Dane has finally bid his Dr. Brown bottle adieu! It has served us well, from being the first bottle he ate well out of when he was a tiny 4 pounder, to helping him make the switch to solid foods with the oatmeal/formula smoothie, to being the first bottle he learned to hold himself. We also have many memories spent with the bottle. Those first few weeks when I washed a bottle 4 or 5 times a day. Late in the night, I'd get up to give him his bottle and stand at the sink in our first apartment in Wheaton, washing all the little components. I had lots of time to think those nights, and remember feeling like that stage would never end. Then, as he got a little older, we both grew to cherish the last feed before bed, when Dane was his laughiest and cuddliest. We would sit on the couch with the lights low and feel totally comforted as he sucked down his dinner and then let out monster burps, shocking us at first and then making us laugh at the little one we'd created.
The recommended age to switch is around a year, but Mark has seen many cases at the hospital where children as old as 2 are still dependent on it. We're so thankful that the switch has been pretty easy. The next step will be weaning him off the night bottle, which will mean 14 hours between eating for him. We'll see how that one goes!
Look at his little elbow dimple:)
ReplyDeleteFor a moment I thought: did he get a haircut and then I realized that now, he's kind of a tank. It's fun to see him so tiny though!