Success!

Or some semblance of.

Rohan is not a forumla fed baby and as a result my role in the feeding, soothing, putting to sleep cycle is a bit diminished. However, over the last few days, we've introduced the bottle to his repotoire, thus giving me the ability to help with the feedings.

Rohan took to the bottle quickly and within a few minutes of finishing a bottle suceeding in falling into a deep sleep. My small measures of sucess - That his mom was able to get a much needed respite from the baby for a straight 3 hours, that Rohan took to the bottle without much trouble, slept soundly for a while, and that I was able to do a little more than change a dirty diaper!

Lots is written about when to introduce a bottle if you want to manage between breast feeding, bottle feeding, and formula feeding and not "confuse" the baby. For the most part it is "easier" for the baby when it comes to the bottle as they don't have to work as hard. It can also be easier on the parent as they won't have to worry if the baby is getting "enough" milk as it is very easy to measure consumption with a bottle. The added advantage of formula is that it takes longer to digest and as a result, one could get more sleep between feedings. So we waited till Rohan turned 3 weeks old before trying it out on the advice of Rohan's doctor.

Nevertheless, our goal is not to put Rohan on the bottle all the time, just some of the time, and so far...he's doing well.