Bentley: Master Baby Feeder

Since we brought the twins home Bentley has been working on his baby bottle feeding skills. It's a little trickier than it looks to get the bottle into the mouth of a squirming infant though, and up until this week he had limited success. He has, however, mastered the art of inserting the baby plug (aka the pacifier). He used to try and put them in backwards, and just shove them anywhere at the face. He now is adept at getting them into the mouth - the right direction too!

Since mastering this skill he's decided to move onto the bigger project of baby feeding. Since we spend hours (literally... hours and hours... and hours) feeding babies at our house I have no objections to any help offered! On Tuesday Bentley was tired of Genevieve screaming for her bottle (I was busy changing Jackson's diaper) so he took matters into his own hands. He sat down next to her head, inserted the bottle... and away they went. 45 minutes later she gave up on him after 2 1/2 ounces, but it wasn't bad for a first joint effort! He's going to train them to be VERY neat eaters. Every time Genevieve started to drip, Bentley removed the bottle and wiped her face down with the burp cloth. This frustrated the poor girl, who just wanted the freedom to eat with abandon and happily squirt formula down her cheeks. To add to her frustration, sometimes Bentley dripped on her face while getting the bottle back in place. This meant they would start back over at square 1, with the bottle being removed, the baby being wiped down, ... my offers to assist were vehemently rejected.

The bottom line is it's help freely given, and I'll take it!