Yummy milk, right?

Holden just said, "That cow is happy! They really love their mommy and daddy!"

I feel so sorry for Fount. We're trying to teach him to drink milk and it he keeps refusing it. I've been offering it to him for over 2 months now and, only a few times, has he actually drank it. I think those times were only by mistake. Occassionally I can get him to drink chocolate milk, but, again, it's only by accident that it drinks it. For now, I'm only using sippy cups with something on them, so he can't see what's inside. It really surprises me that he doesn't like milk beacause he likes everything. I, myself, am not a milk drinker, but wish I was. I don't even take milk in my cereal. When I tell someone that I don't like milk and they respond by saying, "Not even in your cereal?" It sounds like such a dumb question to me- "Of course I don't like my cereal floating in the very drink I don't like." Ugh.

When Holden turned one, he didn't like milk when he first tried it, but I knew how important it was for his body, so I kept trying. He wouldn't even take his water cold- it had to be warm like his bath water, for him to even touch it. Of course that's changed now, but the only drinks he likes are milk, chocolate milk, and water. With Holden, for several days, I only gave him the option of milk- take it or leave it. And everyday, whenever he got thirsty, he would drink it, and by the end of 3 days, he actually really liked it. But that's so Holden. Fount, however, can really hold out. He's been like that on several things, such as sleeping, for instance, and they only way we could teach him to go to sleep on his own and to sleep through the night was to be really tough in the most loving way possible, of course. And it worked! Now, he's a wonderful sleeper, all around.

I'm hoping this works before we go to TX, if not, he gets to "win" for 2 weeks. No one wants to train their child on an airplane (and no one wants you to train your child on an airplane) and it's impossible to train your child when you have relatives around that have spoiling on the brain:) So, I'm crossing my fingers that I can hold out longer than he can.

Mommy and Daddy know best...Mommy and Daddy know best...