Thursday, November 12, 2009

Milestone

Makayla no longer needs this




OR this






YEA!!!!

We are officially done with the binky phase! She has gone two whole weeks without it, and it wasn't even that hard. When she is ready to do something it happens smoothly and she was so ready to get rid of it.

Now the bottle is a little different story. It has been five days without one of those and we still struggle with it occasionally. I thought she was never going to give the bottle up. We only tried to get rid of it because last Sunday morning while she was drinking one she bit the nipple off. We told her it was broken and she had to throw it away. (Perfect opportunity, right?) She did it so now when she asks for one we just say you broke it remember? We had to throw it away, and she is, usually, ok with it. Naps were hard for the first few days because she usually needs a bottle as a comfort. Now she falls asleep with nothing at all IF I lay with her on the couch. Now the real problem is getting her to drink milk! She won't take it from a sippy cup at all! She takes one sip and looks at me like are you joking me? Now all she wants is juice, ALL the time! She use to get so much milk through her bottles and now she isn't getting any. We need to try something different, HELP!!!!

2 comments:

The Michiganders said...

We had to give the girls Ovaltine mixed in their milk. It is like chocolate milk, but is a bit more nutritious. Strawberry milk works for Zach and for my sister's kids.

Congrats! That is a huge milestone.

Becky said...

What a great day for your family!!! AWESOME!
What kind of sippy cups have you used? The ones that are soft on top? That helped my girls! Let's chat soon!