Weening the bottle:
I feel horrible sometimes because between 7 and 8 months, Aiden was fully on the sippey cup and off the bottle, then when he started cutting all of his teeth at once, we gave in and gave the bottle back. Now, we are starting to have a hard time just with weening the bottle, but I took a cold turkey approach. I washed and sterilized all of his bottles and put them up high in the cabinets so we can't get to them! I am just giving him his sippey, and showing him, that's the only option he has! At first, he threw it, cried, and just gave an "Alleluia Fit" as I call it lol! For instance, this morning he woke up at 5:00 A.M., so I gave him a sippey with his formula in it. He sucked about an once and then through it, grabbed his paci, turned on his side, and went back to sleep. I figured if he really his thirsty he will drink it. We have gotten to the point where Aiden is eating three regular meals, no baby food, a day. For breakfast he usually has oatmeal, cereal, yogurt, or fruit. He usually gets two out of those every morning. Then for a light snack he gets his baked Cheetos, or fruit. He really loves fruit!! Then for lunch, I generally give him pasta, mash potatoes or rice, and then some peas and carrots, or just whatever I can whip up! Supper, he eats what we eat, for instance last night he had, baked chicken, green beans, and rice! He loved it, and then was followed by some yummy fruit! He has his bottles in between his meal times, but it is enough to hydrate him, and feel him with the right nutrients! I found an awesome food guide in my Pediatrician book, that I really want to start following!
Weening Formula:
This is beginning to be really hard. I decided to start now, because I see how difficult it really is! Now, I am not going cold turkey on his formula, he still gets it, I just give him milk in his sippey at meal times. Aiden is still not on any juice at all, and it will remain that way for a few more months. I don't want him to get use to drinking sweet stuff all of the time. Now when we go to a restaurant, we do give him dabs of sweet tea, but it's not enough to harm anything! We are all on an all organic/natural diet around our home, so the milk he is getting is organic, and I figured he wouldn't have any trouble because the taste is so much better, but he doesn't care too much for the white milk! Yesterday I fixed him two ounces of white milk, and he took a drink and threw the cup at me lol! All I could say is "Aiden Joseph King"! This morning, I gave him an once of chocolate milk, he did drink it a lot better, but still am having issues. Now, I know some of you might think chocolate milk isn't the way to go. It is premixed already and sold by Horizon Organic Milk! Absolutely love it and it is actually healthy for you!! So far that is my journey in my weening issues, hopefully I can do an update with a great success!
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