Bye, bye bottle!

We tried to transition between the bottle and cup a few weeks ago, but Nolan loves his bottle so much that Ryan and I always caved. After his 15 month appointment the pediatrician scared us that if we don’t crack down on it now then as he gets older, we will have a little boy that refuses to drink milk from a cup. And so that night Nolan drank his last bottle. Cue the tears from both Nolan and I.

The next morning, Nolan said “baba” with excitement as he always does. We gave him a cup and said “milk”. He took it and drank from it with no problem. Ryan and I looked at each other with relief as if we had already conquered the hurdle.

Ryan was off work for a holiday last Thursday, and I was able to leave early. I made it home just in time for when Nolan woke from his afternoon nap. After Nolan’s nap, we brought him downstairs and it was the same thing…Nolan said “baba” with excitement. I opened the refrigerator and handed him his milk. He immediately cried, threw his body around and shouted “baba!!!” …for a solid 10 minutes. I wanted to break down and give him his bottle, but I didn’t. We let him flail and he eventually calmed down. He had worked himself up and was thirsty at this point and grabbed his cup and drank his milk. Since the minor tantrum the cup transition has been smooth. He isn’t drinking as much milk, but at least he is drinking from a cup!

If 10 minutes was the worst of the transition, I think we are in good shape. Fingers crossed that this continues.