tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post4782132775576640947..comments2023-06-01T09:58:02.383-05:00Comments on There's always room for one more: Game OnDenise Grover Swankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089120954470675439noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-11769942649187551522009-04-01T23:21:00.000-05:002009-04-01T23:21:00.000-05:00Too funny!!! I am actually laughing out loud, but ...Too funny!!! I am actually laughing out loud, but trying to muffle it so I don't wake my 7 month old twins - here in this room-. My 2 year old is still drinking a bottle, yet she is potty trained! Big girl/baby it just doesn't make sense. We slowly stopped giving her the bottle at night, and tonight she didn't even ask for it!!! Hopefully this will continue. Good luck to you!Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02844560179306696151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-48120016346221272892009-04-01T14:29:00.000-05:002009-04-01T14:29:00.000-05:00Oh goodness! My 6 month old refuses to nap when h...Oh goodness! My 6 month old refuses to nap when he needs too!! So I feel ya.. Luckily though he's been sleeping through the night since he was a few weeks old.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656223943712902585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-89083524718176116942009-03-27T23:52:00.000-05:002009-03-27T23:52:00.000-05:00ah, there personalities do show when they are quit...ah, there personalities do show when they are quite young, don't they? It surprises me how different they can be.Hanley Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363108115499781703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-58423325026246717192009-03-27T08:23:00.000-05:002009-03-27T08:23:00.000-05:00I love this post and I love the picture. BUT DENIS...I love this post and I love the picture. BUT DENISE, let her cry!! She will eventually get IT!!! At nap give her something else like a stuffed animal , or a doll. This is not your first rodeo , you know what to do, so let go Lady, be tough!!!!lol<BR/><BR/>Love, KristyKristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055616878345288412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-34391596318400060162009-03-27T00:01:00.000-05:002009-03-27T00:01:00.000-05:00Cute post. I think Emma and Ava have a lot in com...Cute post. I think Emma and Ava have a lot in common! <BR/>I hope for your sake she gives up soon and does well without her bottle. I am not looking forward to taking Ava's away. She only has one at nap and bedtime but never in the middle of the night thank goodness.<BR/>Love the last picture. heheMei Mei s and Mayhemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267201977228237756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-6014081045103071512009-03-26T12:17:00.000-05:002009-03-26T12:17:00.000-05:00I love your post. I think Emma will enjooy reading...I love your post. I think Emma will enjooy reading it one day tookatrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02293971234641467733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-44670328838461798612009-03-26T10:01:00.000-05:002009-03-26T10:01:00.000-05:00Game on! Love this post and wish you the best of l...Game on! Love this post and wish you the best of luck! I fought a pacy battle and finally threw them away WITH my daughter helping so that she saw them go. Worked like a charm as long as she didn't find another one lost under the sofa;) Heather (FL)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489423535927574514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-78703449926639950022009-03-25T20:16:00.000-05:002009-03-25T20:16:00.000-05:00Game On!!!! Good luck with a stubborn toddler! I h...Game On!!!! Good luck with a stubborn toddler! I had the bottle war with my son and the pacifier war with my daughter....I can't say which I would prefer! They both stunk!!!!!!!! <BR/><BR/>Wishing you the best and sending positive thoughts your way......SpaGirl Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319692399143547943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-72897004119266638742009-03-25T19:12:00.000-05:002009-03-25T19:12:00.000-05:00You gave the baby chips. Instead of a bottle. And ...You gave the baby chips. Instead of a bottle. And the baby was eating chips at 4AM. L.M.A.O.<BR/><BR/>Seriously you can't make this stuff up.<BR/><BR/>And stop trying to blame your incontience on Emma. Dang.Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16775110752834313420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-9689293799850272852009-03-25T19:07:00.000-05:002009-03-25T19:07:00.000-05:00Hang in there girl!!Taking their comfort things aw...Hang in there girl!!<BR/><BR/>Taking their comfort things away is always hard ON YOU!<BR/><BR/>Give her a couple of days and she will of LONG forgotten about it, I hope anyway.<BR/><BR/>Just remember she will be fine just to cry. <BR/>Can you stick cotton in your ears :)<BR/><BR/>Wishing you a peaceful evening.The Johnson 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/02295171630228842947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-64995063156905387322009-03-25T17:19:00.000-05:002009-03-25T17:19:00.000-05:00Touching and hysterical! Love the photo!Touching and hysterical! Love the photo!People Who Know Me Would Say:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04621641188403948733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-19555420542068195202009-03-25T16:45:00.000-05:002009-03-25T16:45:00.000-05:00Emma baby, cut mommy some slack. Mommy needs her b...Emma baby, cut mommy some slack. Mommy needs her beauty sleep. Go to bed! <BR/><BR/>There, see if that works. :-)Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256121948939552024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-43742009939991890402009-03-25T15:31:00.000-05:002009-03-25T15:31:00.000-05:00oh no!!! the pee gets cold so quickly too... LOL....oh no!!! the pee gets cold so quickly too... LOL.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915351322324269632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-42367300782322245222009-03-25T14:02:00.000-05:002009-03-25T14:02:00.000-05:00haha sounds like my four. Good luck! I can't even ...haha sounds like my four. Good luck! I can't even count the many times this has happened to me.Homemom3https://www.blogger.com/profile/12708246860880585571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-61748225743085501712009-03-25T13:41:00.000-05:002009-03-25T13:41:00.000-05:00Our Emily sleeps through the night just this past ...Our Emily sleeps through the night just this past week..of course our G&R was July 31,2007 and they just turned 2...Kaitlyn (only weighs 20 pounds even...screams every night between 3am to 315am she screams for a bottle..won't drink it..wants to be carried all around as she points the way lol crazy Phu Tho girly girls gotta love them! lol<BR/>Good luck :)<BR/><BR/>KathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-36743511500290841672009-03-25T13:32:00.000-05:002009-03-25T13:32:00.000-05:00LOL!!! I totally feel your pain. My Lily was alm...LOL!!! I totally feel your pain. My Lily was almost 2 1/2 when I just decided one day we were both together going to throw each one in the trash and say "Bye Bye Ba-ba" together. Since she saw them go in the trash, she knew there was no getting them back. She would start to ask for one, and then remember where they went, and then she understood there were no more. She was the same way with using them to go back to sleep, but after that first night of realizing they were really gone, and she couldn't dig them out of the trash, she's been fine and not waking up. So good luck on that! I know it's really hard to take it away from them, but I am SO glad not to have to tote them around town anymore!!<BR/><BR/>KristinKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369117008622884945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-82347734476607369952009-03-25T12:51:00.000-05:002009-03-25T12:51:00.000-05:00Denise,I am behind you 110%. you can't start and ...Denise,<BR/>I am behind you 110%. you can't start and give in, you must be strong. If you need a chat and a glass of wine, call and I will be there (many miles away but you won't drink alone) I believe in you Denise. you can take that bottle and you can all sleep better. I shouldn't even bother to tell you that while I waited for Graeme and Lily Wen that I prayed for good sleepers....each and every day I waited, I prayed. They both sleep 10-11 hours a night. You too can reach the promise land! hugs!Margaret Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243421179418992510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-38849676227863057492009-03-25T11:08:00.000-05:002009-03-25T11:08:00.000-05:00Hahahaha! Good luck, Denise!Hahahaha! Good luck, Denise!Crystal Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433956904376425999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-29907303941573805382009-03-25T11:04:00.000-05:002009-03-25T11:04:00.000-05:00Game on indeed. Good luck! Be strong girl!Game on indeed. Good luck! Be strong girl!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714943404632533156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-71221895050130244472009-03-25T10:35:00.000-05:002009-03-25T10:35:00.000-05:00So funny!! I never had the bottle war, but someti...So funny!! I never had the bottle war, but sometimes my 16 month old wakes up in the night because he loses his pacifier. It irks me like no other because I'm used to sleeping now. Grrr. He and Emma WILL get better! :)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02352063532121548159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-66391395080552612902009-03-25T09:57:00.000-05:002009-03-25T09:57:00.000-05:00Last night I gave her a 4 oz bottle half full of w...Last night I gave her a 4 oz bottle half full of water, which is NOT what she wanted! But at least she had her bottle. LOL She cried a lot more and would not stay in her bed. I finally took her to my bed abotu 11:30 but she was still crying and mad so to get her to stop-- {hanging head in shame}-- I brought up a bag of CHIPS! LOL You thought I was going to say bottle, huh? Well chips is pretty bad in and of itself. Then there's the chip crumbs. It worked though and she went to sleep. And then at 4:00 I hear crunching in my ear and she's found some chips in the bed and eating them. Then she wants a bottle. After an hour of crying on and off she finally stopped and went back to sleep. yeah! Mommy didn't give in. But Mommy's exhausted!!!!Denise Grover Swankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089120954470675439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-52802894380914744662009-03-25T09:51:00.000-05:002009-03-25T09:51:00.000-05:00So what is your next move in this war?So what is your next move in this war?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249312171218434127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-88357752155885805022009-03-25T09:33:00.000-05:002009-03-25T09:33:00.000-05:00I thought this was going to be a sweet and tender ...I thought this was going to be a sweet and tender memoir about precious Emma...<BR/><BR/>and then you said, "Payback, baby!" And I laughed out loud! Awesome, Denise. You are SUCH a great mother.Lula!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18341753113164178323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-89681570098131966022009-03-25T09:08:00.000-05:002009-03-25T09:08:00.000-05:00They do fight dirty, don't they :-) I was really ...They do fight dirty, don't they :-) I was really lucky with Sophie. On Christmas Eve (10 months) I just handed her a sippy cup and she started drinking and hasn't looked back. She's been sleeping through the night (8-10 hours) since 11 weeks, but I fully attribute that to her nature sounds machine that plays all night. She's not waking up cause she's hungry...she wants a bottle to soothe her cause she's waking up. Maybe spend a night in her room to see why she's waking up....You can pull and all nighter with crank bars and starbucks :-)<BR/><BR/>Good luck. No sleep is the worst feeling EVER!<BR/><BR/>DebbieDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836289831697242272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338568744176253243.post-2091559606636337172009-03-25T07:53:00.000-05:002009-03-25T07:53:00.000-05:00I am with Jill, I don't envy you either. I fought...I am with Jill, I don't envy you either. I fought each bottle and paci war hard with my 3. We did bottles early and pacis on the late side, and I know some people say don't sweat the small stuff, they don't go to college with bottles, pacis or in diapers, but still.......I did wonder for a long time! <BR/>Good luck..........wishing you a win in this battle and some sleep!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129662082248482002noreply@blogger.com