For weeks now, Gunner has been trying to hold his OWN bottle. He's alawys been very independent and likes to do things on his own - but this was on another level. The last few weeks, his feedings have taken a bit longer to get through because we have to do the whole song&dance of trying to feed him, him hitting and slapping our hands away so he can do it himself, then the bottle falling, then us trying to feed him again or hold it for him (even with as little as our pinky touching it) and him hitting our hands again - and so on & so forth. It's been a bit frustrating to feed him, but SO CUTE because you can't blame him for being frustrated, and it's so sweet seeing him work so hard at something. Well, last night - all his trying and trying paid off - and he hit my hand away as soon as I gave him the bottle and a few minutes later - BOOM! He was holding his very own bottle & FEEDING HIMSELF!! It would fall out here and there but I'd just pick it up, put it in his mouth and position his hands - and he would take care of the rest. It was such a huge deal for me! I called Rick in to watch and we were so happy to see our little baby boy teach himself something on his own!
By the pictures, you can see that he was pretty stoked about this too ;)
Ah! I remember when Aubrey started holding her own bottle.. bittersweet! But mostly sweet :) Gunner is so smart AND so cute!
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