Victory!!!

Today we not only mastered the bottle, we mastered the nuk as well!!! It just goes to show that perseverance pays off. We have been trying since Leo was 6 weeks old to get him to take a bottle and since he was born to get him to take a nuk. Today he not only took a bottle, he held it up himself. Also, he wouldn't go to sleep without his nuk.

Over the last few days, Alaina has mastered signing "I love you". Here she is signing I love you to the camera:




This morning was crazy. Alaina got into my makeup in the 30 seconds that I left her alone. Literally 30 seconds. I just ran from the bathroom to the living room to re-cover up Leo when he kicked his blanket off. It took a good 5 minutes of scrubbing to get it off.

Leo had his first banana today. He is eating it out of this nifty contraption. It is like a net bag that the banana goes in with a handle. It keeps him from getting chunks that he could choke on. He really enjoyed it. Alaina hated banana's at his age. They are now one of her favorite foods. I don't know what that means for Leo in the future. I guess we will see. Today when I offered Alaina M&M's for going to the bathroom, she says, "No! Banana!" I guess banana pieces are her rewards now instead of M&M's.

Leo rolled himself over and was laughing.


I can't believe my baby was holding his own bottle up--especially when he has refused all bottles for months! Alaina wouldn't hold her own bottle until she was at least 8 months old, and then she still preferred not to.

Here is Leo with his nuk. It is attached to a teething blanket that he loves. It has a couple of rubber corners to chew on and a little elastic piece to attach a nuk to.