Ella’s mom did not change her mind.  She is not mean about it – but just will not let Ella nurse.  Jim researched feeding schedules and headed out to Milton to purchase powdered goat milk.  And our bottle baby duties began in earnest on March 9th, 2016.

This became quite complicated quickly.  Jim needed to open the gallery and still feed Ella.  Being a guy, he figured she would just wait for him ’til the end of the day.  Ellen, being a mom, thought no way!  A road trip was in the making for Ellen and two of her employees, Jane and Arik, from the Essex Town School District.  This seemed worthy of a group supported event – since this was all new to everyone.

Who knew that Jane would solve the “how do we get Ella to drink out of a bottle?” dilemma by using her Minnesota farm girl wisdom?  Way to go Jane!

Jane shows Arik and I how bottle feeding works with 1 day old Ella!