Sloane did not have her JU today. First day in a long time. She wasn't interested in it at all. I placed it in her cup holder on her tricycle and heading out around the neighborhood. She didn't touch it once. I prompted her, took a swig myself, played a teasing game but today the JU was of no interest to Sloane. Instead I hooked her up to water via tube. This worked out well because tonight we went out to dinner with my brother and his family. The 4 of us took a 20 month old and an 11 month old out dinner. And drum roll please.....in my SIL's words "it went swimmingly." The girls were great!! I am sure the patrons in the restaurant were horrified when we walked in, but before the end of our 2 hour stay we received 4 compliments on S2's behavior.
My niece will be 1 next month. So sad!! She was my baby fix and now she is becoming a big girlie too!!! Pepper, as I will call her, is fantastic. That is the adjective my hubby and I have labeled her with. Pepper is getting too big, too fast as they all do. Now of course, my niece had a sippy cup at dinner as she always does. I mean this is what babies her age have. For me, this is foreign. We have not started to take our sippy cup out with us. Sloane's sipping has happened at home where it is quiet and controlled. I do not think that needs to be the case moving forward, but up until now it felt more safe. Anyhow, my niece has her sippy cup and what does Sloane say: I want JU. I felt horrible. I should have brought the Simply Thick and the sippy cup. I should have packed it in my diaper bag, but honestly I did not even think of it. For here on...I will. Sloane wanted a drink and I couldn't give her one. She quickly got over it when Onnie (auntie) gave her a few sips of water and I ordered her some vanilla ice cream.
It is hard to adjust to normal. A sippy cup has never been part of the routine for an outing for our family, but from here on it should be. The next time, Sloane says "Filler Up", I will be ready.
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