Bottle-trained

Macam x sangka, I’m going back to work in 2 weeks time.

Cepat betul masa berlalu.

Oleh sebab itu, ummi telah memulakan jadual untuk Tasneem di “bottle-trained” mulai harini.

Oh sebenarnya, Tasneem dah minum EBM since 1 weeks old. And she already tasted the rubber teat since she was just a few mins born!! Also, after a few days, my mum introduced air zam-zam to her and she drinks that occasionally now. Its good to get rid of the phlegm.

Okay, back to the bottle-trained topic. . Mula2 dia macam main2 the teat dengan lidah tapi lepas tu mmg dia akan minum EBM. Risau juga lah mana tau kan mase baru lahir tu dia x memilih, tapi now since she becoming older, x mau dengan teat bottle. Tapi Alhamdulillah, Tasneem x menolak kalau beri EBM.

               Botol pun x kesah, yang penting susu ummi!!!

Awal2 dulu xde buat jadual pun untuk bottle-train. Ikut rasa ummi dia je, kadang2 pagi, kadang2 tghari, kadang2 malam, especially kalau abi ade. This is the time for abi to bond with his daughter. However I  make sure that she had her EBM once every day. Reason #1: sebab nak train Tasneem and reason #2: sebab nak kurangkan stock EBM dalam fridge wan Tasneem. hehe

Sebab Tasneem x banyak hal minum EBM lah buatkan hati ummi lega sikit nak tinggalkan Tasneem kat rumah. Macam last week, I had to overnight at Bangi and leave her with my mum for more than 24 hours. Meaning that she had to drink EBM the whole day. I left her 10 bottles of 3oz EBM each and semuanya habis!! According to my mum, she was OK drinking from her bottle that night but during her feeding the next day, she was “complaining” throughout her feeding. But still, she finished her milk, itu yang penting.

But 1 thing I noticed, if I breast-fed her after a bottle-fed session, at first she’ll suck sikit2 je, and I had to remind her that “this is ummi’s nenen not your bottle..” Agaknya itu yang dinamakan “teat confusion” kot eh?

Currently she drinks 4oz of EBM. Another good thing about bottle-fed is we know the amount of milk she drinks now. Sometimes, she finishes 4oz at 1 go and sometimes she finishes the 4oz in 2 sessions, about 15-30mins interval. Kalau Tasneem dah lapar sangat, dia sedut susu tu sampai tersedak2. Kita pulak yang risau dibuatnya.

Harap2 Tasneem boleh terima EBM ummi dalam botol sampai besar la hendaknya. Walaupun agak leceh nak kena basuh, sterile segala bagai sume botol susu & puting tu, takpe, ummi sanggup. Asalkan Tasneem mahu minum susu ummi dalam botol.