Milk in a bottle

I've blogged a couple of times before on Hariz refusal to bottle-feed. A week before work, I sent him to his daycare to get him used to his new environment. The 1st three days was quite nerve wrecking as he continued to refuse the bottle. The teachers there had to squeeze the teat to make sure he took some milk in. By the 3rd day he was already showing signs of dehydration. He didn't wet his nappy for the longest of time and when he did, the brick dust came back.

In desperation, we bought a lot of teats and bottles and experimented with them all. And mind you, they aren't cheap! We have Avent, Nuk, First Years BreastFlow, MAM, Farlin, and the list goes on! A colleague at work gave me her brown MAM teats and a feeder cup too. She has more luck with them with her daughter.



We practically bought all the well known teats in the market that are suppose to ease transition between breastfeeding to bottlefeeding but with little to none outcome.



We had a bit of success with Tommee Tippee since the bottle was shaped such that it was rather soft in the middle and you can squeeze the bottle to get a little milk out. By the 2nd week he took about 9oz of breast milk while I was at work. I was devastated. Last Wednesday, after his routine checkup, we went to the hospital pharmacy and bought a yellow rubber-like pigeon teat on a whim. It costs RM5. Though at the back of my mind, I knew it wasn't going to make much of a difference. But, it did!!! The next day, the teacher at the daycare was happy to inform us that Hariz took 12oz of milk that day and he managed to latch and suck the bottle on his own!

And here is the winner :)


This is soooo Hariz! Always caught me a little of guard. Dalam banyak2 puting, puting murah ni yang dia suka!!! Hahahahaha ... I'm close to tears already. Nothing special with the teat except that it is thin and rather soft compared to the rest. Now, let's hope this miracle teat works more wonders. I'm now hoping he will take more milk at the daycare.