Carley at Fifteen Months

Carley just turned 15 months old on March 2nd.  She's the typical busy baby  - walking, chattering, likes to carry things (about anything will do), opinionated and very sweet and affectionate.  And VERY attached to her bottle.  She's all along refused to use a Binky so the bottle is a big source of comfort for her. 

In fact, I'm actually embarrassed to admit this, but she only slept through the night 2 nights ago for the first time (unfortunately she didn't repeat this last night).  She wants a bottle or 2 in the middle of the night and is very vocal about demanding it.  For the longest time we were in denial about the comfort factor and convinced ourselves she was really hungry.  But at some point we had to admit she did not have a physical need for a bottle but an emotional one and not having a good night sleep night after night takes it's toll.

We finally did what our doctor had suggested almost a year ago - tough love which we started a week ago.  We endured five nights of lots of crying and Carley feeling oh so sorry for herself.  She got lots of cuddling and lullabies but no bottle.  On the sixth night she slept straight through!  My baby is growing up.

Falling asleep today in her highchair