Hewitt's Bottle Skillz

In the past few weeks, Hewitt has really been contributing to his bottle feedings. He likes to get his little hands in there and "help," which sometimes results in the opposite of help when he pushes instead of pulls. One time I caught him holding the bottle all by himself (the milk was almost gone, so it was pretty light), so I said, "Look at what Hewitt's doing!" When Dada and Harrison looked over, Hewitt realized he was busted and dropped the bottle right away. When your way of life involves people feeding you regularly and without any work required from you, you have to protect that -- don't let those people know that you can be a little bit independent!

Tonight's trick was to hold on to Mama's thumb while she held the bottle with her fingers -- that way he could pull the thumb to get some milk, push the thumb to take a break, pull the thumb to get some more milk, push the thumb to take another break.

Next week we graduate from bottles to sippy cups.

Just kidding about the sippy cups...