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Jun. 15th, 2005 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Lauren was up at 7:45 today. I really don't like the sevens. Steve got her up and brought her to bed with me, with her bottle.
Yes, she's 2 1/2 and still has 2 bottles of milk per day. I'm not 100% crazy about it but a) she needs milk and WILL NOT DRINK IT OUT OF ANYTHING BUT A BOTTLE (I know - I've tried) and b) she only has it at home - one in the morning and one before bed, which does NOT go to bed with her. She is not roaming the malls with a bottle, like some kids i've seen.
Then we went to the gym. It is SO hard to be motivated to go to that place in the summer, so I put my membership on Pause for the summer. For $10/month, it's paused and the time gets extended at the end. I did this last summer too and it was SO worth it. We'll go back in mid-August when Nick starts his summer camps there and we have to be there anyway.
Then we had lunch. Why do I find it SO hard to find something for that child to eat? She ate 1/2 a PB&J today. Sometimes she'll eat one piece of toast with cheez whiz. Sometimes grilled cheese. Sometimes Chef Boy-ar-dee. Sometimes soup, but that's really hard for her to feed to herself.
And why won't she eat raw veggies? She WILL NOT. I used to put it off to "she has so few teeth, it must be hard to chew" but her eye teeth are finally coming in. Still no 2 year molars though. I'm not worried - both Steve and I were slow to get and lose teeth. Ilost had my last baby tooth pulled when I was 15, and Steve had his last one pulled in 2002 before he got his braces. Anyway, my point is, she needs more raw veggies. I am going to try cucumber this week. Wish me luck.
We watched Sesame Street at 2pm on PBS Seattle. Well, I dozed. She watched. Until I realized she was sleeping too. Oh, how sweet to have a 2 year old snuggled up and sleeping in your arms.
Of course, now the bastardly construction vehicles are making noise in the court and she woke up. But yay for hour long naps! :)
Yes, she's 2 1/2 and still has 2 bottles of milk per day. I'm not 100% crazy about it but a) she needs milk and WILL NOT DRINK IT OUT OF ANYTHING BUT A BOTTLE (I know - I've tried) and b) she only has it at home - one in the morning and one before bed, which does NOT go to bed with her. She is not roaming the malls with a bottle, like some kids i've seen.
Then we went to the gym. It is SO hard to be motivated to go to that place in the summer, so I put my membership on Pause for the summer. For $10/month, it's paused and the time gets extended at the end. I did this last summer too and it was SO worth it. We'll go back in mid-August when Nick starts his summer camps there and we have to be there anyway.
Then we had lunch. Why do I find it SO hard to find something for that child to eat? She ate 1/2 a PB&J today. Sometimes she'll eat one piece of toast with cheez whiz. Sometimes grilled cheese. Sometimes Chef Boy-ar-dee. Sometimes soup, but that's really hard for her to feed to herself.
And why won't she eat raw veggies? She WILL NOT. I used to put it off to "she has so few teeth, it must be hard to chew" but her eye teeth are finally coming in. Still no 2 year molars though. I'm not worried - both Steve and I were slow to get and lose teeth. I
We watched Sesame Street at 2pm on PBS Seattle. Well, I dozed. She watched. Until I realized she was sleeping too. Oh, how sweet to have a 2 year old snuggled up and sleeping in your arms.
Of course, now the bastardly construction vehicles are making noise in the court and she woke up. But yay for hour long naps! :)
Bottles
Date: 2005-06-15 07:23 pm (UTC)At least she's not roaming around with the bottle in her mouth all the time. I agree with you on that.
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Date: 2005-06-15 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-15 09:01 pm (UTC)even chocolate milk. won't touch it.
i bought new bigger Milk Only Sippy cups. She won't touch them.
so what do i do? not give her milk for a couple weeks? force feed her? or suck it up and let her have a bottle for a little while longer?
we're going on holidays in a couple weeks and i'm thinking with everything else being so different, we might try to lose the bottle along the way too. who knows?
(sorry if i sound defensive, it's just that i KNOW she should be off the bottle, but she's not making it easy.)
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Date: 2005-06-15 11:09 pm (UTC)I don't know what to do. Kids at that age can be very stubborn. I know. I have one. If you try again, just ensure she's getting her nutrients through other food (cheese, yogurt) and vitamins.
Re: Bottles
Date: 2005-06-15 08:58 pm (UTC)Of course right now we (okay, Steve is, i caved and came upstairs) are in the middle of a "No freezie til you eat your carrots" argument.
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Date: 2005-06-15 07:51 pm (UTC)Re: the sevens
Date: 2005-06-15 09:02 pm (UTC)we are making a go of it with me working Saturdays and Monday nights. and more recently, Fridays 10-5 but then Steve's mom comes to watch her.
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Date: 2005-06-15 11:22 pm (UTC)the main arguments for weaning off a bottle seem to be: dental problems & possible ear infections if she drinks from a reclining position. Well, she's never had an ear infection in her life, and ... they're baby teeth. So what if they're not perfect? Besides, she's my mothers daughter, she's doomed to braces anyway.
funny -- for two years, she was perfectly fine drinking milk from a sippy cup. A few months ago, she decided that she was done with regular milk, and will now only drink flavored milk. She gets such a small squirt that I can't even taste it, but it makes her happy. :)