BOOYA!

After being very persistent we have finally succeeded. Lane now takes his bottle!!! The first two weeks we attempted he just screamed and screamed and would refuse and refuse. As I mentioned in an older post I tried every bottle there is and every different type of nipple. Go figure the little guy ended up taking the original bottle/nipple (AVENT-Grant's old bottles) and once he took one I didn't want to give him my breast as I was scared he would revert back again so he has been getting bottles 75% of the time and only gets to breastfed at night time.  He just took right to it on Sunday evening and hasn't had a problem with it since. Ahhhhhh! It feels so good to know I can leave the house now and he won't starve to death.  It also feels good to know that with consistency and a lot of time and effort all things are possible! Now the next thing we have been working on is getting him to sleep in his crib for naps and at night.  He does OK now but I want him to do even better. I want him to not have to depend on me or a pacifier to fall to sleep.  I have attempted to let him cry it out a few times but it's just so hard to do. especially since he gives me a big ole grin when I go to lay him down in his crib (sucks because a few minutes later he is screaming) -I just haven't been able to get myself to do it. I have let him cry for 15 minutes but I am having a difficult time stickin to it.  I did this with Grant and within a week he was sleeping like a champ (all night) and still to this day has no sleep problems.  I know it's good for Lane to get the sleep he needs (without depending on me) but I don't know if I can do it. Could it be that he is my last baby and I am struggling with the idea of detaching myself from him??? Possibly.  We'll see what happens and I will be sure to keep you posted.