cold turkey.

saw the pediatrician today.
lots going on.
we are quitting the bottle and formula cold turkey!
i am so not a fan of crying. had the hardest time with we let him cry it out during the night. so much so, i had earplugs. ;o)
hoping this isn't too terrible.
i'm thinking the hardest time will be the goodnight bottle. nick's upstairs with him now. bless him. and no i don't have the earplugs in... yet!
today he did have one bottle. i gave it to him around 10. i know. i said i don't have the patience for crying it out! he hasn't had one since and he did great with solids and milk.  he's been drinking milk for a few months now and he loves big people food. loves it. so i'm thinking it shouldn't be too much of a problem during the day. it's that new bedtime routine that we're gonna have to figure out!

and he still has an infection in one ear. say hello to zithromax. again.
thinking we are holding off on tubes. for now. considering three different antibiotics have all been within this month. it's technically only one infection. not three. just a really resistant one. spent a ton of time with the doc on this topic: research on speech, hearing and development, risks of all these antibioitics, no more bottles... so cancelling those appointments monday. hoping that he can hang on a month or so.  hoping we are making the right decision.

and saw some strung out mother while we were there. she walked into the waiting room and nick said 'whoa' and i agreed. she just looked rough and high. then when nick is walking around with ben he turns and looks at me all big eyed... mouths that there are two cops back there with them. nice. saw her outside by herself when we were leaving and the cops were still there. wondering if it is some dcfs thing or what. but freaky nonetheless.  and i love that our doc always apologizes for his crazy friday afternoons. totally understandable by me. i find that i'm so much more patient when i'm at doctor's offices now that i work at one!

and now nick is downstairs and our little bean is asleep. only took about five minutes of crying and i think that was because he was so overtired from our busy afternoon. after the ped's office we got him two new pairs of shoes at big n little and ran to target for his antibiotics and some other random items. i <3 target!

k. off to watch purdue lose... sigh. i am such a pessimist. ;o)