I took Truman to the zoo with a friend and her little boy on Monday. As I do for every outing, I brought along Truman's Tigger bottle (the one and only receptacle out of which he will drink ANYTHING, by the way).
Somewhere between the monkeys and the giraffes, we lost the bottle nipple. This was quite a miracle considering that the bottle was in the side pocket of my bag, untouched, and the screw cap was still intact. Seems like the only place the thing could have gone was into the bottle itself, but alas - gone. (Maybe a sneaky monkey plucked it out?)
Anyway, Matt and I decided that fate was lending us a hand in doing what we've been meaning/needing/wanting to do for a while now: take away the ba-ba. Monday was, indeed, Truman's 20-month birthday, so it's about. stinking. time. Right?
That night he went down without a fight and slept a glorious eleven hours straight. This is going to be easy! He was so ready to give it up! we thought.
Yesterday and today have been...rougher. When presented with the selection of six or so sippy cups we own (I am trying to give the boy choices, after all), he picks up one at a time and throws it against the wall in frustration while wailing for "doose." Doesn't matter that I do put juice in the cups. Doesn't matter that two of them have Elmo on them. (P.S. Despite what they claim, sippy cups are not spillproof. You can imagine the state of my sofas and floor as I try to combat two days' worth of sippy tantrums...)
I know that eventually he will crack and start drinking (bad as THAT sounds!). My main concern at this point is that the bedtime routine has gone out the window; I used to rock him with a bottle until he was sleepy, but now he won't drink from anything AND he won't go near the rocking chair. Ah, and he woke up four times last night wanting a bottle. We are going to get through this, right?
16 comments:
You will get through this. I'm not sure how, but I guarentee that it will be hard to remember in 5 years.
you'll make it through. maybe tell him you want to buy him a new drink and let him pick out the sippie cup of his choosing at the store,.. maybe that would help him to attach to it more. (I'm not a mom yet so maybe that's a horrible idea,...somebody else critique it. )
I hope it gets better for you!
is he still drinking out of the straw sippy or was that just a "It's Marcus' sippy so I MUST HAVE IT!" thing?
I think I still may have my tigger bottle lying around somewhere around here if it would help...
Wasn't he drinking out of a different bottle on Sunday? Or was it his Tigger bottle? At any rate, good luck with it all!
I am sorry...I tried to think of something helpful, or clever, or cute but to no avail. You can do it!
I'm sorry! That sounds so rough. It will get better though. At least Seth finally caved, and he's pretty stubborn himself. I think I already told you I'd offer him a sippy of water at night until one night he finally took it and then he could get the sippy himself after that because I put it by his bed.
For some reason the first night is always the best and then the second and third night are the worst. It can last up to about 7-8 days but then he will give in and get tired of the fight.
Don't give him a sippy- just let him drink out of a real cup- kids love to share drinks with mom. Anyway, good luck- you will do this sort of this about 900 more times!!!
Oh, man. Sounds rough. Had to happen sometime. Glad to hear my kid's not the only stubborn babe on the block. ;) (Not that that consoles YOU.)
I LOVE how he threw the sippy cups at the wall!
Hang in there, momma.
yikes. If he gets dehydrated, maybe you could stick him in the bathtub. I don't know why kids find bathwater irresistible....
Kids really need to learn to cooperate.
I hope I don't have this much trouble weaning my orphaned kitties... :(
This is always a stressful thing, and yes, you will get through it.
Good luck. It's always rough when something your kid has depended on disappears or you decide it's time for it to disappear. It will get better though. Hang in there!
you will get through it and I totally agree about hte spill proof comment! I think tyson has managed to make a mess with every sipper cup we own. also there are already some good suggestions, but mybe pick a drink that is a super big treat for Truman like soda (dare i say) or his favorite drink.
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