It Seems Like Ages
It seems like ages since I have posted and I still have all the recent photos to show you, as well as trying to keep you up to date with what has been going on in this crazy household. It seems that Harrison will NOT even consider going anywhere near a bottle. It has gotten to the point now where, if you try to give him one, he pushes it away with both hands while screaming and he even starts freaking out if he sees the bottle in his sight. Half of me feels resigned to the fact that I will be breastfeeding little H forever and half of me wants to persevere in the hope that he might get used to it. Its just so hard to keep on trying when you feel like you are subjecting your child to some kind of extreme torture.
The progress with the solids is going very slowly as well and he hardly opens his mouth when its food time. I have to wait until he shouts or yawns and sneak it in. Although he definitely seems interested in food and watches whenever anyone is eating or drinking and he even shouts in excitement when his food is about, he just doesn't get the whole eating thing yet.
Its hard to remember what Emily was like, even with this blog, it still doesn't seem like enough information. I also think my brain has finally stopped working and there is not enough time in the day to stop and think. I'll have to post about other things soon as I am running out of steam, I have been sick the past few days and I am still low on energy. It ironically seems that whenever Warren has some rare time off work either one of us is sick. I can't tell you how annoying this is.
Remember how envious of you I was that Emily would take a bottle when Cordy would have none of it? It sounds like Harrison is more like Cordy - accept no substitutes!
Cordy was nearly a year before she'd accept a bottle, and that was just because I was going back to work part-time, and she had to. She would never accept a teat - it only worked with sippy cup spouts for her (Avent do sippy cup spouts that fit on their bottles.)
Cordy was more cautious with food too - she'd have to try something several times before she'd eat it without spitting most of it out. It is worrying at the time, but they don't starve, honest!