I am having the most difficult time trying to wean Dino from baby bottles. I guess I didn't know what to expect since Belle was so by-the-book with everything. When she turned a year old, I took her bottle and formula and replaced it with milk and a sippy cup, and she never looked back. Now she is the picky eater. Dino will shove pretty much any type of food in her face, but she cries for her "ba ba" all day long. 

I nixed the baby formula as soon as she turned one year old, however, I do not allow her to have cow's milk like I did with Belle. So Dino is on a soy toddler formula because she is not supposed to have regular soy milk until age two. This has severely hindered my efforts because she associates the toddler formula can with a bottle. It has taken me two and a half months to get that kid down to one bottle a day. I still let her have the one before bed time because I know it is comforting to her. And partly because I'm selfish and don't feel like being up half the night with a crying toddler. 

Picture this: Adorable baby Dino, staring up at her soy formula and beloved bottles (which are kept on top the fridge, where I thought she wouldn't notice them...) with her big blue tear-filled eyes and a pathetic little sad face, arms outstretched. What mommy could say no to that? 

I have to break this habit now because her 15 month checkup is next month, and I really don't want a scolding from her doctor. I personally don't think there should be such a rush for her to grow up, but I do want to make sure her teeth and gums are healthy. It's just heartbreaking because Dino is too young to understand that mommy is doing this for her own good. 

Sigh. Wish me luck.