He's Getting More Grown Up By The Minute

Well, no pictures to share today but I do have some wonderful news! Cole is done with bottles!!!! When I weaned Cole from breastfeeding the only way we could get him to drink any type of milk was in a bottle (and that was after days of trying). Our pediatrician recommended that we get rid of the bottles by 15 months. Cole turned 14 months yesterday and I had a true desire to get rid of the bottles. I was so anxious about this transition - Cole has never done well with change of any kind but I knew it had to be done. Rhonald and I prayed for Cole to transition well and for ourselves to be patient and those prayers were most certainly answered today. When Cole woke up I fixed his milk in a cup which he threw on the floor (but did not throw a fit). He would not drink a sip of milk until lunchtime. The 3 of us went out to lunch together and we slowly noticed Cole would take a sip of milk and then spit it out. We did not say anything to him and by the end of lunch he was so thirsty that he actually drank a whole cup of milk! Then he drank more at snack time and then, the big test came....bedtime! I was so nervous about what was going to happen and to my surprise Cole grabbed his cup from my hand and drank away while I read to him. He is getting to be such a big boy and I am constantly shocked at how amazing he is. I am so thankful this went 100% better than I thought...I pray it continues!