Last night marked another big milestone for Miss Malone -- her very first bottle! After dinner, I asked Brett if he wanted to try his hand at her 7:00 feeding. Of course, he was more than happy to have some additional quality time with our sweet girl. (At this point, with his work schedule and her evening sleep schedule, he sees her far too little!)
I stayed nearby, camera in hand, to watch Daddy and Daughter experience this "first" together.
Here goes nothin'...
Aaaaaand she accepts it. Score!
Suckin' back on that liquid gold.
Kaiser came check in on Sissy.
Love how those hands automatically come together on her chest.
I was so very proud of our growing girl; she took to her bottle without any problem whatsoever, and gulped down her 4 ounces in no time! (Though I wasn't too terribly worried, I did wonder if the fact that I'd waited until she was 6 weeks old would make her less inclined to accept it.) I'm going to make an effort to pump and let Daddy take over with evening feedings a couple of times a week, so that they can get that special time together and so that she will stay accustomed to someone other than Mommy feeding her. Hopefully that will mean that, sometime in the future, I'll have a bit more freedom -- you know, just in case my man and I want to get crazy and go out on a nighttime date! :)
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