You ask … what is a babaholic? Well, it’s a child who is addicted to her bottle after the weaning years are long gone. Don’t judge me, but yes, 
we still give Zoie a bottle of milk for a good-night nip and snuggling in the morning. It’s hard to explain, but when Zoie was in the orphanage, her bottle was a sense of comfort and our bonding time with her as new parents. I have started telling her lately she has to give up the bottle when she turns 4. Her response was so sweet “Ok, Mama!”
We are in no rush to see our baby grow up, but she keeps moving forward at rapid speed. We are thankful to have three amazing kids and can testify that the teens are NOT babaholics!
Do you have anything in mommyhood that’s been hard to let go of?
September 28th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Oh, believe me, I am NOT judging!
While we didn’t have trouble giving up the bottle, we had a really hard time giving up the binky (pacifier) and SIPPY CUPS!! Oh my goodness, we held on to those silly cups WAY past their time! Do you give her the bottle IN the bed? Just be careful, cuz bottles while sleeping can cause terrible tooth decay. 
September 28th, 2011 at 5:47 PM
Valerie- I love ya sister!!! She actually sucks it down so fast she doesn’t sleep with it… I don’t want my princess to have tooth decay! Yikes!!! That is REALLY great advice. xoxo
October 2nd, 2011 at 8:18 PM
It’s funny the things you say you will never do and then end up doing! Love it!
October 7th, 2011 at 11:07 PM
We had a hard time getting rid of the bottles too. I just loved snuggling with them while they drank it. Also, they took comfort in it. I couldn’t say no. I think all of them were done by three though. Some sooner. Paci’s were hard with one of them, but then we were transitioning to a new town etc so I let it go until we were settled. Blankies are still a “thing” that I’ve never said no to. I remember cuddling on my momma’s pillow drinking in her smell and it was comforting to me. If they need it to feel comfy at night, it’s all good to me.
BTW, such a cutie with those big brown eyes!!
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