Plissken wrote:
"Melania" wrote in message
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Man, though, I need a break from the little people once in a while, you
know?


I hear ya. At least he did take a bottle for a while ) Taryn refused one,
but now at 7 months she will drink a little water from a cup or her Nuby
sippy cup and she is eating solids nicely (even at what we ate tonight
without mashing it up!). You might get someone to try a sippy cup and see if
he will drink from that. How much can you express? Could you just mix a
little EBM with a little formula?

Well, I can express a fair bit. I have about 5 ounces going off in the
fridge right now. I know he won't drink it (it's been there since
Friday, and has been warmed up twice, and really should be tossed). I
can get about an ounce every 7-10 minutes, so it represents 35-50
minutes of work, spread out over the day whenever I could snatch a
minute away from them, which is why I'm reluctant to toss it. I have no
luck with pumps (letdown's fine, but the seal is never good and most of
it leaks out the bottom and into my lap instead of going into the
pump), so I'm hand expressing. I wonder if I got about 2 oz of EBM per
oz of formula in a cup, if he would drink it sitting at the table. He
is desperate to do whatever big bro does, so maybe if they both had
cups . . . certainly something to consider!

I can't wait to start him on table food. As it is, I have to hold back
from just sticking morsels off my plate into his mouth (as I did with J
when he was a slightly older baby).

Thanks, Nadine!
Melania