I hope I'm not jinxing anything but last night was the first night we didn't give them their night bottle. We switched that last bottle to the straw cup. They did well. They just sat and sipped their "milky" (as I call it) on our laps. Hopefully this continues and we will be bottle free!! I'll have so much extra space on my counter top, from getting rid of the bottle drying rack, I won't know what to do. We also will ditch the Boppies. I must have the world record for longest use of those things. They like to lay in them and drink what can I say?
Overall, they did great with the transition from bottle to straw cup. A milestone that I was both dreading (hearing horror stories of other's weanings going awry) and looking forward to (no more buying liners and washing nipples). It took a good week for Ryan to take to the straw cup in place of his morning bottle. He pushed that cup away quite a bit. Both of them are still hit or miss with that first morning milky. They don't just sit and drink it. They take a few sips, put it down and then come back to it. I have found that (sometimes) Ryan prefers to eat breakfast and then drink his milk. All trial and error.
Ok, so fingers are crossed that tonight goes just as smoothly.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
More Kisses For Mommy and Weaning
Kaylie gave me her first kiss today!! It was an open-mouthed wet one on the cheek. It made me melt anyway. So now I officially have been kissed by both my babies. Life is good.
We started the weaning process today. Another sign that they are truly growing up before my eyes. For their afternoon bottle I gave milk in a straw sippy cup. They usually drink water or juice out of a regular sippy cup. Kaylie took right to it and happily drank her milk. Ryan didn't understand how to suck from the straw (although I can swear he did this on vacation out of Rachel's cup) and so he started crying. I gave him his bottle and he was happy. Tomorrow I am trying the milk out of a sippy cup for Ryan and we'll see if he takes it. He is much more attached to the bottle than Kaylie. I was hoping the process would be easy but it's not looking that way for Ryan. We'll see.
We started the weaning process today. Another sign that they are truly growing up before my eyes. For their afternoon bottle I gave milk in a straw sippy cup. They usually drink water or juice out of a regular sippy cup. Kaylie took right to it and happily drank her milk. Ryan didn't understand how to suck from the straw (although I can swear he did this on vacation out of Rachel's cup) and so he started crying. I gave him his bottle and he was happy. Tomorrow I am trying the milk out of a sippy cup for Ryan and we'll see if he takes it. He is much more attached to the bottle than Kaylie. I was hoping the process would be easy but it's not looking that way for Ryan. We'll see.
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