Happy Friday
Well today was a pretty good day. Carmin and Missy (2 students in our college small group) came and babysat the kids this afternoon while Nancy worked her last day.Missy came over for several hours yesterday for the same reason.
For the past few weeks, Nancy has finished her part-time employment at the Surgery Center. Next week she starts as resource status, meaning that she will work around 4 hours per week.
In the meantime, while she's been gone during the day, I've still had work to do and 3 kids to take care of. It's been a challenge -- especially since Abby refuses to take a bottle. Yesterday was awful in this regard.
After Missy left, it was time for Abby to eat and she was hungry and upset. She was screaming, mad at me -- if she could have talked I'm sure the room would have been full of baby-expletives. For 45 minutes I tried and re-tried to give her the bottle with absolutely no success.
I have tried consistently (lately) to give her a bottle, but she just screams the whole time. It is a totally unpleasant experience for both of us.
Today, on Nancy's last day -- Abby suddenly took the bottle. I sort of snuck it to her, letting her kind of play with it, then taking it away if she started fussing or acting suspicious. Now I've tried this before -- along with many other techniques -- with terrible results. I've tried a host of different nipples, I've tried breastmilk and formula, adding sugar, putting sugar water on the nipple -- everything "they" say to try. But today was the day.
It was amazingly gratifying to hold my infant daughter on my lap while she drank vigorously on the bottle of formula without so much as a whimper.
It is a happy Friday.
posted by John Daharsh @ 4:19 PM
5 Comments:
Daharsh!
Hey, our 1 year service was yesterday and I think we had 250 people, so we have been growing and God has been continually at work here. I think we need to connect someday soon, I have been so busy! I am also transitioning my NFP E-Journey Inc. Our funding was nearly impossible to maintain, so it goes with the life of a church planter! Take Care Z
John,
It's great to get a little insight into your family's life, albeit some of the struggle in it. I know those times well brother. I'm glad you got to experience the sweetness of success with bottle feeding! Out of curiosity, have you ever tried the 'man breast' feeding technique as illustrated in Meet the Fockers'?
Haha, I've not yet seen "Meet the Fockers" - although in moments of despair, whilst trying to come up with ways to get Abby to take the bottle ideas for strange new products that would help someone in my situation were popping into my head.
shane makes me laugh. i forgot about that. i've heard that jack daniels and nyquil are good mixers too.
Hey John- Thank you for your post on my blog. It's amazing how truth comes in all forms, imagine agent smith actually encouraged me today. Peace isn't the absence of turmoil but safe harbor in the storm- I like that. Thanks again.
Lisa G.
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