this is a big deal

A couple pretty awesome things have happened recently.

One - Leo took a soother.

Very first soother experience.  Seems he likes it.  

The soother subject is a contentious one, I know...  I was caught up in it when Ruby was a baby.  

... are they good? are they bad?  will it ruin her teeth?  I was reluctant until the crying really started to take a toll.... 

The truth is - a soother soothes and that's a pretty good thing in my book.  I'm not sure if it's pure luck or if we did something right, but Ruby has never had her soother outside of her bedroom.  (there's also one in the car for emergencies).  I think what gets people worked up over them is the fact that a lot of kids have the soother in their mouths during the day, when they would otherwise be talking and interacting.  This I would consider to be problematic for my kids.  Ruby still uses a soother for sleeping but she understands that it's just for sleep.  When she wakes up in the morning and comes down to the kitchen, she actually takes her soothers and puts them up on the counter for me!  At nap time, when I show her the soothers she knows it's time to go up to her room.  Yes, I said soothers, plural.  There are two.  She's formed somewhat of a connection to her soothers and can't sleep with only one in her mouth.  She  also needs one in her hand.  It's cute.  Some kids get attached to blankies, teddies, or bunnies...... our Ruby is attached to her soothers.

Very first bottle.  We both like it!  

The second awesome thing that happened just happened tonight!  Leo took a bottle of milk.  Yay!  This spells FREEDOM (well... a tiny bit of flexibility anyway).  I'm very pleased.   Way to go Leo.  He took it first try, no fighting it at all.... he drank the whole thing and went to sleep.  What a good baby.