I decided to start Brynne on cereal yesterday, the doctor gave us the go ahead so I figured why not! I had originally planned to wait until closer to six months, but he said she needed to be pretty good at it by then because she would no longer be getting enough iron from breastmilk alone. Since most babies take a while to get it down pat, I thought I would start now. I also realized it had been about six weeks since I had given Brynne a bottle... Oops! So I thawed some milk I had frozen and used part of it to make the cereal and had Chris try and give her a bottle. This is where the problem comes in... She would NOT take it!! She wasn't crying or anything, but she would not really latch on and get choked on the milk that came out. I didn't push it very hard and just nursed her (and poured the "liquid gold" down the drain!). Whitney and Brooke didn't care much for milk that had been frozen, so I decided to pump some fresh last night to try today (which is how she has always done it in the past). Still nothing... She pretty much just chewed on the nipple the whole time and had this look on her face of what the heck is this thing?! I thought once a little came out and she swallowed it that she would realize it was milk and drink it... Nope, she just pushed it out with her tongue! So I guess we have a new project to work on :) I know it's not the end of the world if she doesn't take a bottle (and she probably would if she got hungry enough), but it would be nice to know she would if something happened and needed one every now and then.
Here's our little cutie... Happily taking a bottle back on April 11!
Today's bottle, which also went down the drain!
The look of disgust!!
Chewing on it... And for the record I didn't pull the camera out until AFTER I knew she wasn't going to take it :)
I know she could refuse to eat period or many other worse things, so I am thankful this is the only "problem" we have!
I'm sure you are wondering about the cereal... That post is coming soon!
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