Oh, this is killing me right now...
Yesterday, DJ went down for a nap without having a bottle first, so we decided that it's time to start weaning off the bottle. He will only get it first thing in the morning and right before bed, but not before naps, anymore. I tried to give him some milk from a sippy cup before his current nap, but he refused it, so I put him down without any milk first, and he is in there right now screaming. It's been going on for 15 minutes and I feel terrible!!! I wish I had someone right now to tell me that I'm doing the right thing, because I want to stick with our decision, but it's just so painful hearing his pain. I feel like an evil witch. And I want to run in and scoop him up, hug him, and give him 8 bottles of warm milk! But I know that I'm a better mom for doing what I'm doing, it's just SO hard!!! Ugh. This is a part of motherhood I truly hate. We didn't have to deal with weaning off a pacifier because he just stopped using them one day, so it was just over. Weaning off the breast was simple, too, because he always had no problem drinking from a bottle and I spread the weaning over like 3 months. lol This is the first time I've had to deal with this sort of thing where I am directly causing him such distress. I HATE HATE HATE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Help!!
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