As we approach A's first birthday, we are starting to transition her over to whole milk. John and I determined that she was ready for this change in diet by looking in the cabinet, realizing we were almost out of formula, and figured buying a $5 gallon of organic whole milk was a lot more palatable than the $30 can of formula. Anyhoo...I decided to try to time the switch to formula along with a switch to the sippy cup. So yesterday I loaded up her lunchbox with two different sippy cups full of milk and sent her off to school. When I got to school to pick her up, it turns out that A had other plans. She had flat out refused to drink anything all day until the teachers broke out the "emergency bottle" and put the milk in that. She then proceeded to drink both cups full of milk.
Her fickleness in what she drank from reminded me of when she first started at school. While she was eating some finger foods, but I packed her lunchbox with baby food figuring that it would be easier for all involved. However, one of the teachers pulled me aside after a week or so.
"We're having a lot of trouble feeding A," she told me.
"Oh, really?" I asked. "What's going on?"
"Well," the teacher continued. "She wants finger food. Cooper is eating things like Mac-n-cheese. When we try to give A a bite of her food, she pushes it away and starts pointing at Cooper's food."
The thought of my daughter saying in her best grunt and point "None of that pureed crap! Give me REAL FOOD!" cracked me up. But, it's pretty typical of A...she knows what she wants and lets you know what it is (and what it isn't).
Come to think of it...maybe I should find out what kind of sippy cup Cooper is using.
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I'm right there with you with the $30 can of formula vs $5 gallon of milk-only 5 more months of formula to go-ugh! At the same time I don't want them to grow up too fast. I keep telling Dan it will be like getting a raise when we're done with formula!
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