Baby Bella Bottle

Baby Bella seems to be on a major growth spurt. We are now having to increase her bottle size from 4 ounces per feeding to 5 ounces. The final feeding before bedtime is a 6 ouncer laced with two teaspoons of cereal.

Yes, the Cain family is sleeping much better these days. Most nights, we only have to do one feeding during the night. She takes her last bottle at 10:00pm and usually sleeps to 4:00am. Gratefully, she immediately falls back to sleep - usually before the bottle is finished.

Mommy is still nursing some but those days seem to be numbered. Mommy and Baby Bella were awesome partners for the first six weeks but Baby Bella has gradually been telling us that the milk isn't enough for her. Now she seems to do much better with the formula so Mommy only nurses first thing in the morning and then again when she returns from work.

We are taking it day-by-day, letting Baby Bella tell us what she needs. We have learned that a full baby is a happy baby. Mommy has been great at nursing and I think she secretly hates to see that phase coming to an end.

Skyler did his first bottle and burp routine yesterday. Awesome! Mommy and Daddy tag teamed dinner while Big Brother fed Baby Bella on the stairs. Skyler was so proud, Baby Bella was so content, and dinner arrived early - it doesn't get much better than that.

We get a kick out of watching Skyler and Baby Bella stare at each other - they are developing such a bond and it does our hearts good. Skyler is very attentive and protective of his little sister. And we wouldn't have it any other way. We are blessed!