I'm hungry, Daddy!
Friday night: I have plans to go out with a friend. Nick takes on solo parenting duties (dinner, books, bed). When I got home, I asked how things went.
"It was fine, but she didn't really drink anything out of the bottle," he said. "She started at it really well, but then she just chewed on it and played with it for a while."
I thought that was a little odd- she'd been taking a bottle really well lately- but I was mostly just disappointed because it meant she'd definitely be hungry in the middle of the night.
The next morning, I slept in a little while Nick got up with Hannah. I came downstairs just as he was about to give her last night's bottle, which he had just thrown back in the fridge after she didn't drink it (sanitation be damned, it's liquid gold, people). He picked her up, she immediately started to suck on the bottle...and nothing happened.
I could see it from across the room. It explained everything.
"Um, she doesn't seem to be getting any milk. Is there any chance the cap is still in the bottle?"
"The what?" he said, as he unscrewed the top and pulled out the little stopper disc...
Hannah gets 100 points for going to bed after being teased with an undrinkable bottle and not even throwing a little bit of a fit.
Nick gets 10 points for a valiant effort, 0 points for observation skills, and 50 points for not trying to use this as a "you're clearly just better at feeding her than I am" future excuse.
"It was fine, but she didn't really drink anything out of the bottle," he said. "She started at it really well, but then she just chewed on it and played with it for a while."
I thought that was a little odd- she'd been taking a bottle really well lately- but I was mostly just disappointed because it meant she'd definitely be hungry in the middle of the night.
The next morning, I slept in a little while Nick got up with Hannah. I came downstairs just as he was about to give her last night's bottle, which he had just thrown back in the fridge after she didn't drink it (sanitation be damned, it's liquid gold, people). He picked her up, she immediately started to suck on the bottle...and nothing happened.
I could see it from across the room. It explained everything.
"Um, she doesn't seem to be getting any milk. Is there any chance the cap is still in the bottle?"
"The what?" he said, as he unscrewed the top and pulled out the little stopper disc...
Hannah gets 100 points for going to bed after being teased with an undrinkable bottle and not even throwing a little bit of a fit.
Nick gets 10 points for a valiant effort, 0 points for observation skills, and 50 points for not trying to use this as a "you're clearly just better at feeding her than I am" future excuse.
posted by Katie | 12:13 PM
3 Comments:
Leave it to the dads of the world!! I attempted to go to dinner on Saturday also. Only to be called that I had to get home, as Kendal was screaming at the top of her lungs and wouldn't take her bottle. She just had one days before and did great. Maybe next time.
and Katie gets points also for not throwing a fit
Love it! I am sitting here laughing out loud :).
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