Today was your first bottle. It was exciting, but a little anticlimactic because you've done so well at breast and I'm a breastfeeding mom, so ultimately I don't even want you to drink from bottles regularly. BUT it was a NICU milestone and I wanted to be the one to feed you the first bottle. You did great - no brady's or desats. In 30min took about 32mL of the 50mL bottle; they fed the rest through your tube. The nurse said you do so well with your sucking, swallowing and breathing. Taking breaks to rest and catch your breath and then starting back at it.
I much prefer breastfeeding, but it has been a hard balance between figuring out how to pump and breastfeed and keep my milk supply up. It is hard to get on a schedule of pumping so that I am able to come in and feed you and be full enough for you to be successful. There is a huge learning curve for Mommy on this combo pumping and BFing and I'm praying I can keep my supply up so we can be successful to exclusively BF some day. Then I can donate my 8+ gallons of milk in the freezer!
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