Sippy Cup Continued II

My sippy cup victory may have been premature. Last night, Andy put Ivan to bed. When I went to check on him, I saw he had the old bottle (Avent bottle) with the super soft sippy cup top. Those were the tops/bottles I "discontinued" months ago.

"He insisted on that bottle," Andy said.

During the night Ivan woke up. He wanted milk. I gave him the first years cup. But even at 2 a.m. he protested bitterly. He wanted another one. So I went back to the kitchen to get the born freen one (with the super big opening). That wasn't what he wanted. As the third choice, because I really wasn't going to fight with him at 2 a.m., was the Avent one. He took it.

The same thing this morning. He wanted the Avent bottle with the soft top. How does he even remember those?

This week, he's woken up three nights so far, insisting to go to sleep in our bed. Since we're repainting the spare bedroom, we had to give in.

On Sunday, he wanted to fall asleep in our bed. But then he didn't. He wanted to come down stairs and fall asleep on the couch. This was very strange as he had never done it before. But I let him do it. I think he was spooked because we had disassembled the spare bedroom, which Andy was painting that evening, so we can turn it into his bedroom.

Tuesday he was fine. Then yesterday evening, our electricity went out around 7:30. It can back half an hour later, but Ivan was fascinated with the fact that there was no light. Not even in the refrigerator and the freezer. When he went to bed one hour later, I tucked him away in our bed. But then got up and insisted to come down. I refused and eventually he settled in our bed. Sunday, Monday and Wednesday nights, he woke up in the middle of the night, in his crib where we transfer him when he's asleep, and insisted to come to our bed.

On those nights, unfortunately, Andy sleeps well as does Ivan. But I get the short end of the stick because Ivan really sleeps close to me, which pushes me to the edge of the bed.