Daddy ventures once again into the realm of baby-feeding

The books say that one should introduce the bottle to the breastfed baby some time between four and six weeks, in order to reduce the likelihood of "nipple confusion." To this end, I gave Julia her first bottle this morning.

I'm actually an old hand at this since I took care of Dora two days a week after Margrethe went back to work. Still, it takes a bit of convincing to get the baby to believe that milk is going to come out of this silicone thingy, so I had my work cut out for me.

Margrethe and Dora we're off trying to go to a gymnastics class at the time, so I was on my own. By the time I got the milk thawed, Julia was quite cross with me. When I tried to put the nipple in her mouth, she made a face like I was feeding her vinegar and started rooting around trying to find the REAL nipple. After a few tries, though, she caught on and started sucking like a champ. She made it clear, though, that she was not fooled into thinking that this was as good as Mommy.