Nipple Confusion?

You heard me correctly: Nipple Confusion. No, it's not a seminar from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Apparently, if you start feeding a baby from a bottle (whether formula, breast milk or a combination) too early, it may result in nipple confusion and the baby may not want to breast feed again.

So, we waited until last week before Maggie had her first bottle feeding. She had absolutely no problem with the bottle, she downed the thing in 5 minutes. The next feeding, she went right back to her mom with no hesitation, so I believe we have no confusion.

Her "awake" times are getting longer, and slightly more interesting. It's difficult, sometimes, to figure out what exactly to do with her. She's not quite ready for toys... they bore her. She still really likes to stare at the lamp in the living room. She also likes her swing but she gets frustrated when she can't reach the flowers above her head. (This is an older picture; she's so tiny).

So, sometimes we just sit and let her stare at us.






Mostly, 'cause she's cute.