I’ve found it really tough to feed Baby A sometimes. The other day he was crying and screaming for about 10 minutes every time i brought the bottle near his mouth. I don’t get it – he is definitely hungry, but he just doesn’t want me to feed him (more on that later). 
Even when he has calmed down, it’s no better. He has a habit of falling asleep half way through the feed, at which point it takes ages to get him to finish the bottle. I find myself resorting to all sorts of tricks sometimes, but all of them are pretty much hit and miss.
I used to tickle his feet to get a reaction and that worked…for a while. Now I don’t think he is ticklish anymore.
I tried flicking his ear. Doesn’t work anymore. Pinching his nose? Nope, that’s useless as well now. Flicking his nostrils annoys him but doesn’t always work. I actually even tried pulling his trousers down in the hope the cold air would wake him up a bit. No chance.
Then we hit upon it the other day: we wet some cotton wool with cold water and stuck it on his neck. That really made him jump, and he started sucking on the bottle furiously! Let’s hope he doesn’t get used to this one…..
