Things I never knew about feeding babies

There are many challenges to feeding babies...... here's 2 things I never knew before.

I never realised before I became a mother that a baby can suck a bottle incorrectly (I knew you could suck a breast incorrectly, but a bottle?).... did you know??? Sometimes when they open their mouth their little tongue points upwards (without you noticing). If you stick a bottle in like that, he will take it in and suck on it.... but it will make funny slurpy sounds and 'lip smacking' as we call it and all the milk will come straight back out again! Very messy and a big waste of hard earned breastmilk. This usually happens several times per feed between the two of them. We have worked out that you just have to take the bottle out and try again until they get it right! If anyone has any tips on this please let us know.

I also never knew that huccups were contagious!!! Our twins seem to have contagious hiccups. If one baby gets the hiccups after a feed (which is about 50-70% of the time) the other will start hiccuping within about 30seconds (about 90% of the time). It is so funny. The hiccups dont bother them most of the time, but sometimes it makes them upset. Maybe it makes them have a belly ache at the same time? Poor little loves.