No More Bottles

So Liam is officially off of bottles. It took us waaay longer to get him off them than it did with Spencer. Spencer was around 11 months when he ditched the little suckers. Liam proved to be a bit of a challenge. But it's been a week and he's doing really well!! He did have a pretty major meltdown when I got the bin out that holds all the little baby bottles to get ready for Nolan. I gave Liam a bottle that wasn't at all like the ones he likes, you know, to play with. He took it from me, walked to the fridge and tried to pull it open. I'm assuming to get some milk. That kid is definitely smarter than we give him credit for! He was none too impressed when I firmly told him NO. No milk in a bottle. I did offer him some in a sippy, but it of course, wasn't good enough. He got over it quick enough though!!

Spencer has finally started eating. It's like a switch was flipped and suddenly he's a huge fan of a full belly. The only meal we could ever get him to eat was breakfast. He had a serious problem with Supper and was touch and go with Lunch. He's good with all three now!! He does treat meal time like a race, so he's a bit messy, but I'll take the mess if it means he'll eat more than chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese!! He even ate zuccini the other day!! What a kid! We were all so proud! I've been forcing him to eat more fruit in the past few days too. He's discovered that he likes apples because they...and I quote..."taste wike a watermewon". Hey man...whatever floats your boat!! Liam of course gobbles up anything you put in front of him!! I love it!

I got some more organizing done today in preparation for baby Nolan's arrival. Got out all the baby blankets and put them on the change table shelf. Started packing a hospital bag. Steam cleaned the carpets...again!! I just want it spick and span in here for when we bring him home! I know cleaning is not going to get done the way I like it to be done until I'm recovered and somewhat back in my groove, so if I can get some serious cleaning and decluttering done before I go into the hospital, than things should be just fine!!! I'm slowly learning to let go a little and let Dan clean how HE cleans. I gotta give him credit, he does a fantastic job. I just can't watch because it's not how *I* would do it! But I'm sure that's the case for a lot of people out there!

Anyway, it's late and I'm tired. And Liam hasn't been sleeping that great at night, so off to bed to get some sleep!!! Night all!