Bye Bye Baba, Hello Sippy

I'm not exactly sure what made me snap today, but maybe it was seeing Leah Remini on Rachael Ray. Her daughter's 3.5 and still drinking out a bottle. I am not sending Adia to preschool with a bottle. It's not good for her or me. I also think we've been using them as a crutch long enough. She thinks she needs a bottle to fall asleep and since it was working, I was still using it. I know she doesn't need it. She's fallen asleep plenty of times without it. She's also become a little pro at drinking water out of her new sippys. One handed, two handed, upside down, she guzzles. There's no more excuses. She can do this and so can I.

So, today, I threw out all her bottles. *GULP* I know it's the only way to actually commit to only using a sippy. If the bottles are still there, we risk caving in and letting her have one. That's too much of a risk because we'd have to start back at square one with her. She remembers everything all too well.


Buh Bye!


Say hello to the best sippy in the world!
Adia woke up at 6am today and it was getting close to 10:30 before I attempted nap time. I knew she had to be tired, she was certainly grumpy and stubborn enough. Maybe not the best time to toss the bottles, but I was determined. I laid her down in her bed and handed her the sippy. She drank absentmindedly at first before realizing this was NOT her bottle and this was definitely milk coming out of her sippy. She immediately started screaming and trying to chuck it at my head. This went on for 15 minutes. I had my hand on her chest, keeping her laying and with the other hand trying to get her to drink. Meanwhile, she's screaming with all her might and trying to get away. I'm always amazed at how strong she can be. After 15 minutes, I picked her up and cuddled her. We were getting nowhere the other way. She still refused the sippy and continued to scream her head off. Slowly the screams became quieter and shorter until there were long pauses between them. Then she closed her eyes, still complaining, but not with as much oomph. 10 more minutes later and she was asleep. I laid her back in her bed and she started crying again. A short tummy/back rub later and she was fast asleep. She didn't drink her milk, she didn't get a bottle, but she was napping!

It's now been almost a hour and she's still asleep. Her eye doctor appointment is at 1:40 so I'm hoping she gets in a good nap, but that I don't have to wake her. She only seems to take long naps if we have somewhere we have to be. They just know, don't they?

Before her nap she was running around in a shirt, tights and one sandal, holding a can of olives. She's a totally normal child, isn't she?