My nemesis

I am sure that you are thinking to yourself..."how can this little sippy cup be her rival?" Oh but it is! I have read many a book on Kiera's growth and what I should do and expect. One of these books is called "Super Baby Food". It tells you how, when and what to feed your child for optimum health. So in a sense it is my go-to for Kiera's eating habits now and in the future. Kiera has hit the 6 month mark and as you can see in my last blog she has started her road down eating solids. In the book, the author tells you to slowly introduce food starting with rice cereal...check. She also says that this will not substitute breast milk/formula but rather supplement for a while...check. She also says that this might be a good opportunity to introduce the sippy cup...um...okay, check. So, after a week of trying the cereal alone, I thought heck lets give this a try and see how Kiera takes to it.
I put a couple of ounces of formula in the sippy cup and give it to Kiera to try..well, actually I put it in her mouth and let her try it out. I noticed that there was NOTHING coming out the cup. Curious...So, I investigate. I turn the cup upside down, nothin'. I open up the cup and look under the lid and there were plastic pieces. So, I remove those thinking that maybe these are "packing material". I turn the cup upside down and it POURS OUT. Okay, not a good idea and obviously the plastic pieces were NOT packing material. I put the plastic pieces back on and think to myself, "what am I doing wrong?". Then the famous last words popped into my head: "I'll just try to use the sippy cup". BAD MOVE. I knew that the formula smelt bad but how was I ever to know that it was to be the FOULEST thing to ever enter my mouth. I sipped on the cup and down flowed the formula. First thought: "okay the sippy cup works", second thought, "Why did I just do that????" Too late and no where to spit it out, so I swallow it. But it only gets half way down my pipes when I start to gag. The formula comes back up out my mouth AND nose. Now I am dry heaving, my nose stings and I think that I might permanently smell formula for the rest of my life, all the while Kiera is cooing and squealing - thanks for the sympathy... So, now I guess you could say that this simple, cute, pink, little sippy cup is now on my nemesis list - a short list, but it is there. So, take it from me - sippy cups work that way and do not put that cup in your mouth even if it is for the sake of your baby....