Do we really have to take his BOTTLE away already?
June 5, 2010
Thomas, Crystal, & Noah
Noah’s already 13 months old, & in a little over a month our family of three will become a family of four! Latley Noah has been extremley clingy, I wonder if those sibling rivalry instincts are already begining to set in???? I know it’s going to be work raising a toddler, & an infant, but the more & more I see Noah wanting to play with other children, I realize it’s all worth it.
Becoming a parent has opened a door to a completley new world! A world in which my Son’s needs, wants, & desires are top priority! Now if only I could distinguish his wants from his needs……. I read somewhere that this is the age where choosing your battles becomes imperative, I witnessed that first hand when I tried taking his bottle away! My first attempt was interupted when Noah caught a cold the day Masi & I decided we were going to put our foot down. I don’t know exactly what caused us to give in, & let him have his bottle a few more days, whether it was his runny nose, pouty lip, or one tear that slowly dripped down his right cheek as he laid snuggled in his Dada’s arm’s bottle less……. But nonetheless I had to stand firm & as soon as his cold departed I was on a mission, a mission that was going to require that Masi & I were on the same page. Noah woke up at least eight times that night, screaming at the top of his lungs, for his companion that has been with him since birth, but I refused to give in. (Don’t get me wrong each piercing scream tugged at my heart more & more, & I considered giving in multiple times, but as a parent I just had to realize that I was doing this out of LOVE, & one day when he has a perfect smile, he’ll thank me!) Masi on the other hand with his tough exterior, was putty in our Son’s hands (while I had a pillow over my head, trying to escape the torture that was my son’s pain) he decided to sneak off & make a bottle. Good thing I caught him, before any real damage was done! Let’s just say that was a long night for all three of us, but that’s all it took, Noah has been without a bottle for a little over two weeks now! To be honest I think he enjoys drinking out of his BIG BOY CUPS!
There is so much we’ve learned this past year, & there is so much we have yet to learn……. Masi & I are not perfect parents, & we’re not always going to be on the same page, but I think that’s what makes this journey so exciting, finding ways to compromise, & really exploring the parenting techniques that work for us!
Until next time,
God Bless,
<3 The Fio Family
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Lexus GS | July 19, 2010 at 7:40 am
Electricity is really just concentrated lightning.