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First Trip and Bottle-Feeding Progress
Feb. 25th, 2016 01:32 amThe early part of last week was uneventful. Some of the items on my todo list seem to have stalled out and really need a kick. Little chores have kept me busy, and I've managed to get in some relaxation.
Took a long weekend (Thursday-Tuesday) visiting Juile's folks in Lubbock, Texas. Unfortunately, on Saturday both Julie and I came down with a serious stomach bug (which, we later found out, has been caught by just about everyone in Juile's lab). At least we weren't sick while we were actually travelling. We did introduce Erica to her great-grandparents (Julie's mom's parents), which was an important motivation for the trip. And she also got some quality time with grandparents (they looked after her while we went out for a movie (Deadpool), report was that little Eris was displeased with our (well, Julie's) absence).
The trip was a good trial-run for Julie's upcoming conference trip in late March. At least Eris handled the flights pretty well, and didn't seem to be bothered too much by the crowds and the changes in altitude.
Since getting back, I've had a few stints of looking after the kid by myself. Getting enough food to her is no problem, but having her rest comfortably afterwards without Julie around is another matter. She doesn't seem to satiate properly when she's being bottle-fed, instead going from ravenously hungry to painfully full but still demanding more for some reason. Also, even the low-flow bottles we have seem to be a bit too fast. May try bottle liners to reduce air intake. And today's experience suggests that switching to a pacifier for a bit after 50 ml or so might let her rest afterwards without so much stomach discomfort. It would be great if there was a bottle where the flow slowed down a bit more as the feeding progressed.
Took a long weekend (Thursday-Tuesday) visiting Juile's folks in Lubbock, Texas. Unfortunately, on Saturday both Julie and I came down with a serious stomach bug (which, we later found out, has been caught by just about everyone in Juile's lab). At least we weren't sick while we were actually travelling. We did introduce Erica to her great-grandparents (Julie's mom's parents), which was an important motivation for the trip. And she also got some quality time with grandparents (they looked after her while we went out for a movie (Deadpool), report was that little Eris was displeased with our (well, Julie's) absence).
The trip was a good trial-run for Julie's upcoming conference trip in late March. At least Eris handled the flights pretty well, and didn't seem to be bothered too much by the crowds and the changes in altitude.
Since getting back, I've had a few stints of looking after the kid by myself. Getting enough food to her is no problem, but having her rest comfortably afterwards without Julie around is another matter. She doesn't seem to satiate properly when she's being bottle-fed, instead going from ravenously hungry to painfully full but still demanding more for some reason. Also, even the low-flow bottles we have seem to be a bit too fast. May try bottle liners to reduce air intake. And today's experience suggests that switching to a pacifier for a bit after 50 ml or so might let her rest afterwards without so much stomach discomfort. It would be great if there was a bottle where the flow slowed down a bit more as the feeding progressed.
