Lydia Drinks From a Cup!

It seems silly to have a post devoted to just this, but this is probably this year's most memorable "milestone" for me. After being cut off abruptly from nursing after my hospital stay a few weeks ago, we have really been struggling to get Lydia to drink any kind of liquids. We tried bottles, various sippy cups, and various straw cups. With everything she would chew a little on the straw/nipple/spout and get upset and push it away. She had no idea what to do with the cups, and eventually started getting upset at just the sight of them. So for a while we were using a straw to drip water, milk, and diluted juice into her mouth all day long. Very tedious, and she really wasn't getting enough to drink. But, at long last, she started drinking from a straw cup a few days ago!! The next morning after this amazing feat, she acted like she'd never seen the straw cup, but she slowly warmed up to it during the day, and drank a lot at dinner. This repeated for a few days, but then finally today, she was happy to drink all day long. Whew. I have never been so excited about cup usage. I really don't recall it being such a struggle with Noah and Sarah. Or maybe I just had more time to actually wean them versus just cutting them off all of a sudden. Either way, I am done with breastfeeding (FOREVER), and Lydia is consistently drinking from a straw cup, so it's time to celebrate.