Ava 2, Mama 0, but who's counting?

I have been working on 2 things with Ava the past 2 weeks.
1. Weening from the bottle to a sippy cup
2. Baths in the big girl bathtub

So far, she is not taking to either, which puts the score at 2 for Ava and a big fat ZERO for me.

I may have mentioned before that about 2 or so weeks ago, I started making Ava hold her bottle. That was successful in a short amount of time (approx 1 1/2 weeks). So then i started switching out her after morning nap bottle with a sippy cup. She got the idea of how to hold it and she would take one sip and then pull it out and make a "sourpuss" face. Then she would proceed to just gnaw on the spout (for lack of a better word). Then i just decided that we would have a snack (puffs and yogurt melts) and her sippy cup of milk and whatever she didn't drink she could have with lunch. So i guess, i said, good enough for now. Then last Thursday, I took away her morning bottle and gave her the sippy cup and it was as if we digressed. She was a bit confused and usually took one sip and was done. So by Saturday because of her lack of wet diapers, i threw in the towel and started back with the morning bottle. So if you are keeping score, that is Ava 1, mama 0:( I am going to try again in a couple of days. She will drink from her sippy cup a little during lunch and breakfast, but then only gets about 3-5 oz of formula, soon to be milk before 2pm. i worry in the AZ heat, she will get dehydrated. I know as the saying goes, give it time and she will figure it out!

Secondly, we finally got rid of her baby bathtub that up until a week ago we still used to give her her nightly bath in over the kitchen sink. I figured, she is going to be one soon, we have got to move her to the big girl tub and she would probably enjoy it. Plus, i got sick of looking at the tub on the counter everyday. Well, that isn't going well either. I fill up our tub to about her belly button and she loves to play while the water is running, but after about a minute or two, she is standing up.Then, as soon as daddy sits down on the edge of the bathtub, that's it, she wants uppy! I can't kick daddy out, he would be mad. I think i need new and exciting bath toys to keep her busy. Then, if we have to wash her hair, forget about it! So again, if you are keeping score, that's ava 2, mama 0!

Oh well, such is life. With time she will realize that bath time is fun time!


Other than that, we are weathering 2 new bottom teeth. That will be a total of 8 teeth. She is using those teeth too! She likes to bite at the hair on daddy's leg and if you put your fingers in her mouth, expect teeth marks and a loud scream.
Speaking of screaming, she loves to use her voice. she will run and just make loud noises. Her new word is doe-doe-doe. Not sure what it means, but she says it a lot. I have been teaching her how to give her baby hugs. When I tell her to give baby hugs, she takes baby and puts her up to her shoulder and tilts her head to her. It is really cute. She definitely understands a lot more every day.