No More Bottles for Luke

Well, we've spent the last couple of days going cold turkey on Luke's bottles. The last time he had one was Wednesday morning, and so far so good. I hid them all so he can't see them, and so I won't be tempted to give in when he's upset. He's had occasional meltdowns, but we're working through them. He'll still cry and hold onto the refrigerator door saying 'bottoo, bottoo', which breaks my heart. But once he sees me filling his sippy cup with milk, he'll usually take it. He's not drinking very much, but the pediatrician said to expect this for a few days. Fortunately, he's drinking lots of water and juice, because I worried about him getting dehydrated.

And he's using his binky a lot these days to satisfy his sucking urge. It seems to really calm him down when he's upset about not getting a bottle. Thank God the pediatrician said to wait on breaking him of the binky until well after the new baby comes. He really seems to need it a lot more now!

He has a couple of new words to add to his vocabulary: Humpty Dumpty (one of his favorite nursery rhymes), and Row, Row, Row (Your Boat). His little voice is just so darling; I love hearing him talk!