Well, let's just say that it's been a different story with the girls. As soon as they could hold their bottles we put them to bed with their bottles and we had a "night station" in their room with formula and bottles of water ready so that we could hurry and shake up a bottle in the middle of the night any time they cried. The girls went back to sleep and so did we.
So when the girls turned 1 in June I was hoping to say adios to the bottles. (Especially at night time--because, really come on, what one year old still needs supplemental nutrition in the night? None!) But then we went to visit my parents and then the girls got sick and then we went to visit Darrell's parents and then the girls got sick and .... Well, you get the picture. It was just easier to give them a bottle to stop their crying.
In hindsight it was a blessing that 3 or 4 weeks ago Megan came down with the flu and then the next week both girls got colds. After being up with Megan from 3:30-5:00 a.m. one night and 2:30-5:00 a.m. the next night, I finally just had to let Megan cry it out. She had medicine, a clean, dry bum and she was full. (She just threw her bottle out of the crib). She just wanted me to hold her the whole night. (Ummm, sorry! Not gonna work.)
Now I feed them a snack before bed, brush their teeth, we say our family prayer and the girls get put in their cribs. They love "chatting" with each other and giggling until they get tired and then go to sleep. AND they now know how to get themselves back to sleep in the middle of the night.
And so, 2 weeks ago we said bye bye to the bottles. I gave the last of the formula to our neighbor whose daughter will drink it and FINALLY after 14 1/2 months all of us are sleeping through the night!!!!
(The bottles also came with blue rims, but I put them away to be "girly.")
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