After a week of Max rejecting every single nipple and sippy cup that wasn't made of my own personal boob-flesh, I can finally report PROGRESS!
This evening, Max partook of a few sips from an Avent bottle with silicone nipple that was filled with Fruit Punch Pedialyte.
He then decided bottles are for suckers and pushed it away.
BUT STILL! A bottle with a synthetic nipple was allowed passage into his mouth and he actually actively took a few sucks. I think he was willing to try it because it was a different taste. I'd been trying different formulas and expressed breastmilk only to be met with furious cries of anger and resentment. The new taste of the Pedialyte intrigued him, it was different, and clearly wasn't a substitute for the boobs.
So I continue to soldier on with the hope that he will one day drink liquids that don't have to come directly out of my nipples.
As for our sleeping arrangements, that's not going so well. Up three times last night, but I did refuse to nurse him at 3AM (I did at midnight and 5AM though). I rocked him for 20 min, he was still screaming so I put him in his crib and let him scream for another 20 mintues (the most agonizing 20 minutes of my life I tell you), then I went back and rocked him again and he fell asleep. I'm hoping if I can stop nursing him when he wakes up, he'll just stop waking up and sleep through 'til morning. Maybe not, but it's worth a try anyway.
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