Drumroll, please...after about three weeks of our dedicated no-more bottles and bye-bye breastfeeding campaign, we now have a 100% Whole-Milk Household!
(Correction: Brett and I drink 2%)
Can't you see the relief on his face?! :-) 
No more bottles. No more breastfeeding. No more melt-downs at bedtime or in the morning, when he was wanting a bottle or to nurse...At least until we have another baby :-)
So, after countless attempts at transitioning JW to whole milk since he turned 1 (we tried a'many: diluted with formula/breastmilk, warmed up or cold, in a bottle or sippy or straw cup), he is now a whole-milk aficionado. YIPPEE!
For awhile there, we thought he may never drink it (thank goodness he LOVES cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese...everything-else dairy). Oh, and he had a lot of fun with the straw, so that REALLY helped!
At first we went for the cold-turkey approach: right-out-of-the-fridge milk in a sippy cup...bad idea. So, then we backed that bus us and decided to get him used to milk from his beloved bottle, which he was more attached to than we thought (even if the contents were diluted). Before we retired Dr. Brown for good, he had to get used to drinking COLD milk (since daycare would warm up his bottles). Once we were to 100%, cold milk...we kicked the bottles to the curb! Just call him Jameston "Vitamin D, no bottles for me" Winters :-)
All in all, he did pretty well, and we are so glad this transition is behind us. Phew! Now if only he would sleep past 5:30 in the mornings:-) Thanks to all of you who gave us advice...we sure needed it!
So now, I'll leave you with a few pictures of what our 13-month-old is up to these days (besides drinking whole-milk):
Playing music
LOVES his piano, xylophone, and Lego box, because he can pound on it like a drum
And cruising like crazy!
"Get ready, Mommy and Daddy (and Boomer and Marlie): I'm gonna walk soon. Really soon. But in the meantime, I kinda like everyone picking me up and carrying me around everywhere we go!"
3 comments:
You have inspired me to kick the bottle habit at our house. I got lazy with the second child and haven't taken it away from her. Better get it done before she needs a bottle for kindergarten!
Good luck, Maegan (and Hattie)! It is definitely no fun :-( I sure hope we have as much success getting Jameston to give up the pacifier, too! I'm sure I'll also blog about that experience:-)
I am having the hardest time with the bottle to sippy cups transition! I have tried twice and went back to bottles, this is SO much harder than I thought! I am going for it agin over Thanksgiving! ANY advice????
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