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I'm on these forums because I'm an adoptee. I have also raised 3 children (biological) who are now grown up.
I admit I propped bottles many times for the younger two children because life was just too hectic. It's very difficult to sit and hold a baby for an extended period of time when an older child is running around the house and getting into trouble.
We used to prop the bottle for the youngest by setting it on a crumpled towel on his chest. The funny part is that our son became "bonded" to his towel -- that towel became his blankie and he carried it with him everywhere. By the way, our son grew up very well adjusted and is now an engineering student in college. And we still have that very threadbare towel. As parents, we just do the best we can. We only have two arms.
Looking back, I was in foster care myself for my first 9 months back in the 50's. I have a letter that the foster parent wrote with instructions for my amom -- she stated that I didn't like to be held when taking my bottle. I thought that a little strange that I didn't like to be held at 8 - 9 months. As far as I remember, my kids all liked to be held. And I did end up having a lot of quality one-on-one time with my youngest in the middle of the night because that's when he would be wide awake.
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