SOLID FOODS

Well, about a week ago, Rylees friend, Lexie got a new sippy cup and it was alot like a bottle.

It gave me the idea to try it with Rylee, so I went out and bought her one.

Thinking I would be able to trick her into drinking it and thinking it was a bottle.

She knew right away it was a "Cup", I kept telling her, "no, it's a bottle", but she knew better.

She kept correcting me.

So I keep giving it to her with milk in it and she will not drink it consistantly like she does a bottle.

But when I put gatorade in it she drinks it all.

She just doesn't like milk enough to drink out of a cup.

She has been saying "hungry" alot more since all this started, so she is eating as much food as me.

Before when she was on a bottle, all she cared about was getting her food by a bottle.

Im amazed by how much she can actually eat now.

Im not sure how much milk she actually needs at this point.

Although I know it is bad for her teeth and I had actually already got her off of going to bed with a bottle before,

I now give her a sippy cup of milk to keep while she goes to sleep.

That's the only way I can get some milk in her, because she is desperate for something to drink.

And she knows she can either lay there and do nothing or drink her milk.

I will get her off of a night feeding once I can get her to drink milk in the day.

Yesterday I even tried giving her 1 part milk and 3 parts gatorade,

she still didn't drink it.

She's so picky.

One thing I really like about it is before she constantly had a bottle in her hands, when I was trying to take pictures of her I couldn't pry it away from her.

Now she isn't attached to anything.

I think she's even almost forgotten about the "BABA", she hasn't said it herself in a couple of days.

I just wish this was a little easier or I wish I was seeing progress.

I want her to drink milk!

Taking it day by day

Well. Rylee is just about a year and a half now and I still can't get her off the bottle!

This has been by far the hardest thing to transition her off of.

I have tried just taking all the bottles away and only giving her a sippy cup but then she just cries and cries for it.

And it makes me feel awful.

It has made her start wanting more solid foods though, which is a plus.

But by the middle of the day she is in the worst mood ever!

I have tried putting juice in her sippy cup and water in the bottle and she still picks the bottle and she totally does not like water.

So I think it is really just more of an attachment than anything.

The other day I put sprite in the sippy cup and she drank it,

But i worry about her getting enough milk.

And she definately doesnt care enough about milk to drink it from a sippy cup.

I just dont understand why she wont take the cup. Every time she drinks out of it I clap for her and tell her how much of a big girl she is, which is how she has always learned.

I was really stressing over the whole bottle thing for a while.

I just eventually started feeling like what is the point?

I mean, I dont want her to go to kindergarten with a bottle, but really its not the worst thing in the world that shes still on it.

So im not really trying to get her off of it anymore, but Jake complains to me about it all the time.

BLAH. Im with her the whole day. I think I will decide.

On to another subject...

We have been working on Rylee saying 2 words together.

And about 2 weeks ago she started saying things like, "up, please" or "bites, please" - she knows if she says please, we will do what she wants.

Because I really want her to learn manners.

She says please and thank you just about every time now, but who knows if she knows what she means or not?

Also if she wants something from the kitchen, she will grab my hand and say cmon please.

Its so cute, but a little annoying. haha.

Also, about a week ago, we found out that we are definately having a boy.

And we think we have decided on the name Aedyn, and we taught it to Rylee.

So now when shes telling my belly she loves him, She says Aedyn!

I think she is going to be a great big sissy.

Jake has been working on counting with her, She will say 1-2-3 in order like that, but as far as holding up her fingers,

She will hold up 1 and say one, but she has a hard time holding up just 2 or 3 fingers, so she usually just holds up all her fingers for those numbers.

A couple of days ago we carved pumpkins with Amanda and Johnny and ofcourse Lexie.

Rylee and Lexie were more into going up the stairs together.

But Rylee got a little involved in it.

She kept saying Punkin Punkin.

We let her color on the front of the pumpkin, and Jake carved out as close to what she drew as he could.

We knew it wouldnt be perfect, but I really wanted it to be for Rylee.

We also got Aedyn a little baby pumpkin and I drew a little face on.

It was a fun family experience.