Bottle Independence

So Evelyn reached a major milestone this week (well at least its major to us). She is finally holding her own bottle and feeding herself...yahhhhhhhh! This is something that we have been struggling with for a while as we watch other kids hold her own bottle. I didn't know what I was going to do....how was she going to hold her own sippy cup when she can't hold her own bottle.

Currently we use Avent bottles. They make sippy cups that the handles and sippy part detach from the sippy cup. So this week I tried putting the handles on the bottle and with in one day Evelyn had the hang of it. This is such a relief.

Next up....putting the sippy part on the bottle. Then.....transiton to the sippy cup. The goal is for her to be drinking out of the sippy cup by the time she is one. We will see how that goes.

(I don't have a picture of her holding the bottle yet because she likes to be held while drinking and I kind of enjoy that to....she will only give me so much cuddle time.)