A New Normal

Leah did not take a single bottle today. Instead, she did this:

All day. She has used a sippy sup before, but until this week it has been more the exception than the rule. Until this week, actually, she was quite content being lazy and making Mommy or Daddy or whoever hold a bottle for her, though she was perfectly capable of holding it on her own. If we let go of it, though, she would let it flop onto the floor or her high chair tray or her lap. Now, though, she has made a leap to drinking out of a cup all the time. While easy for her, it has been a hard adjustment for me to make. While I love the idea of not washing bottles all the time, I don’t know if I’m ready for her to be and look so grown up. (She even drank out of an actual cup – without a spout or a lid or anything – all on her own in the bathtub the other night. Yes, she was drinking bath water, but still. A real grownup cup? Really?)

It makes me happy for her, that she’s growing and learning so much and is doing so well, but it makes me so selfishly sad for me. Where did my baby go?