Erik has really enjoyed his bottle, or what he calls it, buh-ba. So much so that he would drink it for nourishment and for comfort. The softy that I was, would give him some, then try to get him to eat other things. It worked sometimes, but not always. Luckily, I was able to get away with not bringing it with us when we would go out, so he would eat other snacks on our outings and errands, but as soon as we would arrive at the light by our house he would excitedly yell out, "Buh-ba!!!" knowing what he could have when we returned home.
About a month age, I noticed that we were running low on bottle nipples and that the one on his favorite green bottle was starting to get a hole. I decided that when the nipples became unusable, we were done. I wasn't going to buy more. It would be the perfect way to "wean" him off the bottle. A few weeks ago, the green bottle nipple broke. I told him we had to throw it away. He was very upset, but reluctantly decided to go with the blue bottle instead of no buh-ba at all. Last Thursday morning, I knew it was on it's last straw. Their were so many holes in it he couldn't even drink his milk lying down, otherwise milk would pour out all over him. That afternoon he ripped it right off with his teeth!
He was pretty sad when he realized he couldn't drink milk from his buh-ba anymore.
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| Notice the blue rim, this was after the green bottle was gone. (This picture was to capture his morning hair.) |
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| This was about a week before the favorite green one was finished. Someone gave him milk in two, which he was very happy about! |
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| Just before the last drink. |
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| No more nipple! |
Erik has come to terms with it, though even today asked for his buh-ba when we got to the stop light before coming home. He's starting to eat more food, but we still have a long way to go! He mostly drinks yogurt drinks mixed with milk in the Danimals containers. He won't drink milk from a sippy cup or any other form of cup or water bottle. He drinks water from water bottles, just not milk. I guess he thinks milk is the best from a bottle.
interesting because Nik always asks for wa wa from me and my wawa bottle
ReplyDeleteAhhh, the transitions in life - sometimes they're painful! Griffin thinks he's a big boy and wants to drink from a big cup instead of a sippy cup. He can drink from a big cup just fine, but he would much rather dump the contents of said big cup all over the table/floor. He thinks it is hilarious. I don't!
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