maddie,
hmm hmm. C1 pui my boob out at 1st. then a few days later, wanted to latch again. i din even know myself then that i was pregnant... at night i know he suck for fun only. Mr C played his part by sleeping in a separate room w C1, got maid to wake up and feed C1 FM then eventually water.
C1 quite guai la. i whispered to him during the dunno-how-many-seconds-b4-sleep-while-bb-is-supposed-to-be-in-semi-sleep-mode-but-can-still-hear-you... that mama needs to sleep, you sleep thro the night w papa now darling boy. keep repeating. within a week of water feeds in the night, he was sleeping thro the night already. PHEW for Mr C and me. dunno till now if tis the whispers or the water feeds or having Mr C w him that he slept thro. at that stage, desparate already, try all methods and ways.
so that was the sleeping thro.
C1 already took bottles during the day from the time i returned to work after first maternity leave. so np there. he was/still is quite a rubbish bin when it comes to eating. open mouth, insert food, close mouth, chew, repeat. C2 is the same pattern as C1.
hide away while mr maddie bottle feeds bbM?
in theory, the breastfeeding books say the first tri is the toughest if intend to tandem feed. 2nd tri, the colostrum will start coming in and milk supply increases again. but... i din wanna torture myself... i still had a home, maid, HB, C1 plus a FT job to manage. breastfeeding was the one thing i gave up after discussing w Mr C. sigh sigh.