think is best.

Of course when the advice comes from a lactation consultant or a midwife, you end up paying more attention to them. Even then, their advice may not have a clear "what" and "when". For a breastfed baby, we were discouraged from introducing the bottle too early as it may cause nipple confusion. On the other hand, you can't introduce the bottle too late or the baby may not want to take the bottle. So, when is it too early and when is it too late?

Then, it's back to what we think works best for our baby. For Jacynth, since she is quite established with breastfeeding, we decided to try her on a bottle for the first time last Saturday when she was 4 weeks old. She did pretty well and drank 90ml of the 100ml offered. It will be a week later before we offer her a bottle again. :)

Kevin feeding for the first time

Agnes' turn after a burp... 


6 comments:

  1. nes,

    pic 2 - look like your eyes... almond...

    pic 3 - holding on to daddy's finger... so adorable... *melted*... =p

    cannot wait to see her laa...

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  2. my eyes indeed.
    and yah i took off her mitten so that she can do that. hehehe...

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  3. What a cutie! Congratulations!
    How are you? It's been a while...

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  4. thanks su chin! yes it has been a while now... lui du sang joh loh! hehehe... we're good. learning new things everyday! how about you? :)

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  5. ya,she has her mom's eyes.and she will be a pretty girl.She looks at her daddy and holding her daddy with her little fingers.So adorable...

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  6. Good Job! do what you think is best... if you do both pretty consistant... she will be fine... little Kevin is breastfed and bottle fed baby.... i am proud of you and excited for you.... it is a good thing to do both... easier when traveling as well save money.... Big Kev gets to fed her as well... best bonding time for dad and daughter.... love her comb over hair by the way...

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