Care and feeding
I've started pumping breast milk, which is now another thing I have to get done in the time when Skipper is not tied to my body. Pumping breast milk is tedious and frustrating (though also totally hilarious - Cook, Dutch, and I all burst into giggles the first time we witnessed the operation), and I find that I slightly resent spending my baby-free time producing milk for the baby.
Cook and Dutch fed Skipper her first bottle yesterday* and apparently she took it without hesitation. Dutch was very pleased, as she got to meet two primary sibling goals of hers - getting to tend the baby herself, and getting the baby separated from me. She really doesn't like that I nurse Skipper - she deeply resents both the intimacy and the time devoted to the baby. I've tried doing some recommended sibling-rivalry-mitigation tactics, like reading to Dutch or watching her perform while Skipper nurses, but it's not enough.
* Cook met me at school, took Skipper, picked up Dutch at daycare, and then headed home - I realized only after the handoff that I had just sent the poor man off to sit on a crowded bus in rush hour traffic with a 4-year-old and a hungry newborn.This is a situation in which it's very handy to be able to nurse the baby (discreetly, because you're bound to offend somebody). Which he can't do.
Cook and Dutch fed Skipper her first bottle yesterday* and apparently she took it without hesitation. Dutch was very pleased, as she got to meet two primary sibling goals of hers - getting to tend the baby herself, and getting the baby separated from me. She really doesn't like that I nurse Skipper - she deeply resents both the intimacy and the time devoted to the baby. I've tried doing some recommended sibling-rivalry-mitigation tactics, like reading to Dutch or watching her perform while Skipper nurses, but it's not enough.
* Cook met me at school, took Skipper, picked up Dutch at daycare, and then headed home - I realized only after the handoff that I had just sent the poor man off to sit on a crowded bus in rush hour traffic with a 4-year-old and a hungry newborn.This is a situation in which it's very handy to be able to nurse the baby (discreetly, because you're bound to offend somebody). Which he can't do.
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