Parting is such sweet sorrow

Now that the boys have turned one year old, it is time to say goodbye to their bottles. We introduced them slowly to sippy cups over time and have been gradually substituting them for bottles. Beginning this week the replacement is complete, and the bottles are retired. Each boy’s reaction to these feeding changes illustrates their individual personalities. Bottle weaning has been more difficult for Trey Davey. He’s been on them longer. Too impatient to nurse, he started bottle feeding on day one. He’s always drank very fast, usually finishing in half the time that it took Benji. While Davey loves bottle feeding and has resisted the sippy cup change, his brother Benji has embraced it thoroughly. He had always been a slow feeder with both the breast and bottle, but the sippy cup has transformed Benji into a speed eater. He now wins the dinner races.