Yes, he's cute, but don't let this one fool you!

This boy of mine is a pretty smart cookie!
For weeks I’ve been frustrated because he would not hold his own cup. I’m talking absolute refusal. He’d pull his arms back, curl his little hands into fists and push his chin out, mouth wide open like a baby bird waiting for us to hold it to his mouth. I wouldn’t do it. He’d cry and cry and fuss until I felt guilty that he was so thirsty and Id give in……. we tried different types of cups; we tried holding his hands around them. I left the cup on his tray or where he was playing so that he could just pick it up and use it... he would Not do it.
I’m a sucker!
He was playing last night and one of his sippy cups happened to be nearby. Without hesitation... He turned around, picked the cup up, and sucked it down like he’d been doing it all along!

I’ve GOT to stop giving into this boy!
You’d think I’d know this by now! After all, it’s not like he’s my first baby! I took him to the Dr a few weeks ago because he’d been waking up in the night and screaming his head off till I nursed the little sucker (no pun intended). So I wanted to make sure he didn’t have an ear infection or something else ailing him. I would feel horrible if he was crying in pain.
My Dr checked him over, gave him a clean bill of health, and then proceeded to scold me! “This is the #1 compliant of new parents” he explains to the resident following him. “I’m not a first time Mom” I remind him. “Then you should Know this” he says. And I do. I know that I’m feeding the bad habit.. But it’s so easy to get reeled in! It only took 20 minutes of crying and Taylor and I holding each other back for him to give up and sleep the rest of the night... I know this is how it works.
Give him the opportunity to grow up, and to do things himself. Show him, teach him, love him... But for heavens sakes we’ve got to quit spoiling him!...... Maybe just a little……