Hi Barbara,
   I, too, bottle fed my adopted son.  Yes, it is the power of love!  A
kind older nurse visited me and brought a gift and asked me what kind of
schedule I had him on.  I hadn't thought of a schedule, I said to her,
Oh, I just feed him all the time, before his nap and after his nap and
whenever he wants.  He finally held his own bottle at 12 months old when
I urged him to from the front of the car while on vacation.  I should
have had him on a cup but didn't know better 15 years ago with first
baby.
     The parenting umbrella is bigger than the feeding method.  Yes, I
wish he had gotten breast milk, but at the time I didn't how healthy it
was.  I hoped to induce lactation but found out I was pregnant just
after he was born;  after several miscarriages I didn't want to take a
chance of causing uterine contractions.  When he was 8 mos. old we had a
biological daughter!  They are now 15 and 14 and close friends.
     That's my story.
     Susan in Minn
     rn ibclc


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