Adrian decided at 10.5 months he no longer wanted his bottle... at all! Just cold turkey! He went from downing 6-8 ounces 3 times a day to nothing. Normally that wouldn't be such a big deal except he was totally unable (or unwilling... not sure which) to drink for a sippy cup, straw or anything that would keep him from totally dumping milk all over himself every time he drank.
I tried several different spill free methods and finally gave up, resorting to taking out the lovely 'spill free' part and just had a huge mess to clean up after every meal. Plus it was stressing me that he was getting virtually no liquids as most ended up on him, the high chair and more popularly, the floor. However, he didn't seem too dehydrated so I tried to not worry too much.
After about 2 weeks, he just seemed to figure it out! He got a hold of my Camelback water bottle and was able to bite and suck at the same time, getting out enough water to gulp. So I gave him a sippy (with the spill free piece in place) and Viola! He downed the entire cup and another half in about 3 minutes. Of course, he drank it all too fast and proceeded to throw it back up, but I was not in the least bit upset. I could now envision spill free meals in my immediate future! Sigh..
Overall, I'm pretty excited about the whole thing. He has now eliminated the whole hassle of tring to break him of his bottle, which was pretty hard with Allie.
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