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Caleb the Daddee-bully, takes forever drinking his milk. He’d start off all keen; naturally cos he’s hungry, then at about 3oz left (we give him 6oz at the moment), he’d start showing less interest and start being distracted.
By distracted, for a 4 month old kid, is: Stop sucking, looking around, turning his head allowing me to poke his cheek with the bottle-teat, smacking the bottle silly. It’s really frustrating ‘cos the milk may be wasted, he’s not full, will wake sooner than later for the next feed.
So, the bluff-the-little-children trick then, according to Hot Mummee, is to distract the distracted.
- Put him on his back
- Remove the hankie from around his neck
- Put away the bottle.
- Start talking / singing to him. The little fella does seem to exhibit traits of a conversationalist, if I can even start using this term on a 4month old. He responds very well when he’s spoken to; get all excited limbs-waving and even mutters “words” an infact can muster.
- Sometimes I’d also use a rattle toy to get his attention. This toy is a transparent giraffe with tiny balls inside. He seems fascinated by the ball rolling around inside.
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Then, secretly and discretely, do the above in reverse.
And voila! I have fooled the little man back into sucking! Usually with the help of the oh-so-captivating rolling balls.
I sound like I am taking revenge on being bullied by Caleb. In a lot of ways, I AM! Muuaaahahahahahaha!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Ann // May 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM
6 oz for 4 mths !!! That is great, if he finishes it all up!
And he is growing to be such a big boy already! He looks a bit like you, is it?
very very cute!
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2 Daddee // May 12, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Haha!
No, I don’t think he looks much like me. Maybe my nose, but I didn’t have double eyelids till a lot older myself (in fact I started off with only my left eye with it).
I don’t think he even looks like Hot Mummee either…
We give him 6oz at the moment. I’d say maybe only 60% of the time would he finish it all; likely during the day ‘cos when it’s my turn to feed (at nights) he rarely does finish it all. One time though, at, like, 4am, he did finish it all, and very quickly too. That was a very satisfying “session” for me: Finish quickly, no fuss, went back to sleep quickly too, and also for him! Haha!
If only he does this on-time-performance all the time…
3 Moomykin // May 13, 2008 at 8:38 AM
Hahaha…clever Daddee!
Micah at one time was also wasting a lot of milk, so I reduced the amount. Sometimes, I’d make 4oz and 2 oz in another bottle. If he does not take the 2 oz, it goes into the fridge and then later add 2 more oz with hot water to make it warm. At least it is not wasted.
p/s- Caleb looks like a real bright boy, and oh, so cheeky too! Adorable!
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4 Daddee // May 14, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Yeah, he is getting to be quite addictive!
I know I sound like a bad parent saying that. Admittedly the first few weeks/months of his life, I didn’t feel any attachment to him. To be blunt, he was just a eating-shitting-crying demanding little no gratitude creature.
Now that he’s older, he’s starting to smile, and smile a lot! What tickles him now is when yo cluck your tongue at him. It gets him “giggly” (if an infant can, in fact, giggle), and his whole body wiggles when he giggles as a response! Sometimes so wiggly that you have to carry him properly lest he wiggles off your arm!
I guess for me, it’s the responses that I/we get that only gets me “interested” in him. I gotta say I felt the same with Caitlin.
5 Toddlerdaddy // May 18, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Well that sure beats my plan of just standing there foolishly until the child my bidding through a combination of telepathy and a sad confused look on my face.
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6 Daddee // May 19, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Oh I tried the sad confused look on my face too, and I only got the same back!
No, actually, just got back the confused look… why would he feel sad for enjoying bullying Daddee??
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