Your First Bottle

Dearest Joshua David~

Congratulations! You took your first bottle at 3am this morning! And, you took your entire feed (38 ml)! The nurse used a slow flow nipple, which you did well with.

We did a breast feeding session at 3pm. It was just us, but the two of us did great …. you took 22 ml! We make a good team! I spoke to one of the lactation nurses. She was excited about your earlier bottle feeding. It’s natural that you’re not taking the same amount by breast since you don’t have completely developed suck pads in your cheeks. But, you’re getting there and we’ll continue to have more practice once you’re home from the hospital too.

For the 9pm feeding, your mimi (daddy’s mom) came with me. You weren’t as active as you were at 3pm, but you still took 14 ml by breast. You started to wake up more as we were leaving. :-P

The nurse this evening stated she may try another bottle at some point tonight again. She said if you wake up active then she’ll see if you’ll take another full feeding by bottle.

We were there for your nightly weigh in …. you are officially double your birth weight! You are 4 lbs 8.3 ozs …. slighty over 4.5 pounds!! Wow! You continue to surprise me! :-)

I can’t wait to take you home! Hopefully it won’t be too much longer!

I love you little Joshua! :-)

~Mommy