Bye Bye Bottles

In a transition that was probably more emotional for parents than child, Fiona has had her last formula bottle and is now drinking milk out of cups (and quite a bit of it--you don't realize how tough it is to get three cups worth of dairy into your child each day until you start trying).

I won't miss cleaning and sterilizing her bottles every night, but it does mean less snuggling over a bottle on our laps, since Fiona is more prone to take a few sips from her cup, charge off to play with a toy, come back for another sip or two and then charge off again than she is to take in the whole drink in one go while sitting with mom or dad.

I'm guessing there will be further changes like this in the coming years. Not too many teenagers rest on their parents' laps while slowly sipping milk. And those that do are a little creepy.