Bottle Feeding First

We got to feed Beckham with a bottle for the first time today! Yesterday they let him try sucking on a bottle for the first time. They give him just 5 mL at a time. The goal right now is just to train him to suck, swallow, and breathe all at the same time. Not an easy task for such a little guy. He did okay with it today. He would take a few sucks, then we would have to take the bottle out of his mouth so that he could swallow the milk. He didn't have any episodes of coughing or choking. He will do this little feeding exercise once per day until he gets better, then they'll do it twice per day, then three times, and gradually move up until he is eating from a bottle for every feeding eventually. After he was done Beckham was worn out and took a nice nap.