Bottle Battle 2011 - Day 16

Scott's Christmas party is tonight. This means three things:

1. Adriana will need to take a bottle.
2. That bottle will be given by someone other than her mommy.
3. That bottle will come at her usual bedtime feeding.

Since Adriana has been doing so well, we figured issue #3 would be the most troubling part of Adriana's night. We decided to have her take a bottle from Scott to go to bed last night. Adriana did NOT want a bottle to go to sleep. She went back to crying when she saw the bottle and refusing to suck. Eventually, she did take the bottle (from me), but she wouldn't go to sleep. When she finished the bottle, she opened her eyes and started rooting. For Adriana, her bedtime feeding is partially for eating and partially for comfort. The bottle is just about feeding. Obviously, last night made me more nervous about tonight.

Our plan is to not let her sleep much today, so that when I feed her before we leave, she'll take a nap. Sue can then give her a bottle when she wakes up from her nap. Then Adriana can stay awake until we get home (hopefully), and I'll feed her to go to sleep then. Let's hope it works.