Last weekend we took a trip to Houston for my oldest nephew's confirmation. In all the hustle and bustle of packing and trying to get out the door, we left Alli's bottles of milk in the fridge. So, we decided it must be the weekend we break her of bottles. I've suggested a few times in the past that she drink her milk from a cup, but it never has worked - she always chooses to skip milk and I was never ready for her to stop her milk intake. Now however, she's almost 2 and it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. So hence the decision to use this mistake as our opportunity to break the bottles.
It was a little struggle in Houston, but she did pretty good. When she asked for milk, I told her she could have it in a cup because we didn't have any bottles. She always chose water instead. Coming home was a different story. I ran into the house before we unloaded her and I hid every bottle we had in the house. When she asked for milk and I told her it had to be in a cup. She started digging through the drawers to find a bottle. It is now the weekend after Houston and she is rarely asking for milk, but she also doesn't raise quite the fuss when I tell her it has to be in a cup, she just moves on to water.
Success!! Now if she'll only start drinking her milk again...
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