this week, jake and i decided to try and get james OFF the bottle. he never used a pacifier too much and he never sucked his thumbs. he did suck his fingers when he would teeth, but that passed a long time ago. james is doing pretty good with using his sippy cup for juice. i just leave it out and he drinks it whenever he wants. but there are times when he wants his bottle. he usually gets one in the morning, one before nap, one after nap, maybe one in between that and bed, then one at bed. ya, it doesnt seem like a lot, but it IS. i tried today to get him to go without it, didnt work. i know its only noon, but i caved for naptime. really? what is the big deal if my kid likes to drink a bottle before bed? fill that lil tummy and get him off to dreamland, man!!! some people stop their bottles at like 15 months! thats nuts! bless your heart, moms. but i just cant seem to do it. i dont know what else to do. my theory right now is to slow the number of bottles and then eventually get rid of them. like stop the ones AFTER he wakes up and ONLY give it to him when he GOES to bed? that doesnt seem TOO bad. what do you think?
my other mind conversation with myself is the topic of his speech. james doesnt talk as much as the other kids his age. but the only ones i can "compare" him to are GIRLS. he doesnt really hang with any BOYS. so, of COURSE they are going to be ahead because we all know that GIRLS talk a lot and are quick learners. :-) he can say about 20 words, sign about 10, understands about 8, and knows about 8 body parts. that aint bad.... so i thought. i looked at the babycenter website and he is suppose to know 50-70 words! AND be able to put two words together!! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?! my kid is just learning to say THANK YOU. that is the only TWO WORDS he has ever put together. it just makes me feel like i am a bad mommy sometimes when he is not up to these "standards" and when i take him to the dr, they are just like "whatever" which doesnt make me feel ANY better because then i think THEY just dont care about MY kid! arg... being a mom is stressful. he is such a happy kid, plays ALL day, is eating ok (that needs work, i know), and i just love him so much. i figure i can do more, but its so hard to get his attention when he is so wrapped up in his play. they only times he is still is when he is sleeping or watching Mickey Mouse. sigh. i just like to think what my mom tells me - "he wont go to kindergarten with a bottle and he will talk just fine". is it true?
5 comments:
i hear ya. its love love love all the time, but sometimes, exactly that. i want to pull my hair out! hahaa
Jack still takes a bottle JUST FOR BED at night. He knows I will say no the rest of the time...but it doesn't stop him from asking.... and about the words...some places I have gone say kids speak anywhere from 20-100 words to be up to par....my kids were usually on the bottom end of talking....but there is no stopping them now!!
good luck with the bottle!! hang in there
ps...if I even try to give Jack a sippy cup he just thows it...so you are not alone!!
don't worry about any of it kids do what they are ready to do when they are ready to do it one day he'll start spouting off sentances completely out of the blue
sweet girl you are an incredible mama, and don't stress a bit about jame's talking. he's got YOU in him, he'll catch up and SURPASS everyone in his jabber skills! :-)
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