That's right folks, James has been officially weaned for a whole week now. In fact, his last nursing session was actually the morning after his birthday. I almost hate to admit it, but the kid hasn't looked back. I, on the other hand, am still sad it's over. I really miss it. Especially the morning sessions. It was just such a sweet and relaxing way to start my day...
To fill that void, we've started spending a little extra time in the mornings, even the weekdays when we can, enjoying "family time" (snuggling in bed and chatting/playing/reading/teaching). This works well because James is always at his most talkative in the mornings. And it's often when he's at his silliest. We're teaching him things like body parts (i.e. belly button, nose, ear), and he's starting to point them out (and he still tries to say belly button, but it still sounds more like "bel buh"). He learned a few other words this week too. He's now using "uh-oh" throughout much of the day, and mostly at appropriate times. He says uh-oh if he drops something, when he gets in trouble, and even when one of the cats gets in trouble (now THAT is hilarious). Sometimes he says "oops" too, but we're not sure where he got that, since we never say it. Maybe daycare. And just once this weekend, while backing out from under his exersaucer, he bumped his head and said "ouch" (which sounded like "ow"). Not sure if he knew what he was saying, but I'm inclined to think so. I always say ouch when he does things that could hurt himself, or Jay or I (like when he used to bite me while nursing, I would say "ouch, that hurts Mommy, we don't bite"). We're trying REALLY hard not to use "no" with him, and we never shake our heads. They don't use those methods at daycare either, so hopefully we can avoid the "no, no, no" phase. Or at least postpone it. We bet it's cute and funny, but neither of us are fond of being told no, especially when we're in charge. We'll see how that goes though...
Other fun "words" (if they count) include "mm-hmm" (which he says sometimes in seemingly affirmative answer to questions, like "Do you want me to pick you up?") and "yum-yum" or "mmm-mmm", always said in response to his favorite foods or something new that he approves of (he especially liked the chocolate fudge I shared with him from my cookie the other day, a reward for him being a perfect grocery shopping companion yet again).
As far as the silliness, well, James learned how to give "zerberts" this weekend. We were trying to take a family nap this afternoon and he was having a hard time giving in and settling down. He's such a goofball sometimes! He would trick me into thinking he was going in for a snuggle, then he'd latch his mouth onto my arm, zerbert me, and giggle. Needless to say, this caused me to giggle. Then Jay, until we were all laughing hard enough it's amazing we ever fell asleep. Good times:
Also, along with the whole weaning adventure came the addition of whole milk to James diet. We started off on Friday, March 5th (after his 12-month well-baby exam) by offering a couple ounces in a sippy cup just to see what he'd think. He wasn't impressed. Pretty much just let every sip dribble down his chin, even though he knows perfectly well how to drink out of his sippy correctly. So then we tried it in a bottle. No dice. Next step was to mix it with formula, so we started with a 2:4 ratio (milk:formula), and that worked. We did that for a week without issue. He even seemed to finish more of his bottles than usual. Then, this weekend we offered a few bottles with a 4:2 ratio and had success. We even tried the sippy cup again with just milk in it and he drank some of that without dribble or fuss. We'll keep up with all that this week, and hope to have him on whole milk exclusively by the end of next weekend (we'd sure love to not have to buy another can of formula). Then it will be time to start phasing out the bottles, which will be a whole other adventure...
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