Despite our best efforts, Natalie's preferred way to get her drinks, far and away, is straight from the spigot, i.e. ME! :lol: Tomorrow I'll be gone most of the day to take an all-day Montessori class (I asked about it here and everyone said go for it, so I took your advice
, and for the life of me I don't know how this child is gonna cope, or DH for that matter either. She won't really take a bottle, she'll chew on it and drink a little but not really suck it down for a feed.
She likes to drink from her little tiny cup (2-oz plastic shot-glass thingy from IKEA) but at 1/2-ounce at a time, it's gonna take her a loooooong time to get enough down to be satisfied.
She's going to have plenty of solid food meals ready for DH to just heat and serve, so she won't STARVE till I get back - leaving around 8AM and returning around 4PM, barring horrific traffic - but she's likely to be hungry and whiny, which isn't going to help with Josie either. Thank goodness one of my music students is coming by at lunch to stay as a Mother's (Father's) Helper; she'll keep Josie occupied painting her nails or whatever, but still, poor DH, and poor Natalie!
I've actually tried a sort of sippy cup thingy w/o a spout but no gasket, and she isn't getting that. I also tried a medicine syringe, which she sort of gets, but at 6 tsp to the ounce, a 2 tsp syringe is also gonna take forever and she's still spitting out a bunch of it. I actually have even tried the turkey baster - oy, what a mess! :lol:
HEEELP!!! Suggestions, please!