Nipple Confusion?

Claire suddenly decided that she doesn't like bottles much which is something she'll need to get over before I go back to work in less than 6 weeks (eep!). It started last weekend where she was absolutely furious at having to be fed from a bottle but settled down nicely when I gave up and fed her off my boob. On Monday, we decided to try some different nipples ... 4 of them, actually. Nada. Tuesday, James was too traumatized by Monday so we took the day off. Wednesday, she took it like a champ and finished the whole bottle. Thursday, it took her about 4 tries and 3 hours, but we finally finished off her 3oz. Friday, she only finished about half before refusing to eat more.

She's selectively picky about her paci that way, too. Sometimes she gets REALLY pissed if you offer it to her, but other times she sucks it for hours straight. Hmmm ... well, Little Girl will have no choice once I go back to work, so I guess we'll keep on doing the one bottle a day.

Oh, and for those people who have been congratulating me on Claire sleeping in her bassinet, it was only those two days. :) The other days this week, she starts there, and we end up in the 2nd guest room (our modified "family bed"). Why the guest room bed? It's hard so she won't roll into me, low to the ground which saves my knees and alleviates the fear some of her rolling off the bed, large so that each have plenty of room, and it's not in the same room as James so that he can get some sleep since he has work. I have to admit that I was not a huge proponent of the family bed concept before for various reasons, but it's all about survival. Besides, I keep telling myself that it's baby steps ... at least she's sleeping on a flat surface without having me hold her!